Temporal changes in urinary liver-type fatty acid binding protein (L-FABP), serum
creatinine (sCre), and blood urea nitrogen (BUN) before and after renal
ischemia/reperfusion in feline acute kidney injury (AKI) models. A–C. Urinary L-FABP
index. D–F. sCre (line) and BUN (dotted line) values. To generate AKI models in cats,
vascular clamping of the bilateral renal arteries for 40 or 50 min was performed in two
cats. The remaining (control) cat was subjected to a sham operation, in which only a
midline laparotomy was performed for 50 min without vascular clamping. Urine and blood
samples were collected daily, starting from 1 day before (day −1) till 7 days (day 1 to
7) after the treatment. A and D, B and E, and C and F show the results for the sham
surgery cat, and the AKI model cat with 40 and 50 min of renal ischemia, respectively.
Day 0 indicates the day of surgery. Pre, Rep, and Aft indicate sampling points on day 0
immediately before clamping, and 60 and 120 min after the renal reperfusion,
respectively. POD denotes post-operative day. Urine samples of the sham surgery cat were
collected at the same time points as that for the AKI model cats.