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Başhan İ, Başhan P, Seçilmiş MA, Şingirik E. Protective effect of L-arginine on gentamicin-induced nephrotoxicity in rats. Indian J Pharmacol 2015; 46:608-12. [PMID: 25538331 PMCID: PMC4264075 DOI: 10.4103/0253-7613.144915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2014] [Revised: 01/31/2014] [Accepted: 07/27/2014] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Introduction: L-arginine has a protective effect on gentamicin-induced renal failure and it may decrease the tubular reabsorption of another cationic substance, gentamicin due to its cationic structure. The aim of this study is to compare the possible protective effects of L-arginine and its inactive isomer D-arginine on gentamicin-induced nephrotoxicity in rats. Materials and Methods: Wistar albino rats were housed in metabolic cages and assigned to six groups as: control group, gentamicin (100 mg/kg), gentamicin + L-arginine (2 g/l), gentamicin + D-arginine (2 g/l), gentamicin + L-arginine + Nv-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) (100 mg/l) and gentamicin + D-arginine + L-NAME. Gentamicin was administered by subcutaneous injections and the other drugs were added in drinking water for seven consecutive days. The animals were killed by decapitation and intracardiac blood and urine samples were obtained on the seventh day. Blood urea nitrogen, serum creatinine, sodium, potassium, urine gamma glutamyl transferase, creatinine, sodium, potassium and gentamicin levels were measured using High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) technique. Results: Gentamicin treated group had significant increase in blood urea nitrogen, serum creatinine, fractional Na excretion and urine gamma glutamyl transferase levels, and significant decrease in creatinine clearance compared to the control group. L-arginine and D-arginine reversed these findings. L-NAME abolished the nephroprotective effect of L-arginine. The urinary levels of gentamicin were significantly increased in rats treated with L-arginine or D-arginine compared to those treated with gentamicin. L-arginine and D-arginine reversed the advanced degenerative changes due to gentamicin administration in histopathological examination. Conclusion: Our study revealed the protective effect of L-arginine on gentamicin-induced nephrotoxicity, the contribution of the cationic feature of L-arginine, and the major role of NO in this protective effect.
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- İbrahim Başhan
- Mersin University Medical Faculty Department of Medical Education, 33343 Yenisehir, Mersin, Turkey
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- Department of Pharmacology, Çukurova University Medical School, 01330, Balcali, Adana, Turkey
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- Department of Pharmacology, Çukurova University Medical School, 01330, Balcali, Adana, Turkey
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- Department of Pharmacology, Çukurova University Medical School, 01330, Balcali, Adana, Turkey
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El-Tantawy WH, Mohamed SAH, Abd Al Haleem EN. Evaluation of biochemical effects of Casuarina equisetifolia extract on gentamicin-induced nephrotoxicity and oxidative stress in rats. Phytochemical analysis. J Clin Biochem Nutr 2013; 53:158-65. [PMID: 24249970 PMCID: PMC3818266 DOI: 10.3164/jcbn.13-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2013] [Accepted: 03/27/2013] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Nephrotoxicity is defined as renal dysfunction that arises as result of exposure to external agents such as drugs and environmental chemicals. The present work was undertaken to carry out the phytochemical study and nephroprotective activity of methanolic extract of Casuarina equisetifolia leaves in gentamicin-induced nephrotoxicity in Wistar rats. Flavonoids and phenolic acids were identified and quantified using high performance liquid chromatography. Subcutaneous injection of rats with gentamicin (80 mg/kg body weight/day) for six consecutive days induced marked acute renal toxicity, manifested by a significant increase in serum urea, creatinine and uric acid levels, along with a significant depletion of serum potassium level, compared to normal controls. Also oxidative stress was noticed in renal tissue as evidenced by a significant decrease in glutathione level, superoxide dismutase, glutathione-S-transferase activities, also a significant increase in malondialdehyde and nitric oxide levels when compared to control group. Administration of plant extract at a dose of 300 mg/kg once daily for 4 weeks restored normal renal functions and attenuated oxidative stress. In conclusion, Casuarina equisetifolia leaves extract ameliorates gentamicin-induced nephrotoxicity and oxidative damage by scavenging oxygen free radicals, decreasing lipid peroxidation and improving intracellular antioxidant defense, thus extract may be used as nephroprotective agent.
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Martínez-Salgado C, López-Hernández FJ, López-Novoa JM. Glomerular nephrotoxicity of aminoglycosides. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2007; 223:86-98. [PMID: 17602717 DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2007.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2007] [Revised: 04/17/2007] [Accepted: 05/10/2007] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Aminoglycoside antibiotics are the most commonly used antibiotics worldwide in the treatment of Gram-negative bacterial infections. However, aminoglycosides induce nephrotoxicity in 10-20% of therapeutic courses. Aminoglycoside-induced nephrotoxicity is characterized by slow rises in serum creatinine, tubular necrosis and marked decreases in glomerular filtration rate and in the ultrafiltration coefficient. Regulation of the ultrafiltration coefficient depends on the activity of intraglomerular mesangial cells. The mechanisms responsible for tubular nephrotoxicity of aminoglycosides have been intensively reviewed previously, but glomerular toxicity has received less attention. The purpose of this review is to critically assess the published literature regarding the toxic mechanisms of action of aminoglycosides on renal glomeruli and mesangial cells. The main goal of this review is to provide an actualized and mechanistic vision of pathways involved in glomerular toxic effects of aminoglycosides.
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- Carlos Martínez-Salgado
- Unidad de Investigación, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Paseo San Vicente 58-182, 37007 Salamanca, Spain.
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Pedraza-Chaverrí J, Barrera D, Maldonado PD, Chirino YI, Macías-Ruvalcaba NA, Medina-Campos ON, Castro L, Salcedo MI, Hernández-Pando R. S-allylmercaptocysteine scavenges hydroxyl radical and singlet oxygen in vitro and attenuates gentamicin-induced oxidative and nitrosative stress and renal damage in vivo. BMC CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY 2004; 4:5. [PMID: 15119956 PMCID: PMC419708 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6904-4-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2004] [Accepted: 04/30/2004] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Background Oxidative and nitrosative stress have been involved in gentamicin-induced nephrotoxicity. The purpose of this work was to study the effect of S-allylmercaptocysteine, a garlic derived compound, on gentamicin-induced oxidative and nitrosative stress and nephrotoxicity. In addition, the in vitro reactive oxygen species scavenging properties of S-allylmercaptocysteine were studied. Results S-allylmercaptocysteine was able to scavenge hydroxyl radicals and singlet oxygen in vitro. In rats treated with gentamicin (70 mg/Kg body weight, subcutaneously, every 12 h, for 4 days), renal oxidative stress was made evident by the increase in protein carbonyl content and 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal, and the nitrosative stress was made evident by the increase in 3-nitrotyrosine. In addition, gentamicin-induced nephrotoxicity was evident by the: (1) decrease in creatinine clearance and in activity of circulating glutathione peroxidase, and (2) increase in urinary excretion of N-acetyl-β-D-glucosaminidase, and (3) necrosis of proximal tubular cells. Gentamicin-induced oxidative and nitrosative stress and nephrotoxicity were attenuated by S-allylmercaptocysteine treatment (100 mg/Kg body weight, intragastrically, 24 h before the first dose of gentamicin and 50 mg/Kg body weight, intragastrically, every 12 h, for 4 days along gentamicin-treatment). Conclusion In conclusion, S-allylmercaptocysteine is able to scavenge hydroxyl radicals and singlet oxygen in vitro and to ameliorate the gentamicin-induced nephrotoxicity and oxidative and nitrosative stress in vivo.
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- José Pedraza-Chaverrí
- Facultad de Química, Edificio B, Segundo Piso, Laboratorio 209, Departamento de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Ciudad Universitaria, 04510, México, D.F., México
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- Facultad de Química, Edificio B, Segundo Piso, Laboratorio 209, Departamento de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Ciudad Universitaria, 04510, México, D.F., México
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- Facultad de Química, Edificio B, Segundo Piso, Laboratorio 209, Departamento de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Ciudad Universitaria, 04510, México, D.F., México
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- Facultad de Química, Edificio B, Segundo Piso, Laboratorio 209, Departamento de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Ciudad Universitaria, 04510, México, D.F., México
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- Facultad de Química, Edificio B, Laboratorio 124, Departmento de Química Orgánica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Ciudad Universitaria 04510, México, D.F., México
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- Facultad de Química, Edificio B, Segundo Piso, Laboratorio 209, Departamento de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Ciudad Universitaria, 04510, México, D.F., México
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- Facultad de Química, Edificio B, Segundo Piso, Laboratorio 209, Departamento de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Ciudad Universitaria, 04510, México, D.F., México
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- Facultad de Química, Edificio B, Segundo Piso, Laboratorio 209, Departamento de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Ciudad Universitaria, 04510, México, D.F., México
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- Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición "Salvador Zubirán", Departmento de Patología, 14000, México, D.F., México
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Park SW, Yoon HJ, Lee HB, Hooper NM, Park HS. Nitric oxide inhibits the shedding of the glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored dipeptidase from porcine renal proximal tubules. Biochem J 2002; 364:211-8. [PMID: 11988094 PMCID: PMC1222563 DOI: 10.1042/bj3640211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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NO is related to the pathological condition acute renal failure, in which we previously observed that the level of soluble dipeptidase in urine was decreased. In this study the role of NO in the shedding of the glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored form of renal dipeptidase (RDPase) was examined. The NO donors sodium nitroprusside (SNP) and S-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine rapidly inhibited the release of RDPase from porcine kidney proximal tubules. The substrate of NO synthase, l-Arg, also inhibited the release of RDPase, and this effect was reversed by the NO synthase inhibitor N(omega)-nitro-l-arginine methyl ester. Western-blot analyses using antibodies raised against porcine RDPase and the inositol-1,2-cyclic monophosphate moiety formed on phospholipase C cleavage of the GPI anchor demonstrated that SNP mediated its inhibitory effect on the release of RDPase via a GPI-specific phospholipase C (GPI-PLC). Peroxynitrite scavengers (deferoxamine and superoxide dismutase) or reducing agent (dithiothreitol) did not affect SNP's inhibition of the release of RDPase. Exposure to the G-protein activator AlF(-)(4) mimicked the l-Arg effect in the presence of a low concentration of l-Arg, and the effect was completely reversed by U73122, an intracellular phosphatidylinositol-specific PLC (PI-PLC) inhibitor. These results suggest a signal-transduction pathway involving NO, which is produced by NO synthase(s) following activation of a G-protein-coupled PI-PLC, resulting in inhibition of the GPI-PLC that cleaves and releases RDPase. Therefore, this indicates a role for NO as an inhibitory regulator of the shedding of the GPI-anchored RDPase in acute renal failure.
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- Sung Wook Park
- College of Pharmacy, Chonnam National University, 300 Yongbong-dong, Buk-gu, Kwangju 500-757, Korea
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Valdivielso JM, López-Novoa JM, Eleno N, Barriocanal FP. Role of glomerular nitric oxide in glycerol-induced acute renal failure. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 2000. [DOI: 10.1139/y00-012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Myoglobinuric acute renal failure remains one of the least understood clinical syndromes and the mediators involved remain obscure. The aim of the present study was to assess the role of nitric oxide in glycerol-induced acute renal failure under normal conditions and after uninephrectomy. Acute renal failure was induced in rats by injection of 50% glycerol (10 mL·kg-1 body weight). Half of the animals were subjected to uninephrectomy two days before glycerol injection. Two days after the induction of acute renal failure, glomeruli from some animals were isolated and glomerular nitrite production was measured. Another group of animals was used for acute clearance studies. In this case, the effect of infusing either L-NAME or L-arginine was assayed. Glomerular nitrite production was significantly decreased in glycerol-induced acute renal failure. Glomeruli from uninephrectomized animals showed an increase in nitrite production, both in normal conditions and after glycerol injection, as compared with glomeruli from non-nephrectomized animals. L-NAME infusion worsened renal function in all the study groups, but more slowly in animals with glycerol-induced acute renal failure than in control rats. In uninephrectomized animals L-NAME reduced renal function more than in animals with two kidneys. In conclusion, in this model of acute renal failure the decrease in glomerular nitric oxide production plays an important role in the decrease in renal function. After uninephrectomy, an increase in glomerular nitric oxide synthesis plays a protective role against glycerol-induced acute renal failure.Key words: acute renal failure, nitric oxide, glycerol, glomeruli.
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Valdivielso JM, Rivas-Cabañero L, Pérez-Barriocanal F, López-Novoa JM. Effect of nitric oxide synthesis modification on renal function in gentamicin-induced nephrotoxicity. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY 1997; 3:123-128. [PMID: 21781769 DOI: 10.1016/s1382-6689(97)00148-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/1996] [Revised: 12/03/1996] [Accepted: 12/23/1996] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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We evaluated the effect of acute or chronic nitric oxide (NO) synthesis activation or inhibition in rats with gentamicin-induced acute renal failure. Rats received gentamicin 100 mg/kg per day for 6 days, or isotonic saline. Some animals of each group also received N(G)-monomethyl-l-arginine (l-NAME, 4 mg/kg per day) or l-arginine (1%) in the drinking water for 6 days (chronic NO synthesis modification). In another experimental set, animals were treated with gentamicin or saline for 6 days and glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and renal plasma flow (RPF) were measured before and after the infusion of l-NAME (50 mg/h per kg) or l-arginine (60 mg/h per kg) (acute NO synthesis modification). Acute l-NAME administration induced a decrease in GFR and RPF both in control and gentamicin treated animals. Chronic l-NAME treatment induced an impairment in GFR only in gentamicin-treated animals. Acute l-arginine administration did not modify renal function in any experimental group whereas chronic l-arginine administration improved renal function only in gentamicin-treated animals. Urinary excretion of N-acetyl-β-d-glucosaminidase and alkaline phosphatase was increased by chronic treatment with l-NAME in both groups, whereas l-arginine had no effect. In conclusion, NO synthesis inhibition aggravates gentamicin-induced renal damage. However, chronic NO synthesis stimulation partially prevents against gentamicin nephrotoxicity, thus suggesting that increased renal NO synthesis during gentamicin-induced nephrotoxicity plays a protector role on renal function.
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- J M Valdivielso
- Instituto Reina Sofı́a de Investigación Nefrológica, Departamento de Fisiologı́a y Farmacologı́a, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Salamanca, Avenida Campo Charro s/n, 37 007 Salamanca, Spain
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