Week post nephrectomy

Water and nephrectomy control

Spironolactone and nephrectomy control

Spironolactone and transplantation

Water and transplantation

0

0.50 ± 0.00

0.50 ± 0.00

0.52 ± 0.02

0.53 ± 0.02

0.14

0.80 ± 0.00a,b,*

0.80 ± 0.03c,d

1.36 ± 0.18a,c,*

1.24 ± 0.08b,d,*

0.42

0.80 ± 0.07*

0.70 ± 0.04e

1.06 ± 0.12e,*,#

0.96 ± 0.04*,#

1

0.60 ± 0.04f

0.60 ± 0.00g

0.88 ± 0.08f,g,*,#

0.79 ± 0.05*,#

2

0.60 ± 0.00

0.58 ± 0.03

0.80 ± 0.08*,#,$,%

0.84 ± 0.06*,#

3

0.58 ± 0.03

0.58 ± 0.03

0.80 ± 0.63*,#,$,%

0.71 ± 0.04#,$

4

0.63 ± 0.03

0.63 ± 0.03h

0.86 ± 0.08h,*, #

0.79 ± 0.01*,#

6

0.65 ± 0.03

0.60 ± 0.00

0.80 ± 0.08*,#,$,%

0.76 ± 0.02*#

8

0.63 ± 0.03

0.68 ± 0.03

0.82 ± 0.04*,#

0.81 ± 0.03*,#

10

0.63 ± 0.03

0.68 ± 0.03

0.76 ± 0.07#,$,%

0.70 ± 0.02#,$

12

0.63 ± 0.03

0.65 ± 0.03

0.92 ± 0.09*,#

0.77 ± 0.03*,#

14

0.58 ± 0.03

0.60 ± 0.00

0.76 ± 0.09#,$

0.69 ± 0.01#,$

16

0.68 ± 0.03

0.65 ± 0.03

0.90 ± 0.13*,#,%

0.81 ± 0.03*,#

Table 1: Mean ± SEM serum creatinine concentrations (mg/dL) of rats on weeks following nephrectomy only (controls) or heterotopic renal transplantation and bilateral nephrectomy. Rats either received water (0.25 mL, oral, daily) or spironolactone (10 mg/kg, oral, daily). Values sharing a letter are statistically different (comparisons between groups). * = statistically different from baseline within a group, # = statistically different than week 0.14 with a group, $ = statistically different than week 0.42 within a group, % = statistically different than week 1 within a group.