Objective To find the similarities and differences between SD rat and C 57 mouse models of chronic renal failure established by 5/6 nephrectomy ,and select an appropriate experimental animal for the study of the treatment and prevention of chronic renal failure .Methods 60 SD rats and C57 mice were randomly and equally divided into 5/6 nephrectomy group and sham operatied group .The mice and rats were killed at 4 weeks , 8 weeks and 12 weeks after the operation, respectively.Serum and renal tissue samples were collected for the detection and analysis of renal function andα-SMA.Results There was no significant difference in the survival rates between the rat and mouse models (P>0.05). The serum creatinine and urea nitrogen in the 5/6NX rat group showed a stable state at 8-12 weeks, which was different from that of the 5/6NX mouse group.Conclusions A 5/6 nephrectomy mouse model of chronic renal failure is successfully established .Although both 5/6 NX mouse and rat groups appear progressive renal failure after the operation , their disease processes are not quite the same .In clinic, appropriate experimental animals should be selected according to the length of the observation period in order to accurately show the disease states .

AIM: To investigate the anti toxic effect of iminoethyl lysine (Imi), an inhibitor of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), on the guinea pig renal injury with gentamicin (Gen). METHODS: The experiment was consisted of four groups: normal animal group, gentamicin model group (Gen group), Gen+Imi group and Imi group. Guinea pigs of both Gen group and Gen+Imi group were given (sc) Gen 100 mg?kg -1 ?d -1 for 10 d, and the guinea pigs of Gen+Imi group were treated with Imi intraperitoneally. Gen group were treated with the same volume of saline. Guinea pigs of normal animal group were treated with subcutaneous and venous injection of the same volume of saline. Guinea pigs of Imi group were treated with the same dose of Imi. The renal function of guinea pigs of all groups was examined before and after experiment. Renals of all groups were embedded with paraffin, sectioned, stained with HE, and examined with the light microscope. iNOS was examined in the kedney of all groups with immunohistochemistry. RESULTS: The expression of iNOS was negative in kidney of normal animal group and Imi group, and positive in both Gen group and Gen+Imi group. The activity of iNOS of Gen group was significantly stronger than that of Gen+Imi group. The damage of renal of Gen group was much more severely than that of Gen+Imi group. CONCLUSION: The expression of iNOS is positive in the renal damaged with Gen. Imi can significantly inhibit the activity of iNOS, and has also the significant anti toxical effect on the renals damaged with Gen. It suggests that nitric oxide takes part in the process of pathology of renals damaged by gentamicin.

OBJECTIVE：To establish the fingerprint of Fritillariae thunbergii formula granules and determine the contents of 3 components. METHODS ：HPLC method was used. Using peiminine as reference ，HPLC fingerprints of 13 batches of F. thunbergii formula granules were drawn with Similarity Evaluation System of TCM Chromatogram Fingerprint （2012 edition）. Similarity evaluation and common peak identification were conducted. The contents of peimisine ，peimine and peiminine in F. thunbergii formula granules were determined by the same HPLC method. The quality difference of samples were compared among different manufacturers. RESULTS ：There were 5 common peaks in 13 batches of F. thunbergii formula granules ，and the similarity was 0.669-0.971. Three common peaks of peimisine ，peimine and peiminine were identified. The linear ranges of peimisine ，peimine and peiminine were 30.00-180.00 μg/mL（r＝0.999 9），79.58-477.50 μg/mL（r＝0.999 6）and 97.33-584.00 μg/mL（r＝0.999 4）， respectively. RSDs of precision ，stability（24 h）and reproducibility tests were all lower than 3％. The average recoveries were 95.82％（RSD＝1.17％，n＝6），99.00％（RSD＝1.96％，n＝6）and 95.39％（RSD＝2.00％，n＝6），respectively. In the 13 batches of samples ，the content of peimisine ，peimine and peiminine were 0.17-1.02 mg/g，0.52-2.26 mg/g，and 0.70-3.50 mg/g， respectively. Their average total content was 3.62 mg/g. The average total content of manufacturer C and A was higher （5.02 mg/g and 4.61 mg/g），followed by manufacturer E and B （3.48 mg/g and 3.02 mg/g）；the lowest was manufacturer D（only 1.87 mg/g）. CONCLUSIONS：Established fingerpri nt and content determination method is simple ，feasible and reproducible ，which can be used for the quality evaluation of F. thunbergii formula granules. There are some differences in content among different manufacturers.