Enhanced in vivo H2O2 generation by rat kidney in glycerol-induced renal failure

1989 ◽  
Vol 257 (3) ◽  
pp. F440-F445 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Guidet ◽  
S. V. Shah

Aminotriazole-mediated inhibition of catalase has been used in previous studies as a measure of in vivo changes in the hydrogen peroxide generation. Using this method, we found a significantly higher inhibition of renal catalase activity at various time points (30, 60, and 90 min) in glycerol-treated rats (a well-established model for myoglobinuric acute renal failure) compared with rats treated with aminotriazole alone. The greater inhibition in the glycerol-treated group was not due to differences in aminotriazole levels. We confirmed that catalase inactivation by aminotriazole was due to formation of catalase-hydrogen peroxide intermediate (compound I) because catalase inactivation was prevented by ethanol, a competitive substrate for compound I. There were no significant differences in the aminotriazole-induced inhibition of renal cortical catalase activity in control and uranyl nitrate-treated rats, suggesting that there was no enhanced generation of hydrogen peroxide in this model of acute renal failure. Taken together, these data provide evidence for enhanced generation of hydrogen peroxide in glycerol-induced acute renal failure and suggest that the enhanced generation of hydrogen peroxide in the glycerol-induced acute renal failure is not a result of nonspecific response to tissue injury.

1989 ◽  
Vol 256 (1) ◽  
pp. F158-F164 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. R. Guidet ◽  
S. V. Shah

The purpose of this study was to demonstrate in vivo generation of hydrogen peroxide by rat renal cortex and glomeruli. Aminotriazole irreversibly inactivates catalase only in the presence of hydrogen peroxide, and previous studies have shown that aminotriazole-mediated inhibition of catalase is a measure of in vivo changes in the hydrogen peroxide generation. Aminotriazole injected intraperitoneally caused a dose-dependent (0.1-1 g/kg) and a time-dependent (15, 30, 60, 90, 120 min) inhibition of the catalase activity in renal cortex. We confirmed that catalase inactivation by aminotriazole was due to formation of a catalase-hydrogen peroxide intermediate (compound I) because catalase inactivation was prevented by ethanol (2 g/kg), a competitive substrate for compound I. The specific activity of catalase in the glomeruli [0.27 +/- 0.026 k/mg protein (where k is the first-order reaction rate constant), n = 5] was significantly lower than the specific activity in the tubules (1.04 +/- 0.15 k/mg protein, n = 5) obtained from the same rats. The residual catalase activity (RCA) in the glomeruli (0.05 +/- 0.01 k/mg protein) was 19% of control values at 90 min after aminotriazole injection (1 g/kg). Taken together these data provide evidence for in vivo generation of hydrogen peroxide by rat renal cortex and glomeruli under normal conditions. Aminotriazole-mediated inhibition of catalase has been used in previous studies as a measure of in vivo changes in the hydrogen peroxide generation.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


1987 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 353-358 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Yusa ◽  
J. S. Beckman ◽  
J. D. Crapo ◽  
B. A. Freeman

Hyperoxia and hyperbaric hyperoxia increased the rate of cerebral hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) production in unanesthetized rats in vivo, as measured by the H2O2-mediated inactivation of endogenous catalase activity following injection of 3-amino-1,2,4-triazole. Brain catalase activity in rats breathing air (0.2 ATA O2) decreased to 75, 61, and 40% of controls due to endogenous H2O2 production at 30, 60, and 120 min, respectively, after intraperitoneal injection of 3-amino-1,2,4-triazole. The rate of catalase inactivation increased linearly in rats exposed to 0.6 ATA O2 (3 ATA air), 1.0 ATA O2 (normobaric 100% O2) and 3.0 ATA O2 (3 ATA 100% O2) compared with 0.2 ATA O2 (room air). Catalase inactivation was prevented by pretreatment of rats with ethanol (4 g/kg), a competitive substrate for the reactive catalase-H2O2 intermediate, compound I. This confirmed that catalase inactivation by 3-amino-1,2,4-triazole was due to formation of the catalase-H2O2 intermediate, compound I. The linear rate of catalase inactivation allows estimates of the average steady-state H2O2 concentration within brain peroxisomes to be calculated from the formula: [H2O2] = 6.6 pM + 5.6 ATA-1 X pM X [O2], where [O2] is the concentration of oxygen in ATA that the rats are breathing. Thus the H2O2 concentration in brains of rats exposed to room air is calculated to be about 7.7 pM, rises 60% when O2 tension is increased to 100% O2, and increases 300% at 3 ATA 100% O2, where symptoms of central nervous system toxicity first become apparent. These studies support the concept that H2O2 is an important mediator of O2-induced injury to the central nervous system.


1978 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 249-252
Author(s):  
K. G. Hofbauer ◽  
K. Bauereiss ◽  
A. Konrads ◽  
F. Gross

1. Acute renal failure was produced in rats by the intramuscular injection of glycerol (6.1 mol/l, 10 ml/kg). Either 2 or 4–6 h later the right kidney was isolated and perfused for 1 h with an electrolyte solution containing a gelatin preparation (Haemaccel, 35 g/l) at pressures between 90 and 100 mmHg in a single-pass system. 2. In kidneys taken from rats with acute renal failure renal vascular resistance was markedly increased immediately after the start of the perfusion as compared with control kidneys taken from untreated rats. During the following 30 min of perfusion the resistance progressively decreased and, at 1 h of perfusion, was similar to that in control kidneys or only moderately elevated. 3. Despite the reduction of renal vascular resistance glomerular filtration rate was still markedly impaired after 1 h of perfusion and fractional reabsorption of sodium and water as well as the secretion of p-aminohippurate were diminished. Renal venous renin concentration and renin release were lower in kidneys taken from rats with acute renal failure than in the control experiments. 4. These results suggest that the increase in renal vascular resistance and the stimulation of renin release after injection of glycerol in vivo are the consequence of extra-rather than intra-renal mechanisms.


2002 ◽  
Vol 283 (5) ◽  
pp. F971-F984 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Zuk ◽  
Karl S. Matlin

Ischemic injury to the kidney, a major cause of acute renal failure, leads to the detachment and loss of numerous tubular epithelial cells. Integrin-laminin interactions may promote regeneration of the damaged epithelium by influencing kidney epithelial cell adhesion and differentiation. Laminins are major structural components of basement membranes. Of the various laminin isoforms, laminin-5 is of particular interest because of its proposed role in the healing of skin wounds. In this study, we investigate the expression of laminin-5 in rat kidney after unilateral ischemia. Using a polyclonal antibody generated against laminin-5, we find that immunostaining is confined to the basement membranes of collecting ducts in the papilla and the major and minor calyces in normal kidney. With injury and regeneration, however, immunostaining becomes much more intense and widespread in basement membranes along the nephron. Immunoblotting of ischemic kidney extracts reveals significantly increased expression of a polypeptide of ∼220 kDa, possibly corresponding to a precursor of one of the three laminin-5 chains. Immunoblotting and immunostaining also demonstrate significantly increased expression and altered localization of the α3-integrin subunit, a receptor for laminin-5. These results indicate that there is induction of a laminin isoform, possibly laminin-5, and α3β1-integrin in the ischemic kidney and may implicate this receptor-ligand combination in the pathogenesis of acute renal failure and/or repair of the injured kidney epithelium.


2002 ◽  
Vol 103 (s2002) ◽  
pp. 434S-437S ◽  
Author(s):  
Masanori TAKAOKA ◽  
Mikihiro YUBA ◽  
Toshihide FUJII ◽  
Mamoru OHKITA ◽  
Yasuo MATSUMURA

We investigated whether the treatment with 17β-oestradiol has renal protective effects in male rats with ischaemic acute renal failure (ARF). We also examined if the effect of 17β-oestradiol is accompanied by suppression of enhanced endothelin-1 production in postischaemic kidneys. Ischaemic ARF was induced by clamping the left renal artery and vein for 45min followed by reperfusion, 2 weeks after contralateral nephrectomy. Renal function parameters such as blood urea nitrogen, plasma creatinine and creatinine clearance were measured to test the effectiveness of the steroid hormone. Renal function in ARF rats markedly decreased 24h after reperfusion. The ischaemia/reperfusion-induced renal dysfunction was dose-dependently improved by pretreatment with 17β-oestradiol (20 or 100µg/kg, intravenously). Histopathological examination of the kidney of untreated ARF rats revealed severe lesions, such as tubular necrosis, proteinaceous casts in tubuli and medullary congestion, all of which were markedly improved by the higher dose of 17β-oestradiol. In addition, endothelin-1 content in the kidney after the ischaemia/reperfusion increased significantly by approx. 2-fold over sham-operated rats, and this elevation was dose-dependently suppressed by the 17β-oestradiol treatment. These results suggest that oestrogen exhibits protective effects against renal dysfunction and tissue injury induced by ischaemia/reperfusion, possibly through the suppression of endothelin-1 overproduction in postischaemic kidneys.


1988 ◽  
Vol 255 (3) ◽  
pp. F438-F443 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. V. Shah ◽  
P. D. Walker

Reactive oxygen metabolites, in particular hydroxyl radical, have been shown to be important mediators of tissue injury in several models of acute renal failure. The aim of the present study was to examine the role of hydroxyl radical in glycerol-induced acute renal failure, a model for myoglobinuric renal injury. Rats injected with glycerol alone (8 mg/kg im following dehydration for 24 h) developed significant renal failure compared with dehydrated controls. Rats treated with glycerol and a hydroxyl radical scavenger, dimethylthiourea (DMTU), had significantly lower blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and creatinine. In contrast, urea, which is chemically similar to DMTU but is not a hydroxyl radical scavenger, provided no protection. In addition, DMTU prevented the glycerol-induced rise in renal cortical malondialdehyde content (a measure of lipid peroxidation that serves as a marker of free radical-mediated tissue injury). A second hydroxyl radical scavenger, sodium benzoate, had a similar protective effect on renal function (as measured by both BUN and creatinine). Because the generation of hydroxyl radical in biological systems requires the presence of a trace metal such as iron, we also examined the effect of the iron chelator, deferoxamine on glycerol-induced renal failure. Deferoxamine was also protective. The interventional agents were also associated with a marked reduction in histological evidence of renal damage. The protective effects of two hydroxyl radical scavengers as well as an iron chelator implicate a role for hydroxyl radical in glycerol-induced acute renal failure.


1990 ◽  
Vol 258 (2) ◽  
pp. F232-F236 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Joannidis ◽  
G. Gstraunthaler ◽  
W. Pfaller

The conversion rates of xanthine dehydrogenase (XDH) to xanthine oxidase (XO) were compared with the time course of in vivo lipid peroxidation (LPO) in an ischemia-reperfusion model of acute renal failure in the rat. LPO, measured as the renal release of malondialdehyde (MDA), was found to be markedly elevated only during the first 5 min of blood reflow following a 45-min interval of ischemia (arteriovenous MDA difference -277.3 +/- 53.5 vs. 3.7 +/- 5.7 nmol/l in controls, n = 14). After 30 min of reperfusion, arteriovenous MDA differences nearly reached control values (9.7 +/- 31.8 nmol/l, n = 7). In contrast to enhanced LPO, no significant conversion of XDH to XO was found (XO activity in controls: 23 +/- 1% of XO plus XDH activity vs. 26 +/- 3% after 45 min of ischemia, n = 7). Therefore XO-derived superoxide anion radicals cannot be considered causative for LPO in the reperfusion interval of experimental ischemic acute renal failure.


2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ekta Minocha ◽  
Rohit Anthony Sinha ◽  
Manali Jain ◽  
Chandra Prakash Chaturvedi ◽  
Soniya Nityanand

Abstract Background We have recently demonstrated that amniotic fluid stem cells (AFSC) express renal progenitor markers and can be differentiated in vitro into renal lineage cell types, viz, juxtaglomerular and renal proximal tubular epithelial-like cells. Here, we have evaluated the therapeutic efficacy of AFSC in a cisplatin-induced rat model of acute renal failure (ARF) and investigated the underlying mechanisms responsible for their renoprotective effects. Methods ARF was induced in Wistar rats by intra-peritoneal injection of cisplatin (7 mg/kg). Five days after cisplatin injection, rats were randomized into two groups and injected with either AFSC or normal saline intravenously. On days 8 and 12 after cisplatin injection, the blood biochemical parameters, histopathological changes, apoptosis and expression of pro-apoptotic, anti-apoptotic, and autophagy-related proteins in renal tissues were studied in both groups of rats. To further confirm whether the protective effects of AFSC on cisplatin-induced apoptosis were dependent on autophagy, chloroquine, an autophagy inhibitor, was administered by the intra-peritoneal route. Results Administration of AFSC in ARF rats resulted in improvement of renal function and attenuation of renal damage as reflected by significant decrease in blood urea nitrogen, serum creatinine levels, tubular cell apoptosis as assessed by Bax/Bcl2 ratio, and expression of the pro-apoptotic proteins, viz, PUMA, Bax, cleaved caspase-3, and cleaved caspase-9, as compared to the saline-treated group. Furthermore, in the AFSC-treated group as compared to the saline-treated group, there was a significant increase in the activation of autophagy as evident by increased expression of LC3-II, ATG5, ATG7, Beclin1, and phospho-AMPK levels with a concomitant decrease in phospho-p70S6K and p62 expression levels. Chloroquine administration led to significant reduction in the anti-apoptotic effects of the AFSC therapy and further deterioration in the renal structure and function caused by cisplatin. Conclusion AFSC led to amelioration of cisplatin-induced ARF which was mediated by inhibition of apoptosis and activation of autophagy. The protective effects of AFSC were blunted by chloroquine, an inhibitor of autophagy, highlighting that activation of autophagy is an important mechanism of action for the protective role of AFSC in cisplatin-induced renal injury.


2014 ◽  
Vol 65 ◽  
pp. 383-388 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronge Xing ◽  
Song Liu ◽  
Huahua Yu ◽  
Yukun Qin ◽  
Xiaolin Chen ◽  
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