Gum Acacia mitigates diclofenac nephrotoxicity by targeting monocyte chemoattractant protein-1, complement receptor-1 and pro-apoptotic pathways

Autor: Amr El-Karef, Faten Shafeek, Nashwa M Abu-Elsaad, Tarek Ibrahim
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Food and chemical toxicology : an international journal published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association. 129
ISSN: 1873-6351
Popis: Treatment of many inflammatory diseases involves a chronic use of NSAIDs in large doses increasing acute kidney injury risk. This study was designed to evaluate a potential renoprotective effect of Gum Acacia (GA) on diclofenac (DICF) induced nephrotoxicity. Six groups of rats were used: normal group; control group (deprived from water during week 13), DICF group (deprived from water during week 13 and injected DICF i.p. 15 mg/kg/12 h at days 4 through 6 of water deprivation days, GA groups (1, 2 or 3 g/kg/day in drinking water) for 12 weeks followed by water deprivation and DICF injection as described. Kidney function, oxidative stress and anti-oxidant biomarkers were measured. Interleukin-1β, IL-10, TNF-α, complement receptor (CR)-1, monocyte chemoattractant protein (MCP)-1 and caspase-3 were assessed. Kidney sections were scored for fibrosis, tubular injury and inflammatory cells. An elevation in renal biomarkers, inflammatory cytokines, malondialdehyde and apoptotic markers was observed after DICF injection (p
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