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Query: UMLS:C0403608 (ureter)
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Suspected uremic substances contained in four fractions, which had been selected as the suspected canine uremic peaks in the previous study, were isolated by two stages of preparative liquid chromatography (PLC) from plasma of uremic dogs treated with the ligation of the ureter, and then their physicochemical properties were examined. The primary separation of the suspected uremic peaks were performed with the same anion exchange resin as used in the analytical HPLC in the previous study. Analytical reverse phase HPLC showed that three of 4 suspected uremic peaks almost consisted of single substances, but the other contained several substances. Main subfractions of these peaks were successfully isolated by the secondary stage reverse phase PLC. By means of thin layer chromatography, ultraviolet absorption spectrometry and proton-nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, components of 4 main peaks were confirmed to be small molecules such as a pyridine derivative, uric acid, hippuric acid and kynurenic acid, respectively.
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PMID:Isolation and identification of canine plasma components suspected as uremic toxins. 851 7

The effects of KRN2391 (N-cyano-N'-(nitroxyethyl)-3-pyridine carboximidamide methane-sulfonate), which possesses ATP-sensitive potassium (K+) channel opening (KCO) activity and nitrate activity; Ki1769 (N-cyano-N'-(phenylethyl)-3-pyridinecarboximidamide methanesulfonate), which possesses only KCO activity; and nitroglycerin (NG) were determined on the motility of the ureter, urinary bladder and urethra of rats. Bladder contraction was induced by infusion of fluid into the bladder of conscious rats and recorded on a cystometrogram. KRN2391 and Ki1769 (both 0.3 mg/kg, i.v.) prolonged the micturition interval immediately after the injection, but NG (5 mg/kg, i.v.) did not. Peristaltic movement of the ureter, recorded in anesthetized rats, was inhibited by i.v. injection of KRN2391 and Ki1769 (both 0.03 mg/kg). However, when NG, NaNO2, N-nitro L-arginine methylester and methylene blue were applied directly to the ureter, no change in movement of the ureter was detected. KRN2391 (0.03 mg/kg, i.v.) and Ki1769 (0.3 mg/kg, i.v.) reduced the resistance to fluid infusion through the urethral lumen in anesthetized rats, whereas NG (0.5 mg/kg, i.v.) only reduced this resistance transiently. These results indicate that KCO activity had an inhibitory effect on the motility of the ureter, bladder and urethra. On the other hand, nitrate activity had an inhibitory effect on urethral tonus, corresponding to that induced by KCO activity.
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PMID:Effect of K+ channel openers, KRN2391 and Ki1769, and nitroglycerin on the urinary tract of rats in vivo. 1044 May 33