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Diabetes 53:735-742, 2004
© 2004 by the American Diabetes Association, Inc.

Initial Characterization of a Rat Model of Diabetic Nephropathy

Marcelo A. Nobrega1,2, Stewart Fleming3, Richard J. Roman1, Masahide Shiozawa1,2, Nancy Schlick1,2, Jozef Lazar2,4, and Howard J. Jacob1,2

1 Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2 Human and Molecular Genetics Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
3 Department of Pathology, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland
4 Department of Dermatology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

The lack of an appropriate animal model that spontaneously develops diabetic nephropathy has been a significant limitation in the search for genetic factors underlying this disease and the development of new therapeutic strategies to prevent progressive renal disease in diabetes. We introgressed the mitochondria and some passenger loci from the FHH/EurMcwi rat into the genetic background of diabetic GK rats, creating a new rat strain, T2DN (T2DN/Mcwi). Despite the high degree of genetic similarity between T2DN and GK rats (97% at 681 loci), diabetes ensues earlier and progresses more severely in T2DN rats. T2DN rats exhibit proteinuria by 6 months of age, accompanied by renal histologic abnormalities such as focal glomerulosclerosis, mesangial matrix expansion, and thickening of basement membranes. These characteristics progress over time, and nearly all T2DN rats exhibit diffuse global glomerulosclerosis with nodule formation and arteriolar hyalinosis by 18 months of age. The histologic changes in the kidney of T2DN rats closely mimic the changes seen in the kidney of patients with diabetes. These results indicate that the T2DN rat is a suitable model for investigating diabetic nephropathy. Here we report the initial genetic and physiological characterization of this new rat model of diabetic nephropathy.

Address correspondencereprint requests to Howard J. Jacob, PhD, HumanMolecular Genetics Center, 8701 Watertown Plank Rd., Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226. E-mail: Jacob{at}mcw.edu


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