| Original Research Article
Determination of effect of aspirin and captopril on cat
glomerular filtration rate using renovascular hypertension
scintigraphy
Esmaeil Gharepapagh1
, Gholamreza Assadnassab2
* and Solmaz Rahmani
Barouji
1Department of Radiology, Division of Nuclear Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, 2Department of Clinical
Science, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran,
3
School of Traditional Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical
Science, Tabriz, Iran
*For correspondence: Email: assadnassabgh@iaut.ac.ir; Tel: 989144121145
Received: 11 May 2016 Revised accepted: 12 October 2016
Abstract
Purpose: To compare the effects of aspirin and captopril on glomerular filtration rate (GFR) during renal
perfusion scintigraphy in cats after experimentally-induced unilateral renal-artery stenosis.
Methods: Twenty mixed-breed adult cats weighing 3-4 kg were used. After conducting renal
scintigraphy operations, their GFRs were measured by the method of Gate. Four days later,
renovascular hypertension was induced through renal-artery stenosis by clipping half of the left renalarteries.
Renal scintigraphy was conducted after four days. After confirming the presence of
hypertension, the cats were divided into two groups of 10 animals each (aspirin and captopril groups,
respectively). The drugs were administered orally to the groups. One hour later, scintigraphic operations
were repeated under anaesthesia after injecting 2 mCi of the radiopharmaceutical, technetium-99m
diethylene triamine pentaacetic acid (99mTc-DTPA), via the femoral vein as a bolus dose. In all groups,
regions of interest (ROIs) were drawn and GFRs were measured by Gate method.
Results: Mean total GFR (both right and left kidneys) in operated animals treated with captopril was
5.459 ml/min while the mean value for the left kidney and right kidneys were 1.585 and 3.874 ml/min,
respectively. In operated animals treated with aspirin, mean total GFR was 5.440 ml/min, while the
values for the left kidney and right kidneys were 1.567 and 3.866 ml/min, respectively.
Conclusion: These results indicate that aspirin has similar reduction effect on GFRs and similar shape
of renograms as captopril in cat renovascular hypertension scintigraphy. Thus, aspirin is a suitable
substitute for captopril in the diagnosis of renovascular hypertension in renal scintigraphy. |