1. Down-regulation of Na+ transporters and AQP2 is responsible for acyclovir-induced polyuria and hypophosphatemia 
Lúcia Andrade, Nancy A. Rebouças, Antonio Carlos Seguro 
Kidney International 
Volume 65, Issue 1, Pages (January 2004)
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2. Figure 1
Plasma phosphate concentration before and after initiation of acyclovir (ACY) treatment(N = 8). Concentration decreased significantly after initiation of treatment (pre-ACY vs. other days).
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3. Figure 2
Serum magnesium and calcium levels before and after initiation of acyclovir (ACY) treatment. Hypomagnesemia and hypercalcemia developed in ACY-treated animals.
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4. Figure 3
Urine osmolality before (pre-acyclovir [ACY]) and after initiation of treatment. ACY-treated rats had markedly lower urine osmolality: pre-ACY vs. 8th day.
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5. Figure 4
Urinary osmolality before and after 24hours and 48hours of water deprivation for control and acyclovir (ACY)-treated rats.
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6. Figure 5
Proximal Na-Pi cotransporter (Na-Pi-IIa) Northern hybridization. (A) Densitometric analyses revealing a marked decrease in cortex Na-Pi-IIa mRNA levels in treated animals. (B) Representative Northern blot showing apical Na-Pi-IIa and 18S transcript levels in cortex from control and treated-rats.
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7. Figure 6
Semiquantitative immunoblotting of membrane fractions of kidney cortex. (A) Densitometric analysis revealed a decrease in cortex Na-Pi abundance in acyclovir (ACY)-treated rats. (B) Immunoblots reacted with anti-Na-Pi (anti-Na-Pi-IIa) revealed a band of approximately 85 kD. Densitometric analysis of Na-Pi-IIa protein was normalized by densitometric analysis of actin protein.
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8. Figure 7
Apical Na-k-2Cl (NKCC2) cotransporter Northern hybridization. (A) Densitometric analyses revealing a marked decrease in medulla NKCC2 mRNA levels in treated animals. (B) Representative Northern blot showing apical NKCC2 and β-actin transcript levels in medullas from control and treated rats.
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9. Figure 8
Semiquantitative immunoblotting of membrane fractions of kidney medulla. (A) Densitometric analysis revealed a decrease in medulla NKCC2 (Na-K-2Cl) abundance in ACY-treated rats. (B) Immunoblots reacted with anti-NKCC2 revealed a band of approximately 146 to 176 kD (centered at 161 kD). Densitometric analysis of NKCC2 protein was normalized by densitometric analysis of actin protein.
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10. Figure 9
Semiquantitative immunoblotting of membrane fractions of kidney medulla. (A) Densitometric analysis revealed a decrease in medulla aquaporin 2 (AQP2) abundance in acyclovir (ACY)-treated rats. (B) Immunoblots reacted with anti-AQP2 revealed 29- and 35 to 50-kD AQP2 bands, representing nonglycosylated and glycosylated forms of AQP2, respectively. Densitometric analysis of AQP2 protein was normalized by densitometric analysis of villin protein.
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