Protective role of melatonin against diclofenac-induced acute kidney injury.

Autor: El Agaty SM; Department of Medical Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt; Department of Medical Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Galala University, Suez, Egypt; Basic Medical Sciences Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Salman International University, Sinai, Egypt., Khedr S; Department of Medical Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt., Mostafa DKM; Department of Histology and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt., Wanis NA; Department of Medical Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt., Abou-Bakr DA; Department of Medical Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt; Department of Medical Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Armed Forces College of Medicine (AFCM), Cairo, Egypt. Electronic address: doaaabou-bakr@med.asu.edu.eg.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Life sciences [Life Sci] 2024 Sep 15; Vol. 353, pp. 122936. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jul 31.
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2024.122936
Abstrakt: Diclofenac (DF), a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, is commonly used to relieve pain and inflammation. High doses of DF might induce acute kidney injury (AKI), particularly in elderly, a known vulnerable population.
Aim: We aimed to assess the protective role of melatonin (Mel) on DF-induced AKI in aged rats and to highlight the underpinning mechanisms include, oxidative stress and inflammation focusing on microRNA-34a (miR-34a), nuclear factor erythroid-2-related factor-2/hemeoxygenase-1 (Nrf2/HO-1) and NLR family-pyrin domain containing-3 (NLRP3) inflammasome pathways, and to elucidate the possibility of epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) involvement.
Materials and Methods: Thirty old male Wistar rats were allocated randomly into 3 groups: Control, DF and Mel-DF groups.
Key Findings: Melatonin provided nephroprotective effects against DF-induced AKI via attenuating the expression of renal miR-34a and subsequently promoting the signaling of Nrf2/HO-1 with elevation of the antioxidant defense capacity and suppressing NLRP3 inflammasomes. Melatonin alleviated DF-induced hypernatremia via decreasing the ENaC expression. Renal histopathological examination revealed significant reduction in vascular congestion, mononuclear infiltration, glomerulo-tubular damage, fibrosis and TNF-α optical density.
Significance: It can be assumed that melatonin is a promising safe therapeutic agent in controlling DF-induced AKI in elderly.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare no conflict of interests.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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