“…AAG, a 1 -acid glycoprotein; a and b, parameters of allometric equations (a: constant, b: exponent); ADH, antidiuretic hormone; ATP, adenosine 5 0 -triphosphate; AUC, total area under the plasma concentration-time curve from time zero to time infinity; azosemide, 2-chloro-5-(1H-tetrazole-5-yl)-N 4 -(2thenyl) sulfanilamide; BSA bovine serum albumin; c-AMP, (-)-adenosine 3,5-cyclic monophosphate; Cl, time-averaged total body clearance; Cl CR , creatinine clearance; Cl IN , inulin clearance; Cl nr , time-averaged nonrenal clearance; Cl PAH , para-aminohippurate clearance; Cl r , time-averaged renal clearance; CYP, hepatic microsomal cytochrome P450; DMIA, diabetes mellitus induced by alloxan; DMIS, diabetes mellitus induced by streptozotocin; DOCA, deoxycorticosterone acetate; D-5-W, 5% glucose in water; ED 50 , half-maximal response dose; F, extent of absolute oral bioavailability; f e , fraction of dose excreted unchanged in urine; GFR, glomerular filtration rate; HPLC, high-performance liquid chromatography; HSA, human serum albumin; k, association constant; LD 50 , half-maximal lethal dose; M1, 5-(2-amino-4-chloro-5-sulfamoylphenyl)-tetrazole; MEER, maximally efficient urinary excretion rate; MRT, mean residence time; n, binding site; NARs, rats with mutant Nagase analbuminemia; NSAIDs, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs; PCM, proteinÀcalorie malnutrition (4 week feed on 5% casein diet); PCMC, PCM with 1 week oral cysteine (250 mg/kg twice daily from 4th week); PGs, prostaglandins; r, correlation coefficient; RAAS, renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system; RPF, renal plasma flow; SHRs, spontaneously hypertensive rats; SIADH, syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone; T/P, tissue-to-plasma concentration ratio; U-ARF, acute renal failure induced by uranyl nitrate; V c , apparent volume distribution at central compartment; V db , apparent post-pseudodistribution volume of distribution; V ss , apparent volume of distribution at steady-state; W, body weight; 4 WE, 4-week exercise.…”