The effects of cortisol and testosterone on renal function in male Antechinus stuartii (Marsupialia)

Journal of Comparative Physiology - B Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 168, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 248-256

  McAllan, B M ^a   Roberts, J R ^a   O'Shea, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Glomerular filtration rate; Marsupial Renal function; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE; HYDROCORTISONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECT; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEMATOCRIT; MALE; MARSUPIAL; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; URINE;

ANIMALS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ELECTROLYTES; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HEMATOCRIT; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MARSUPIALIA; SEASONS; TESTOSTERONE; URINE;

EID: 0032076717     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003600050143     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. Bakker HR, Bradshaw SD (1983) Renal function in the spectacled hare-wallaby, Lagorchestes conspicullatus: effects of dehydration and protein deficiency. Aust J Zool 31:101-108
2. Bardin CW, Catterall JF (1981) Testosterone: a major determinant of extragenital sexual dimorphism. Science 211:1258-1294
3. Barker IK, Beveridge I, Bradley AJ, Lee AK (1978) Observations on spontaneous stress-related mortality among males of the dasyurid marsupial Antechinus stuartii Macleay. Aust J Zool 26:435-447
4. Barnett JL (1973) A stress response in Antechinus stuartii (Macleay). Aust J Zool 21:501-513
5. Baylis C, Brenner BM (1978) Mechanism of the glucocorticoid-induced increase in glomerular filtration rate. Am J Physiol 234:F166-F170
6. Bennington JL (ed) (1984) Saunders dictionary and encyclopedia of laboratory medicine and technology. Saunders, Philadelphia, p 1974
7. Blair-West JR, Gibson A, McKinley MJ, Nelson JF (1983) Water drinking and the effect of angiotensin and renin in a dasyurid marsupial (Antechinus stuartii). Gen Comp Endocrin 52:388-394
8. Bradley AJ, Mc Donald IR, Lee AK (1975) Effect of exogenous cortisol on mortality of a dasyurid marsupial. J Endocrinol 66:281-282
9. Bradley AJ, McDonald IR, Lee AK (1980) Stress and mortality in a small marsupial (Antechinus stuartii, Macleay). Gen Comp Endocrinol 40:188-200
10. Campen TJ, Vaughn DA, Fanestil DD (1983) Mineralo-and glucocorticoid effects on renal excretion of electrolytes. Pflügers Arch 399:93-101
11. Catterall JF, Kontula KK, Watson CS, Seppänen PJ, Funkenstein B, Melanitou E, Hickok NJ, Bardin CW, Jänne OA (1986) Regulation of gene expression by androgens in murine kidney. Rec Prog Horm Res 42:71-103
12. Corman B, Pratz J, Poujeol P (1985) Changes in anatomy, glomerular filtration, and solute excretion in aging rat kidney. Am J Physiol 248:R282-R287
13. Denny MJS, Dawson TJ (1977) Kidney structure and function of desert kangaroos. J Appl Physiol 42:636-642
14. Funder JW, Pearce P, Myles K, Roy LP (1990) Apparent mineralocorticoid excess, pseudohypoaldosteronism and urinary electrolyte excretion: towards a redefinition of 'mineralocorticoid' action. FASEBJ 4:3234-3238
15. Guyton AC, Hall JE (1996) Textbook of medical physiology, 9th edn. Saunders, Philadelphia, p 1057
16. Hall JA, Guyton AC, Farr BM (1977) A single-injection method for measuring glomerular filtration rate. Am J Physiol 232:F32-F76
17. Haycock KA, Roth J, Gagnon J, Finzer WF, Soper C (1992) Statview, Abacus concepts. Berkeley CA
18. Holst D von (1972) Renal failure as the cause of death in Tupaia belangeri exposed to persistent social stress. J Comp Physiol 78:236-273
19. Janssens PA, Hinds LA (1981) Long-term effects of corticosteroid administration in the tammar wallaby. Gen Comp Endocrinol 45:56-60
20. Lazenby-Cohen KA, Cockburn A (1988) Lek promiscuity in a semelparous mammal, Antechinus stuartii (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae)? Behav Ecol Sociobiol 22:195-202
21. Marver D (1992) Corticosteroids and the kidney. In: Windhager, EE (ed). Handbook of physiology, section 8. Renal physiology, vol II. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp 1543-1575
22. McAllan BM, Roberts JR, O'Shea T (1998) The seasonal changes in glomerular filtration rate in Antechinus stuartii (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). J Comp Physiol B 168:41-49
23. McDonald IR, Lee AK, Bradley AJ, Than KA (1981) Endocrine changes in dasyurid marsupials with differing mortality patterns. Gen Comp Endocrinol 44:292-301
24. McDonald IR, Lee AK, Than KA, Martin RW (1986) Failure of glucocorticoid feedback in males of a population of small marsupials (Antechinus swainsonii) during the period of mating J Endocrinol 108:63-68
25. Moore GH (1974) Aetiology of the die-off of male Antechinus stuartii. PhD thesis, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia p 125
26. Munger K, Baylis C (1988) Sex differences in renal hemodynamics in rats. Am J Physiol 254:F223-F231
27. Nagy KA, Seymour RS, Lee AK, Braithwaite R (1978) Energy and water budgets in free-living Antechinus stuartii (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). J Mammal 59:60-68
28. Oudar O, Elger M, Bankir L, Ganten D, Ganten U, Kriz W (1991) Differences in kidney morphology between males, females and testosterone-treated females. Renal Physiol Biochem 14:92-102
29. Reid IA, McDonald IR (1968) Bilateral adrenalectomy and steroid replacement in the marsupial Trichosurus vulpecula. Comp Biochem Physiol 26:613-625
30. Remuzzi A, Puntorieri S, Mazzoleni A, Remuzzi G (1988) Sex related differences in glomerular ultrafiltration and proteinuria in Munich-Wistar rats. Kidney Int 34:481-486
31. Sakemi T, Baba N (1993) Castration attenuates proteinuria and glomerular injury in unilaterally nephrectomized male Sprague-Dawley rats. Lab Invest 51:51-57
32. Selye H (1939) The effect of testosterone on the kidney. J Urol 42:637-642
33. Stacey BD, Thorburn GD (1966) Chromium-51 ethylene-diaminetetraacetate for estimation of glomerular filtration rate. Science 152:1076-1077
34. Tepperman J, Tepperman HM (1987) Metabolic and endocrine physiology, 5th edn. Year Book Medical Publishers, Chicago, p 369
35. Woollard P (1971) Differential mortality of Antechinus stuartii (Macleay): nitrogen balance and somatic changes. Aust J Zool 19:347-353
36. Woolley P (1966) Reproduction in Antechinus spp. and other dasyurid marsupials. Symp Zool Soc Lond 15:281-294
37. Zar JH (1984) Biostatistical analysis, 2nd edn. Prentice Hall, London