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K Ohta

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Studies on nitrogen and amino acid metabolism in hemodialysis patients using 15N-labelled compounds.

The degree of 15N incorporation into serum albumin studied by 15N-urea administration in dialyzed patients on a 1.3 g/kg/day protein diet was shown to be almost the same as in non-dialyzed uremic patients on low protein diet, while there was no incorporation in a normal subject. 14.1 g of EAA and histidine was intravenously given in dialyzed patients on the high protein diet and improvements in the level of BUN and anemia were observed. The study with 15N-leucine in a patient proved that about 36% of EAA infused during dialysis was transferred into dialysate. AAD was prescribed by giving 15-20 g of EAA, histidine and tyrosine to patients at each dialysis. The AAD enabled us to give a large amount of EAA asymptomatically in a short time, improving anemia and decreasing the BUN level. 15N-glycine administration in a dialyzed patient proved that 15N incorporation into serum albumin was 3 times greater than his non-dialyzed uremic stage on a low protein diet, and that EAA serum concentrations and non-EAA which had not been added into dialysate were elevated.

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Glucose metabolism in spontaneously hypertensive rats.

Serum glucose levels in SHR (especially SHR selected for a greater hyperglycemic response) tended to be higher at 'fasting' and were significantly higher after peroral glucose administration than those in normotensive WK. However, plasma immunoreactive insulin was not decreased in SHR as compared with WK. No significant acceleration of gluconeogenesis was observed in SHR.

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Biomembrane characteristics in stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRSP).

Biomembrane characteristics in stroke-prone SHR (SHRSP) and stroke-resistant SHR (SHRSR) were examined using erythrocytes as a simplified model. When erythrocytes were exposed to osmotic stress in the process of the migration from a higher to a lower osmotic gradient by the coil planet centrifugation, erythrocytes from SHRSP were hemolyzed at a higher osmotic pressure than those from SHRSR. Such a difference in biomembrane characteristics may be useful for detecting a genetic disposition of stroke.

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