SUMMARY
Alterations in kidney enzyme pattern in acute hypervitaminosis A
The relation of excessive doses of vitamin A with various kidney pathologies is well known however, information concerning the relation of kidney enzyme activity with acute hypervitaminosis A is rather scarce. In this study we describe the Kidney enzymatic alterations observed in rats that received daily intramuscular injections of 10.000, 30.000, 50.000 and 100.000 IU of vitamin A palmitate (VA) during seven days (TREA TED GROUPS).

A comparison is made with the enzyme activity in healthy rats pair- fed and treated with sodium palmitate by intramuscular injection (CONTROLGROUP). The treated rats showed a proportional increase (p<0.05) in activity of acid maltase, transaminases or aminotransferases (GOT and GPT), alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and acid protease with all doses of VA administered. Amylase, lipase and arginase tend to decrease (p<0.05) in activity only with doses of 50,000 and 100.000 I.U. of VA. Several factors are responsible for these findings, such as kidney necrosis due to release of lysosomal acid hydrolyses produced by hypervitaminosis A.

Key words: Hypervitaminosis A, kidney enzyme pattem, renal enzyme.



Recibido: 29/11/1996
Aceptado: 12/03/1998

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