Cardiotrophin-1 therapy prevents gentamicin-induced nephrotoxicity in rats

Aminoglycosides are very effective antibiotics for the treatment of severe infections, but they rank among the most frequent causes of drug-induced nephrotoxicity. Thus, prevention of aminoglycoside nephrotoxicity is an unmet therapeutic objective. Cardiotrophin-1 (CT-1), a member of the IL-6 family of cytokines, has been reported to protect the kidney against toxic and ischemic acute kidney injury (AKI). We have assessed the effect of rat CT-1 in the severity of gentamicin (G)-induced AKI. Groups of male Wistar rats received the following for 6 consecutive days: i) isotonic saline solution (group CONT), ii) G, 150mg/kg/day, i.p. (group G), iii) CT-1, 100μg/kg/day i.v. (group CT-1), or iv) G and CT-1 at the doses described above. The G group showed a manifest AKI characterized by low creatinine clearance, high plasma creatinine and urea levels, increased urinary excretion of proteins, glucose and AKI markers such as N-acetyl-glucosaminidase, neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin, kidney-injury molecule-1 and T-gelsolin, increased kidney levels of CD-68, iNOS, IL-1β and TNF-α, and markedly higher histological renal damage and leukocyte infiltration than the CONT and CT-1 groups. Administration of CT-1 together with G reduced almost all of the above-described manifestations of G-induced AKI. The results of this study have potential clinical application, as CT-1 is near to being used as a drug for organ protection..

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Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

Erschienen:

2016

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:107

Enthalten in:

Pharmacological research - 107(2016), Seite 137-146

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Quirós, Yaremi [VerfasserIn]
Blanco-Gozalo, Victor [Sonstige Person]
Sanchez-Gallego, Jose I [Sonstige Person]
López-Hernandez, Francisco J [Sonstige Person]
Ruiz, Juan [Sonstige Person]
Perez de Obanos, María P [Sonstige Person]
López-Novoa, José M [Sonstige Person]

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10.1016/j.phrs.2016.02.025

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OLC1974870529