scholarly journals Possible Protective Effect of Diacerein on Doxorubicin-Induced Nephrotoxicity in Rats

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marwa M. M. Refaie ◽  
Entesar F. Amin ◽  
Nashwa F. El-Tahawy ◽  
Aly M. Abdelrahman

Nephrotoxicity is one of the limiting factors for using doxorubicin (DOX). Interleukin 1 has major role in DOX-induced nephrotoxicity, so we investigated the effect of interleukin 1 receptor antagonist diacerein (DIA) on DOX-induced nephrotoxicity. DIA (25 and 50 mg/kg/day) was administered orally to rats for 15 days, in the presence or absence of nephrotoxicity induced by a single intraperitoneal injection of DOX (15 mg/kg) at the 11th day. We measured levels of serum urea, creatinine, renal reduced glutathione (GSH), malondialdehyde (MDA), total nitrites (NOx), catalase, and superoxide dismutase (SOD). In addition, caspase-3, tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFα), nuclear factor kappa B (NFκB) expressions, and renal histopathology were assessed. Our results showed that DOX-induced nephrotoxicity was ameliorated or reduced by both doses of DIA, but diacerein high dose (DHD) showed more improvement than diacerein low dose (DLD). This protective effect was manifested by significant improvement in all measured parameters compared to DOX treated group by using DHD. DLD showed significant improvement of creatinine, MDA, NOx, GSH, histopathology, and immunohistochemical parameters compared to DOX treated group.

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Azza A. K. El-Sheikh ◽  
Mohamed A. Morsy ◽  
Marwa M. Mahmoud ◽  
Rehab A. Rifaai ◽  
Aly M. Abdelrahman

Nephrotoxicity is one of the limiting factors for using doxorubicin (Dox) as an anticancer chemotherapeutic. Here, we investigated possible protective effect of coenzyme-Q10 (CoQ10) on Dox-induced nephrotoxicity and the mechanisms involved. Two doses (10 and 100 mg/kg) of CoQ10 were administered orally to rats for 8 days, in the presence or absence of nephrotoxicity induced by a single intraperitoneal injection of Dox (15 mg/kg) at day 4 of the experiment. Our results showed that the low dose of CoQ10 succeeded in reversing Dox-induced nephrotoxicity to control levels (e.g., levels of blood urea nitrogen and serum creatinine, concentrations of renal reduced glutathione (GSH) and malondialdehyde, catalase activity and caspase 3 expression, and renal histopathology). Alternatively, the high dose of CoQ10 showed no superior nephroprotection over the low dose, as there were no significant improvements in renal histopathology, catalase activity, or caspase 3 expression compared to the Dox-treated group. Interestingly, the high dose of CoQ10 alone significantly decreased renal GSH level as well as catalase activity and caused a mild induction of caspase 3 expression compared to control, probably due to a prooxidant effect at this dose of CoQ10. We conclude that CoQ10 protects from Dox-induced nephrotoxicity with a precaution to dosage adjustment.


2005 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 251-259 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. I. Haza ◽  
A. Zabala ◽  
N. Arranz ◽  
P. Morales

The protective effect of a Lactobacillus salivariusstrain from human faeces (HA8) was evaluated against the cytotoxicity of N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA), N-nitrosopyrrolidine (NPYR), N-nitrosodibutylamine (NDBA) and N-nitrosopiperidine (NPIP) by 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay. L. salivariusHA8 strain showed a moderate protective effect against NPYR and weak against NDBA and NPIP. No protective effect against cytotoxicity of NDMA was observed at the bacterial population used. To test the effect of L. salivariusHA8 on cytokine production (interleukin-1 ± (IL-1 ±), interleukin-8 (IL-8) and tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF-≥)), the human macrophage cell line (THP-1) was cultured in the presence and absence of lipopolysaccharide (LPS). L. salivariusHA8 induced IL-1 ±, IL-8 and TNF-≥ releases when cells were stimulating with and without LPS.


Diabetes ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 42 (7) ◽  
pp. 1026-1031 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Yamada ◽  
N. Takane ◽  
S. Otabe ◽  
C. Inada ◽  
M. Inoue ◽  
...  

1991 ◽  
Vol 261 (5) ◽  
pp. R1096-R1103 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Shibata ◽  
C. M. Blatteis

This study was undertaken to determine whether the reported different courses of the febrile responses to the cytokines interleukin-1 beta (IL-1), interferon-alpha 2 (IFN), and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF) might have neuroelectrophysiological correlates. The reactions of individual thermosensitive neurons in the preoptic area (POA) were evaluated by recording their extracellular single-unit firing rates (FR) in slices of guinea pig POA perfused with artificial cerebrospinal fluid (aCSF), human recombinant IL-1 (50-500 ng), IFN (1,000-8,000 U), and TNF (400-5,000 ng) (all doses per min/ml aCSF); thermosensitivity was assessed by FR responses to changes of perfusate temperature (32-42 degrees C). Overall, these cytokines depressed the FR of warm-sensitive units and excited those of cold-sensitive units, in agreement with expectations. However, the responses of individual neurons treated with two or all three cytokines were dissimilar: 61% of the units tested reacted differentially to two or three cytokines, 32% exhibited identical responses, and 7% had no response to any cytokine. These results support the possibility that IL-1, IFN, and TNF may affect not the same but rather distinct neurons functionally connected to common pyrogenic effectors. Thus they suggest that differential neuronal substrates may be utilized by each cytokine to exert its pyrogenic effect.


1989 ◽  
Vol 259 (2) ◽  
pp. 585-588 ◽  
Author(s):  
E E Golds ◽  
P Mason ◽  
P Nyirkos

Exposure of human synovial cells and fibroblasts in monolayer culture to interleukin 1 results in prominent secretion of proteins with Mr values of 6000 and 7000. By N-terminal sequence analysis, the Mr-6000 protein is identified as the protein encoded by a recently described gro mRNA. The Mr-7000 protein is identical to a neutrophil chemotactic factor released from monocytes. Stimulation of normal human fibroblasts with tumour necrosis factor alpha also results in expression and secretion of these two proteins. In addition to these cytokine-induced proteins, we have identified beta 2-microglobulin as an Mr-8000 protein constitutively secreted by synovial cells.


1994 ◽  
Vol 14 (10) ◽  
pp. 6561-6569
Author(s):  
L Klampfer ◽  
T H Lee ◽  
W Hsu ◽  
J Vilcek ◽  
S Chen-Kiang

Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) and interleukin-1 (IL-1) activate transcription of the TSG-6 gene in normal human fibroblasts through a promoter region (-165 to -58) that encompasses an AP-1 and a NF-IL6 site. We show by deletion analysis and substitution mutagenesis that both sites are necessary for activation by TNF-alpha. Activation by IL-1 requires the NF-IL6 site and is enhanced by the AP-1 site. These results suggest that the NF-IL6 and AP-1 family transcription factors functionally cooperate to mediate TNF-alpha and IL-1 signals. Consistent with this possibility, IL-1 and TNF-alpha markedly increase the binding of Fos and Jun to the AP-1 site, and NF-IL6 activates the native TSG-6 promoter. Activation by NF-IL6 requires an intact NF-IL6 site and is modulated by the ratio of activator to inhibitor NF-IL6 isoforms that are translated from different in-frame AUGs. However, the inhibitor isoform can also bind to the AP-1 site and repress AP-1 site-mediated transcription. The finding that the inhibitor isoform antagonizes activation of the native TSG-6 promoter by IL-1 and TNF-alpha suggests that NF-IL6 has a physiologic role in these cytokine responses. Thus, the functionally distinct NF-IL6 isoforms cooperate with Fos and Jun to positively and negatively regulate the native TSG-6 promoter by TNF-alpha and IL-1.


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