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ArticleBasic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology2019

Treatment with lecinoxoids attenuates focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis development in nephrectomized rats.

Niva Yacov, Boris Feldman, Alexander Volkov, Eti Ishai, Eyal Breitbart, Itzhak Mendel

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Article in Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Niva YacovVBL Therapeutics, Modi'in, Israel.
Boris FeldmanVBL Therapeutics, Modi'in, Israel.
Alexander VolkovInstitute of Pathology, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel.
Eti IshaiVBL Therapeutics, Modi'in, Israel.
Eyal BreitbartVBL Therapeutics, Modi'in, Israel.
Itzhak MendelVBL Therapeutics, Modi'in, Israel.
Vascular Biogenics (Israel) · ILSheba Medical Center · IL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) is a scarring process associated with chronic low-grade inflammation ascribed to toll-like receptor (TLR) activation and monocyte migration. We developed synthetic, small-molecule lecinoxoids, VB-201 and VB-703, that differentially inhibit TLR-2- and TLR-4-mediated activation and monocyte migration. The efficacy of anti-inflammatory lecinoxoid treatment on FSGS development was explored using a 5/6 nephrectomy rat model. Five-sixths of nephrectomized rats were treated with lecinoxoids VB-201, VB-703 or PBS, for 7 weeks. Upon sacrifice, albumin/creatinine ratio, glomerulosclerosis, fibrosis-related gene expression and the number of glomerular and interstitial monocyte were evaluated. Treatment of nephrectomized rats with lecinoxoids ameliorated glomerulosclerosis. The percentage of damaged glomeruli, glomerular sclerosis and glomeruli fibrotic score was significantly reduced following VB-201 and VB-703 treatment. VB-703 attenuated the expression of fibrosis hallmark genes collagen, fibronectin (FN) and transforming growth factor β (TGF-β) in kidneys and improved albumin/creatinine ratio with higher efficacy than did VB-201, but only VB-201 significantly reduced the number of glomerular and interstitial monocytes. These results indicate that treatment with TLR-2, and more prominently, TLR-4 antagonizing lecinoxioids, is sufficient to significantly inhibit FSGS. Moreover, inhibiting monocyte migration can also contribute to treatment of FSGS. Our data demonstrate that targeting TLR-2-TLR-4 and/or monocyte migration directly affects the priming phase of fibrosis and may consequently perturb disease parthogenesis.

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AnimalsBlood CellsCollagenDisease Models, AnimalFibronectinsGlomerulosclerosis, Focal SegmentalGlycerophosphatesGlycerylphosphorylcholineKidneyMacrophagesMaleMonocytesNephrectomyPodocytesPyridinium CompoundsRandom Allocation1-palmityl-2-(4-carboxybutyl)-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholineCollagenFibronectinsGlycerophosphatesGlycerylphosphorylcholinePyridinium CompoundsTlr2 protein, ratTlr4 protein, ratToll-Like Receptor 2Toll-Like Receptor 4Transforming Growth Factor betaVB-703

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PMID30125459
PMCPMC7379519
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