Life span and renal morphological characterization of the SAMP1//Ka mouse

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Abstract

The senescence-accelerated-mouse prone 1 (SAMP1) is considered to be a model of accelerated senility and it also develops severe kidney damage. The SAMP1//Ka mouse is a specific pathogen free (SPF) subline of SAMP1. The present study examined the life span of the SAMP1//Ka mouse and morphologically investigated the kidneys of this animal at 3, 4, 5, 9, 12, 15, 18 and 24 months of age. Males survived for an average of 25 months and females for 28 months. The median lifespan was 18 months for males and 20 for females. Focal cell infiltration and thickening of the basement membrane in the glomerular capsules or tubules appeared from 4 months of age. At 12 months old, glomerular lesions with expansion of the mesangial matrix and thickening of the basement membrane as well as scar lesions in the outer cortex appeared, and amyloid was deposited in the interstitium or glomeruli from 18 months of age. Morphometrically, although the area of the kidney sections was increased at 24 months of age, the diameter of the renal corpuscles, the number of nuclei of the proximal convoluted tubules and the percentage of renal corpuscles with a cuboidal glomerular capsule did not change with age. The results of the present study indicate that the life span of the SAMP1//Ka is increased and that their age-related renal changes differ from those of the original SAMP1.

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Yabuki, A., Suzuki, S., Matsumoto, M., & Nishinakagawa, H. (2002). Life span and renal morphological characterization of the SAMP1//Ka mouse. Experimental Animals, 51(1), 75–81. https://doi.org/10.1538/expanim.51.75

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