scholarly journals Cigarette smoke inhalation aggravates diabetic kidney injury in rats

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 964-971 ◽  
Author(s):  
Songling Jiang ◽  
Do Van Quan ◽  
Jae Hyuck Sung ◽  
Moo-Yeol Lee ◽  
Hunjoo Ha

Abstract Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is the leading cause of end-stage kidney disease. Epidemiological studies have demonstrated that cigarette smoke or nicotine is a risk factor for the progression of chronic kidney injury. The present study analyzed the kidney toxicity of cigarette smoke in experimental rats with DKD. Experimental diabetes was induced in 7-week-old Sprague-Dawley rats by a single intraperitoneal injection of streptozotocin (60 mg kg−1). Four weeks after the induction of diabetes, rats were exposed to cigarette smoke (200 μg L−1), 4 h daily, and 5 days per week for 4 weeks. Cigarette smoke did not affect the levels of plasma glucose, hemoglobin A1c, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol or non-esterified fatty acids in both control and diabetic rats under the experimental conditions. Cigarette smoke, however, significantly increased diabetes-induced glomerular hypertrophy and urinary kidney injury molecule-1 (KIM-1) and neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) excretion, suggesting exacerbation of diabetic kidney injury. Cigarette smoke promoted macrophage infiltration and fibrosis in the diabetic kidney. As expected, cigarette smoke increased oxidative stress in both control and diabetic rats. These data demonstrated that four weeks of exposure to cigarette smoke aggravated the progression of DKD in rats.

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Zhao Jie ◽  
Mo Chao ◽  
Ai Jun ◽  
Shi Wei ◽  
Meng LiFeng

Background. Curcumin, a polyphenolic constituent from Curcuma longa, possesses antioxidant, hypolipidemic, and antidiabetic properties and has been reported to protect against diabetic kidney disease (DKD); however, the effect is inconsistent. Objective. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to investigate the effect of curcumin supplementation on renal function, lipid profile, blood pressure, and glycemic control in DKD. Methods. A systematic and comprehensive literature search of interrelated randomized controlled trials (RCTs) was conducted in PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, Scopus, and ClinicalTrials.gov from inception to July 30, 2021. Two investigators independently extracted data and assessed the risk of bias. Weighted mean differences (WMDs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated to describe the effect sizes using a fixed-effect model. Statistical analysis was performed using STATA 14.0 and RevMan 5.3. Results. Five RCTs involving 290 participants with DKD were included. Curcumin supplementation significantly improved the serum creatinine (WMD: −0.16 mg/dL, 95% CI: −0.3 to −0.02, P  = 0.029, I2 = 0%, moderate certainty), total cholesterol (WMD: −10.13 mg/dL, 95% CI: −17.84 to −2.14, P  = 0.01, I2 = 0%, moderate certainty), systolic blood pressure (WMD: 3.94 mmHg, 95% CI: 1.86 to 6.01, P  < 0.01, I2 = 33.5%, moderate certainty), and fasting blood glucose (WMD: −8.29 mg/dL, 95% CI: −15.19 to −1.39, P  = 0.019, I2 = 43.7%, moderate certainty) levels; however, it had no significant effects on blood urea nitrogen, proteinuria, triglyceride, low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol, and diastolic blood pressure levels. Conclusions. Curcumin may provide great potential effects against DKD. More large-scale and high-quality RCTs are required to confirm these findings.


2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (Supplement_3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Debra Dorotea ◽  
Hunjoo Ha

Abstract Background and Aims Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is the major cause of end-stage kidney disease which is characterized by prominent kidney fibrosis. Src family kinases (SFKs), a family of proto-oncogenes, has been acknowledged to mediate the development of kidney fibrosis. While, several studies in liver and skeletal muscle suggested the role of Src kinases in activating endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress. The present study aimed to investigate the mechanism of Src kinases-ER stress in mediating the progression of DKD. Method Type 1 diabetes was induced by a single 60 mg/kg i.p injection of streptozotocin (STZ) in 7-week-old male, Sprague-Dawley rats. Diabetic rats received 8-week-treatment of either KF-1607 (30 mg/kg/day), a pharmacological inhibitor of SFKs, or losartan (1 mg/kg/day), a standard treatment for patients with DKD. Results Among SFKs, Fyn and Lyn kinases were particularly increased in the diabetic kidney. Inhibition of Src kinases by KF-1607 improved kidney function and inhibited tubular injury, presented by decreased serum creatinine, albuminuria, and urinary KIM-1 excretion. Pathological changes in the kidney, such as enhanced glomerular volume, tuft area, and fractional mesangial area, were ameliorated in KF-treated rats. Highly-accumulated collagen network as well as increased TGF-β and α-SMA mRNA levels in the diabetic kidney were also significantly reduced in response to KF treatment. Furthermore, it consistently attenuated kidney inflammation and oxidative stress. The renoprotective effects of KF were interestingly similar to those of losartan. We showed increases in protein levels of phosphorylated IRE-1α, ATF6, GRP78 as well as CHOP indicating an exacerbated ER stress in the diabetic kidney. These ER stress markers were significantly decreased in KF treated mice. Conclusion Altogether, Src kinases through activation of ER stress aggravates kidney injury in STZ-induced diabetic rats.


2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie Lv ◽  
Zhen Wang ◽  
Ying Wang ◽  
Weiwei Sun ◽  
Jingwei Zhou ◽  
...  

Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is the leading cause of end-stage kidney disease, and satisfactory therapeutic strategies have not yet been established. The Shen-Yan-Fang-Shuai Formula (SYFSF) is a traditional Chinese formula composed of Astragali radix, Radixangelicae sinensis, Rheum officinale Baill, and four other herbs. It has been widely used as an effective treatment for DKD patients in China. However, little is known about the molecular mechanisms underlying SYFSF’s renoprotection. In this study, we compared the protective effect of SYFSF to irbesartan on the histology and renal cells in type 2 DKD rat model and high-glucose (HG) cultured mesangial cells, respectively. We found that SYFSF could significantly decrease urinary albumin, cholesterol, and triglyceride. And a decrease in serum creatinine was also found in SYFSF-treated group compared with irbesartan-treated rats. In addition, SYFSF inhibited the interstitial expansion and glomerulosclerosis in diabetic rats. Notably, SYFSF markedly downregulated the expression of MCP-1, TGF-β1, collagen IV, and fibronectin in diabetic rat models and HG-induced mesangial cell models. The renoprotection was closely associated with a reduced expression of TNF-α and phosphorylated NF-κBp65. Our study suggests that SYFSF may ameliorate diabetic kidney injury. The observed renoprotection is probably attributable to an inhibition of inflammatory response and extracellular matrix (ECM) accumulation mediated by TNF-α/NF-κBp65 signaling pathway.


Life ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 504
Author(s):  
Stefanos Roumeliotis ◽  
Panagiotis I. Georgianos ◽  
Athanasios Roumeliotis ◽  
Theodoros Eleftheriadis ◽  
Aikaterini Stamou ◽  
...  

Proteinuria is characterized by low accuracy for predicting onset and development of diabetic kidney disease (DKD) because it is not directly associated with molecular changes that promote DKD, but is a result of kidney damage. Oxidized low-density lipoprotein (ox-LDL) reflects oxidative stress and endothelial dysfunction, both underlying the development of proteinuria and loss of kidney function in DKD. We aimed to investigate whether ox-LDL modifies the association between proteinuria and progression of DKD in a cohort of 91 patients with proteinuric DKD and diabetic retinopathy, followed for 10 years. The primary endpoint was a combined kidney outcome of eGFR decline ≥30% or progression to end-stage kidney disease. After the end of the study, we considered the percentage change of eGFR over time as our secondary outcome. Proteinuria was associated with both outcomes, and ox-LDL amplified the magnitude of this link (p < 0.0001 for primary and p < 0.0001 for secondary outcome, respectively). After adjustment for duration of diabetes, history of cardiovascular disease and serum albumin, ox-LDL remained a significant effect modifier of the association between proteinuria and eGFR decline over time (p = 0.04). Our study shows that in proteinuric DKD, circulating ox-LDL levels amplified the magnitude of the association between proteinuria and progression of DKD.


2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 147916412199252
Author(s):  
Yuwei Yang ◽  
Peng Xu ◽  
Yan Liu ◽  
Xiaohong Chen ◽  
Yiyang He ◽  
...  

Aim: Atherosclerosis involves vascular endothelial damage and lipid metabolism disorder, which is closely related to the occurrence and development of diabetic kidney disease (DKD). However, studies on non-high albuminuria DKD (NHADKD) with an albumin to creatinine ratio (ACR) <30 mg/g are rare. This study is to investigate the relationship between atherogenic factors and the occurrence of NHADKD. Methods: Serum lipid indicators, lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 (Lip-PLA2) and homocysteine levels were measured in 1116 subjects to analyze their relationship with NHADKD. Results: Among all subjects, Lip-PLA2 had the closest but relatively weak correlation with ACR ( r = 0.297, p < 0.001) and only homocysteine was moderately correlated with eGFR ( r = −0.465, p < 0.001). However, in patients with NHADKD, these atherosclerotic factors were weakly correlated or uncorrelated with eGFR (max. | r| = 0.247). Stratified risk analysis showed that when ACR was <10 mg/g, homocysteine [OR = 6.97(4.07–11.95)], total cholesterol (total-Chol) [OR = 6.04(3.03–12.04)], and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-Chol) [OR = 5.09(2.99–8.64)] were risk factors for NHADKD. There was no significant difference of OR between these three factors ( Z = 0.430–1.044, all p > 0.05). When ACR was ⩾10mg/g, homocysteine [OR = 17.26(9.67–30.82)] and total-Chol [OR = 5.63(2.95–10.76)] were risk factors for NHADKD, and ORhomocysteine was significantly higher than ORtotal-Chol ( Z = 3.023, p < 0.05). Conclusions: The occurrence of NHADKD may be related to the levels of homocysteine, total-Chol, HDL-Chol, and Lip-PLA2 in blood. Among them, homocysteine may be most closely related to NHADKD.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Yuk Fai Wan ◽  
Esther Yee Tak Yu ◽  
Weng Yee Chin ◽  
Christie Sze Ting Lau ◽  
Anna Hoi Ying Mok ◽  
...  

AbstractThis study aimed to evaluate the associations between variability of lipid parameters and the risk of kidney disease in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol, total cholesterol to high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol ratio and triglyceride were specifically addressed in this study. This retrospective cohort study included 105,552 patients aged 45–84 with type 2 diabetes mellitus and normal kidney function who were managed under Hong Kong public primary care clinics during 2008–2012. Those with kidney disease (estimated glomerular filtration rate < 60 mL/min/1.73 m2 or urine albumin to creatinine ratio ≥ 3 mg/mmol) were excluded. Variabilities of low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol, total cholesterol to high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol ratio and triglyceride were determined using the standard deviation of the respective parameter obtained from a mixed effects model to minimize regression dilution bias. The associations between lipid variability and renal outcomes including incident kidney disease, renal function decline defined as ≥ 30% reduction in estimated glomerular filtration rate since baseline, and end-stage renal disease (estimated glomerular filtration rate < 15 mL/min/1.73 m2) were evaluated by multivariable Cox regression. After a median follow-up of 66.5 months (0.5 million person-years in total), 49,653 kidney disease, 29,358 renal function decline, and 1765 end-stage renal disease cases were recorded. Positive linear associations between low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol and total cholesterol to high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol ratio variabilities and the risk of all renal outcomes were demonstrated. However, no association between triglyceride variability and any outcome was found. Each mmol/L increase in low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol variability was associated with 20% (Hazard ratio 1.20 [95% CI 1.15–1.25]), 38% (Hazard ratio 1.37 [95% CI 1.30–1.45]), and 108% (Hazard ratio 2.08 [95% CI 1.74–2.50]) higher risk in incident kidney disease, renal function decline and end-stage renal disease respectively. Similarly, each unit increase in total cholesterol to high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol ratio variability was associated with 35% (Hazard ratio 1.15 [95% CI 1.10–1.20]), 33% (Hazard ratio 1.33 [95% CI 1.26–1.40]), and 75% (Hazard ratio 1.75 [95% CI 1.46–2.09]) heightened risk in incident kidney disease, renal function decline and end-stage renal disease respectively. Cholesterol variability may potentially be a useful predictor of kidney diseases in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Attention should be drawn to cholesterol variability when managing diabetic patients and further research is warranted to investigate the modifiable risk factors for lipid variability.


Hypertension ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 66 (suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Wysocki ◽  
Minghao Ye ◽  
Ahmed M Khattab ◽  
Yashpal Kanwar ◽  
Mark Osborn ◽  
...  

ACE2 is a monocarboxypeptidase that by converting AngII to Ang1-7 should down-regulate the renin-angiotensin system and therefore provide a means to therapeutically target diabetic kidney disease, a condition where the kidney RAS is overactive. Previous work indicated that soluble human recombinant (r)ACE2 administration for 4 weeks attenuated kidney injury in diabetic Akita mice. Whether such effect of rACE2 can be confirmed and attributed to augmented ACE2 activity is uncertain because chronic use of human rACE2 in mice induces immunogenicity and the development of antibodies that neutralize serum ACE2 activity. To examine the effect of chronic amplification of circulating ACE2 on kidney injury caused by STZ-induced diabetes and to circumvent the immunogenicity arising from xenogeneic ACE2, ACE2 of mouse origin was administered to mice using either daily i.p. injections (1 mg/kg) of mrACE2 for 4 weeks or after 20 weeks of ACE2 mini-circle (MC) (10-30ug/mouse) administration. MC provides a form of gene delivery that is resistant to gene silencing and, in addition, greatly optimizes long-term in vivo overexpression of proteins of interest. ACE2MC resulted in a profound and sustained increase in serum ACE2 activity (2.4±0.3 vs. 497±135 RFU/ul/hr, p<0.01) but kidney ACE2 activity was unchanged (17.4±1.3 vs. 19.0±0.8 RFU/ug prot/hr). mACE2-treated mice injected with STZ developed diabetes similar to sham mice injected with STZ. Systolic BP was not different between non-diabetic mice, sham STZ-mice, and STZ-mice receiving mACE2 by either i.p. mrACE2 or ACE2MC. Urinary albumin was similarly increased in sham STZ-mice and in STZ-mice receiving mACE2. Glomerular mesangial score and glomerular cellularity were both increased to a similar extent in sham STZ-mice and in STZ-mice with mACE2 administration, as compared to non-diabetic controls. In conclusion, profound and long-term augmentation of ACE2 activity confined to the circulation is not sufficient to attenuate glomerular pathology and albuminuria in STZ-induced diabetic kidney disease probably because of lack of kidney delivery of ACE2. Strategies to achieve over-expression of ACE2 at the kidney level are needed to demonstrate a beneficial effect of this enzyme on diabetic kidney disease.


Author(s):  
Santosh Fattepur ◽  
Kiran Chanabasappa Nilugal ◽  
Ranya Rajendran ◽  
Fadli Asmani ◽  
Eddy Yusuf

Objective: Hyperlipidemia is one of the risk factors that contribute to the prevalence of coronary heart diseases and antihyperlipidemic agents, such as statin, was used to treat hyperlipidemia as a current therapy. Boesenbergia pandurata has not been exploited for antihyperlipidemic effect. Hence, this study aims to screen for the antihyperlipidemic activity of methanolic extracts of B. pandurata rhizomes (BPR extracts) in hypercholesterolemia-induced Sprague-Dawley rats.Methods: BPR extracts were prepared using the maceration method with 1500 ml of 80% methanol at room temperature for about 7 days. A toxicity study was carried out based on OECD guidelines. Hypercholesterolemia was induced by 6% lard oil, 2% of cheese, and egg yolks. Two different doses of BPR extracts, 200 and 400 mg/kg, were used to screen for antihyperlipidemic effect. Histopathological study was carried out in the liver. The results were evaluated for the statistically significant difference by using the one-way ANOVA followed by post hoc Dunnett test.Results: No mortality was witnessed even till 2 g/kg. Only 400 mg/kg of BPR extracts statistically reduced in total cholesterol (p<0.05), low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (p<0.05) and an increase in high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (p<0.05) when compared to the positive control. BPR extracts (400 mg/kg) showed less enlargement of lipid droplets as compared to positive control.Conclusion: BPR extracts can be a promising medicinal plant for treating hyperlipidemia in underdeveloped countries.


2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (19) ◽  
pp. 10822
Author(s):  
Agata Winiarska ◽  
Monika Knysak ◽  
Katarzyna Nabrdalik ◽  
Janusz Gumprecht ◽  
Tomasz Stompór

The incidence of type 2 diabetes (T2D) has been increasing worldwide, and diabetic kidney disease (DKD) remains one of the leading long-term complications of T2D. Several lines of evidence indicate that glucose-lowering agents prevent the onset and progression of DKD in its early stages but are of limited efficacy in later stages of DKD. However, sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1R) antagonists were shown to exert nephroprotective effects in patients with established DKD, i.e., those who had a reduced glomerular filtration rate. These effects cannot be solely attributed to the improved metabolic control of diabetes. In our review, we attempted to discuss the interactions of both groups of agents with inflammation and oxidative stress—the key pathways contributing to organ damage in the course of diabetes. SGLT2i and GLP-1R antagonists attenuate inflammation and oxidative stress in experimental in vitro and in vivo models of DKD in several ways. In addition, we have described experiments showing the same protective mechanisms as found in DKD in non-diabetic kidney injury models as well as in some tissues and organs other than the kidney. The interaction between both drug groups, inflammation and oxidative stress appears to have a universal mechanism of organ protection in diabetes and other diseases.


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