scholarly journals Taurine Antioxidant Effect in Decreasing Kidney Damage in Male Mice (Mus Musculus) due to Oxidative Stress Induced by Paraquat

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
Ricki Pratama ◽  
Eka Pramyrtha Hestianah ◽  
Thomas Valentinus Widiyatno ◽  
Dewa Ketut Meles ◽  
Rochmah Kurnijasanti

Paraquat toxicity occurs through the high production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) which cause damage due to oxidative stress. Antioxidants can reduce damage through prevention of oxidative stress. Taurine has shown the ability to act as an antioxidant. The aim of this research is to find a effect of antioxidant taurine to decrease kidney damage caused by oxidative stress due to paraquat by looking at the histopathology changes. 25 male adult mices from strain DDY were used and divided into five treatment groups; C(-) (Aquadest IP), C(+) (Paraquat 30mg/kg), P1 (Paraquat 30mg/kg + Taurine 250mg/kg), P2 (Paraquat 30mg/kg + Taurine 500mg/kg) and P3 (Paraquat 30mg/kg + Taurine 1000mg/kg). All groups were given treatment intraperitoneal for twenty one days. The mices were sacrificed where kidney were collected for histopathology preparation. The parameters measured were renal histopathological changes in form of degeneration and necrosis. The results show that taurine administration had an effect on decreased degrees of damage to kidney tubular cells, with a decrease in the mean degree of renal tubular degeneration and necrosis. Degeneration of renal tubular cells in groups (P2) reduced compared to the group (C+) there were significant differences (P <0.05). Necrosis of renal tubular cells in groups (P1, P2) reduced compared to the group (C+) there were significant differences (P <0.05).  In conclusion, this research proves that administration of paraquat causes renal histopathological changes which are characterized by degeneration and necrosis. It also proves that taurine dose of 500 mg/kgBB could provided optimal effect.

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 6086-6092 ◽  
Author(s):  
TSAI-KUN WU ◽  
CHYOU-WEI WEI ◽  
YING-RU PAN ◽  
SHUR-HUEIH CHERNG ◽  
WEI-JUNG CHANG ◽  
...  

2008 ◽  
Vol 179 (4) ◽  
pp. 1620-1626 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyoung Keun Park ◽  
Byong Chang Jeong ◽  
Mi-Kyung Sung ◽  
Mi-Young Park ◽  
Eun Young Choi ◽  
...  

2005 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 261-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasunori Itoh ◽  
Takahiro Yasui ◽  
Atsushi Okada ◽  
Keiichi Tozawa ◽  
Yutaro Hayashi ◽  
...  

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 4343-4348 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhuohang Li ◽  
Yiyu Sheng ◽  
Cheng Liu ◽  
Kuiqing Li ◽  
Xin Huang ◽  
...  

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuezhong Gong ◽  
Yiru Duan ◽  
Junli Zheng ◽  
Yiquan Wang ◽  
Guohua Wang ◽  
...  

Contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) is a leading cause of hospital-acquired acute kidney injury (AKI) due to apoptosis induced in renal tubular cells. Our previous study demonstrated the novel N-acetylcysteine amide (NACA); the amide form of N-acetyl cysteine (NAC) prevented renal tubular cells from contrast-induced apoptosis through inhibiting p38 MAPK pathway in vitro. In the present study, we aimed to compare the efficacies of NACA and NAC in preventing CIN in a well-established rat model and investigate whether thioredoxin-1 (Trx1) and apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1 (ASK1) act as the potential activator for p38 MAPK. NACA significantly attenuated elevations of serum creatinine, blood urea nitrogen, and biomarkers of AKI. At equimolar concentration, NACA was more effective than NAC in reducing histological changes of renal tubular injuries. NACA attenuated activation of p38 MAPK signal, reduced oxidative stress, and diminished apoptosis. Furthermore, we demonstrated that contrast exposure resulted in Trx1 downregulation and increased ASK1/p38 MAPK phosphorylation, which could be reversed by NACA and NAC. To our knowledge, this is the first report that Trx1 and ASK1 are involved in CIN. Our study highlights a renal protective role of NACA against CIN through modulating Trx1 and ASK1/p38 MAPK pathway to result in the inhibition of apoptosis among renal cells.


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