Comparative study regarding the association of alpha-2U globulin with the nephrotoxic mechanism of certain petroleum-based air force fuels. Final report 1, December 1987-30 November 1988

Technical Report · Wed Nov 30 23:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:5559637

Eurell, T E

Fischer 344 male rats have a dose- and time-dependent renal proximal tubular degeneration induced by certain hydrocarbon compounds. This degeneration my be associated with a low-molecular-weight urinary protein called alpha-2U globulin. The authors using a rat-strain variation of the alpha-2U globulin molecule and metabolic alteration of the urinary pH as methods to investigate the hydrocarbon-induced nephrotoxic response. Two significant advances were made in the first year of this project: (1) a histochemical procedure was developed to specifically evaluate changes in the renal epithelial lysosome, and (2) a rat-strain difference was detected in susceptibility to hydrocarbon-induced nephrotoxicity.

• Research Organization: Illinois Univ., Urbana, IL (USA). Dept. of Veterinary Biosciences
• OSTI ID: 5559637
• Report Number(s): AD-A-205143/1/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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02 PETROLEUM
020900 -- Petroleum-- Environmental Aspects
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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ANIMALS
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS
BIOLOGICAL WASTES
BODY
BODY FLUIDS
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
DISEASES
DOCUMENT TYPES
FUELS
GLOBULINS
GLOBULINS-ALPHA
HISTOLOGY
HYDROCARBONS
JET ENGINE FUELS
KIDNEYS
MAMMALS
MATERIALS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANS
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
PH VALUE
PROGRESS REPORT
PROTEINS
RATS
RODENTS
TOXICITY
URINE
UROGENITAL SYSTEM DISEASES
VERTEBRATES
WASTES