Evaluation of the protective effect of paricalcitol and vitamin D3 at doxorubicin nephrotoxicity in rats with 99mTechnetium-dimercaptosuccinic acid renal scintigraphy and biochemical methods

2020 ◽  
pp. 096032712095001
Author(s):  
Fadime Demir ◽  
Mustafa Demir ◽  
Hatice Aygun

Aim: The present study aimed to examine the effect of paricalcitol (PRC) and vitamin D3 (vit D3) on doxorubicin (DOX)-induced nephrotoxicity in rats. Materials and Methods: Forty-two Wistar rats were randomly categorized into six groups: control; 2) PRC(0.5 µg/kg) and 3) vit D3(5.000 IU/kg) administered for 14 days; 4) DOX, 18 mg/kg administered on the 12th, 13th and 14th days of the study; 5) PRC (0.5 µg/kg, +DOX(18 mg/kg); vit D3(5.000 IU)+DOX(18 mg/kg). On the 15th day of the experiment, 99mTc-DMSA uptake level and biochemical parameter in serum and tissue were assay. Results: Activities of 99mTechnetium-Dimercaptosuccinic Acid (99mTc-DMSA) were lower in groups receiving DOX and/or PRC+DOX, vit D3+DOX than in control groups. The 99mTc-DMSA level in the group PRC+DOX and vit D3+DOX were importantly higher than DOX group. DOX caused an important increase in blood urea nitrogen (BUN), creatinine, Tumor Necrosis Factor-α(TNF- α), interleukin-6(IL-6) and nitric oxide(NO) levels compared to control groups. However, PRC and vit D3 pretreatments lowered them. Uptake of 99mTc-DMSA level was higher in groups PRC+DOX than in vit D3+DOX group. Administration of PRC and vit D3 alone did not change alterations all of parameters. Conclusion: The results indicated that PRC administration protects kidney in DOX-induced nephrotoxic rats. In addition, PRC has a stronger nephroprotective effect than vit D3.

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (A) ◽  
pp. 1195-1202
Author(s):  
Ezra Endria Gunadi ◽  
Yan Wisnu Prajoko ◽  
Agung Putra

BACKGROUND: Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and bovine colostrum are potential therapies for the treatment of various degenerative and immune diseases. AIM: This study aimed to analyze the effect of MSCs on levels of tumor necrosis factor-Α (TNF-α) and macrophages M2 in the liver fibrosis of Wistar rats after 50% resection. METHODS: This study is a quasi-experimental post-test-only control group design to analyze the effect of giving bovine colostrum and MSCs to test animals on the process of regeneration of the remaining 50% liver with fibrosis. The study was conducted at the Stem Cell and Cancer Research Universitas Sultan Agung. The number of samples used was 40 male Wistar rats. The independent variables included MSC 1.000.0000 cells and bovine colostrum at a dose of 15 μL/g. Dependent variables used were macrophages M2 and levels of TNF-α ELISA. RESULTS: TNF-α levels on day 3 were (p = 0.001), day 7 were (p = 0.01), and day 10 were (p = 0.01) in liver tissue in various study groups analyzed using ELISA on day three*. The results showed differences which were significant between the control and treatment groups (p < 0.05). The expression of CD163 marked brown in liver tissue had more expression than the control group. CONCLUSION: The combination of MSCs and bovine colostrum can reduce TNF-α levels and significantly increase macrophages expression in the liver fibrosis of Wistar rats after 50% resection on the 3th, 7th, and 10th days.


2019 ◽  
Vol 88 ◽  
pp. 149-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erkoseoglu Ilknur ◽  
Kadioglu Mine ◽  
Cavusoglu Irem ◽  
Sisman Mulkiye ◽  
Aran Turhan ◽  
...  

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 117957351770927 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rudy Chang ◽  
Kei-Lwun Yee ◽  
Rachita K Sumbria

Tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α) plays a central role in the pathophysiology of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Food and Drug Administration–approved biologic TNF-α inhibitors are thus a potential treatment for AD, but they do not cross the blood-brain barrier. In this short review, we discuss the involvement of TNF-α in AD, challenges associated with the development of existing biologic TNF-α inhibitors for AD, and potential therapeutic strategies for targeting TNF-α for AD therapy.


2002 ◽  
Vol 283 (4) ◽  
pp. G947-G956 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathan W. Werneburg ◽  
M. Eugenia Guicciardi ◽  
Steven F. Bronk ◽  
Gregory J. Gores

Cathepsin B (Cat B) is released from lysososomes during tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) cytotoxic signaling in hepatocytes and contributes to cell death. Sphingosine has recently been implicated in lysosomal permeabilization and is increased in the liver by TNF-α. Thus the aims of this study were to examine the mechanisms involved in TNF-α-associated lysosomal permeabilization, especially the role of sphingosine. Confocal microscopy demonstrated Cat B-green fluorescent protein and LysoTracker Red were both released from lysosomes after treatment of McNtcp.24 cells with TNF-α/actinomycin D, a finding compatible with lysosomal destabilization. In contrast, endosomes labeled with Texas Red dextran remained intact, suggesting lysosomes were specifically targeted for permeabilization. LysoTracker Red was released from lysosomes in hepatocytes treated with TNF-α or sphingosine in Cat B(+/+) but not Cat B(−/−) hepatocytes, as assessed by a fluorescence-based assay. With the use of a calcein release assay in isolated lysosomes, sphingosine permeabilized liver lysosomes isolated from Cat B(+/+) but not Cat B(−/−) liver. C6ceramide did not permeabilize lysosomes. In conclusion, these data implicate a sphingosine-Cat B interaction inducing lysosomal destabilization during TNF-α cytotoxic signaling.


2009 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 837-842 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANA FILIPA MOURÃO ◽  
JOANA CAETANO-LOPES ◽  
PAULA COSTA ◽  
HELENA CANHÃO ◽  
MARIA JOSÉ SANTOS ◽  
...  

Objective.Considering the relevance of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) in the pathophysiology of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), it is likely that polymorphisms in its promoter area may be relevant in disease susceptibility and activity. We investigated if clinical measures of JIA activity and TNF-α serum concentrations were associated with TNF-α −308 genotypes.Methods.Portuguese patients with JIA in 5 pediatric rheumatology centers were recruited consecutively, along with a control group of healthy subjects. Demographic and clinical data and blood samples were collected from each patient. DNA was extracted for analysis of TNF-α gene promoter polymorphisms at position −308 by restriction fragment-length polymorphism.Results.One hundred fourteen patients and 117 controls were evaluated; 57% of patients presented the oligoarticular subtype, 25% the polyarticular subtype, 8% the systemic subtype, and 9% had enthesitis-related arthritis and 5% psoriatic arthritis. Twenty-four percent of the patients presented the −308 GA/AA genotypes and 76% the −308 GG genotype, similar to findings in controls. Patients with the −308 GA/AA genotype had higher degree of functional impairment, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, 100-mm visual analog scale score for disease activity, and TNF-α levels compared to those with the −308 GG genotype.Conclusion.TNF-α −308 GA/AA genotypes were found to be related to higher inflammatory activity and worse measures of disease activity in Portuguese patients with JIA. They were not associated with susceptibility to JIA.


2008 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 855-864 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshinori Takei ◽  
Ronald Laskey

Although nerve growth factor (NGF) promotes survival of neurons, tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α) contributes to cell death triggered by NGF depletion, through TNF-α receptor (TNFR) 1. In contrast to this effect, TNF-α can promote neural cell survival via TNF-α receptor TNFR2. Although these findings demonstrate pivotal roles of TNF-α and NGF in cell fate decisions, cross-talk between these signaling pathways has not been clarified. We find that NGF can induce TNF-α synthesis through the nuclear factor-κB transcription factor. This provides a new basis for examining the cross-talk between NGF and TNF-α. Inhibition of TNFR2 shows opposite effects on two downstream kinases of NGF, extracellular signal-regulated kinase (Erk) and Akt. It increases Erk activation by NGF, and this increased activation induces differentiation of neuroblastoma cell lines. Reciprocally, inhibition of TNFR2 decreases Akt activation by NGF. Consistent with an essential role of Akt in survival signaling, inhibition of TNF-α signaling decreases NGF-dependent survival of neurons from rat dorsal root ganglia. Thus, NGF and NGF-induced TNF-α cooperate to activate Akt, promoting survival of normal neural cells. However, the NGF-induced TNF-α suppresses Erk activation by NGF, blocking NGF-induced differentiation of neuroblastoma cells. TNFR2 signaling could be a novel target to modulate cell responses to NGF.


1995 ◽  
Vol 146 (2) ◽  
pp. 279-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
R C Olney ◽  
D M Wilson ◽  
M Mohtai ◽  
P J Fielder ◽  
R L Smith

Abstract IGF-I is the major anabolic factor for cartilage matrix production. Chondrocytes and cartilage treated with interleukin-1α (IL-1α), and chondrocytes from several models of inflammatory joint disease, exhibit reduced responsiveness to IGF-I. Since the IGF-binding proteins (IGFBPs) modulate the effects of IGF-I, we examined the effect of IL-1α and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) on IGFBP production by normal human articular chondrocytes in primary culture. Western ligand blots and immunoprecipitation of conditioned medium samples showed that articular chondrocytes produced IGFBPs-2, −3 and −4 and glycosylated IGFBP-4. Both IL-1α and TNF-α increased chondrocyte production of IGFBP-3, but did not alter IGFBP-4 production. The activity of a neutral metalloprotease with the ability to cleave IGFBP-3 was also increased by IL-1α. These data suggest that the cytokines IL-1α and TNF-α may act to reduce IGF-I access to chondrocytes by increasing production of IGFBP-3. This may be a factor in the decreased matrix production in the inflammatory arthritides. Journal of Endocrinology (1995) 146, 279–286


Author(s):  
Maryam Gholamalizadeh ◽  
Samaneh Mirzaei Dahka ◽  
Hadi Sedigh Ebrahim-Saraie ◽  
Mohammad Esmail Akbari ◽  
Azam Pourtaheri ◽  
...  

2001 ◽  
Vol 280 (5) ◽  
pp. F777-F785 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guangjie Guo ◽  
Jeremiah Morrissey ◽  
Ruth McCracken ◽  
Timothy Tolley ◽  
Helen Liapis ◽  
...  

Angiotensin II upregulates tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) in the rat kidney with unilateral ureteral obstruction (UUO). In a mouse model of UUO, we found that tubulointerstitial fibrosis is blunted when the TNF-α receptor, TNFR1, is functionally knocked out. In this study, we used mutant mice with UUO in which the angiotensin II receptor AT1a or the TNF-α receptors TNFR1 and TNFR2 were knocked out to elucidate interactions between the two systems. The contribution of both systems to renal fibrosis was assessed by treating TNFR1/TNFR2-double knockout (KO) mice with an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor, enalapril. The increased interstitial volume (Vvint) in the C57BI/6 wild-type mouse was decreased in the AT1a KO from 32.8 ± 4.0 to 21.0 ± 3.7% ( P < 0.005) or in the TNFR1/TNFR2 KO to 22.3 ± 2.1% ( P < 0.005). The Vvint of the TNFR1/TNFR2 KO was further decreased to 15.2 ± 3.7% ( P < 0.01) by enalapril compared with no treatment. The induction of TNF-α mRNA and transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) mRNA in the kidney with UUO was significantly blunted in the AT1a or TNFR1/TNFR2 KO mice compared with the wild-type mice. Treatment of the TNFR1/TNFR2 KO mouse with enalapril reduced both TNF-α and TGF-β1 mRNA and their proteins to near normal levels. Also, α-smooth muscle actin expression and myofibroblast proliferation were significantly inhibited in the AT1a or TNFR1/TNFR2 KO mice, and they were further inhibited in enalapril-treated TNFR1/TNFR2 KO mice. Incapacitating the angiotensin II or the TNF-α systems individually leads to partial blunting of fibrosis. Incapacitating both systems, by using a combination of genetic and pharmacological means, further inhibited interstitial fibrosis and tubule atrophy in obstructive nephropathy.


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