Organic Anion Transporter 5 Renal Expression and Urinary Excretion in Rats with Vascular Calcification

Table 1

Systolic arterial pressure (SAP), mean arterial pressure (MAP), body weight, kidney weight, renal/body weight, total calcium in plasma, urea levels in plasma, creatinine levels in plasma, and total calcium levels in aorta in control and treated (vitamin D₃ 300,000 IU/kg, b.w, i.m) rats.

	Control  (𝑛=4)	Treated  (𝑛=4)
SAP (mmHg)	100±5	140±8^∗
MAP (mmHg)	55±3	76±4^∗
Body weight (g)	363±10	363±3
Kidney weight (g)	2.61±0.11	2.45±0.05
Renal/body weight	0.0072±0.0002	0.0068±0.0001
Plasma calcium (mg/dL)	9.4±0.4	9.8±0.7
Plasma urea (g/L)	0.48±0.06	0.53±0.06
Plasma creatinine (mg/L)	6.2±0.5	6.8±0.8
Total calcium levels in aorta (𝜇mol/g dry weight)	20±3	50±4^∗

Results are expressed as mean values ± SEM.
^∗𝑃<0.05.