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ArticleBMC nephrology2020

Ion-Channel modulator TH1177 reduces glomerular injury and serum creatinine in chronic mesangial proliferative disease in rats.

Andrea Cove-Smith, Claire C Sharpe, Michael J Shattock, Bruce M Hendry

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Article in BMC nephrology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Andrea Cove-SmithRenal Sciences, Department of Inflammation Biology, King's College London, Renal Medicine 10 Cutcombe Road, London, SE5 9RJ, UK.
Claire C SharpeRenal Sciences, Department of Inflammation Biology, King's College London, Renal Medicine 10 Cutcombe Road, London, SE5 9RJ, UK.
Michael J ShattockCardiovascular Sciences, The Rayne Institute, King's College London, London, SE1 7EH, UK.
Bruce M HendryRenal Sciences, Department of Inflammation Biology, King's College London, Renal Medicine 10 Cutcombe Road, London, SE5 9RJ, UK. bruce.hendry@kcl.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-7950-7685
King's College London · GB

Funding

KRUK RF2014Medical Research Council MR/J006742/1Medical Research Council TF2007
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundT-type calcium channels (TTCC) are involved in mesangial cell proliferation. In acute thy-1 nephritis in the rat TTCC inhibition reduces glomerular damage and cell proliferation. This work is extended here by a study of the non-selective TTCC inhibitor TH1177 in a chronic model of proliferative glomerulonephritis (GN) including late treatment starting after the initial inflammation has resolved. The objective was to determine the effects of TH1177 in a model of chronic mesangioproliferative renal disease.

methodsChronic GN was induced in WKY rats by unilateral nephrectomy (day - 7) followed by day 0 injection of Ox7 thy-1 mAb. Treatment with TH1177 (10-20 mg/Kg daily IP) was started on day 2 (early treatment) or on day 14 (late treatment) and compared to vehicle-treated controls until sacrifice at day 42. Glomerular disease was assessed with a damage score, fibrosis assay, cellular counts and renal function measured by serum creatinine.

resultsTreatment with TH11777 was associated with reduced serum creatinine, less glomerular damage, reduced fibrosis and reduced glomerular cellularity. The results for early and late TH1177 treatments were essentially the same and differed significantly from vehicle.

conclusionsThe ion-channel modulator TH1177 is capable of improving glomerular outcome in chronic rat GN even when treatment starts 14 days after initiation of the disease. These data are discussed in the context of the possible targets of TH1177 including TTCC, TRP family, Stim/Orai group and other cation channels. The work supports the use of genetic models to examine the roles of individual cation channels in progressive glomerulonephritis to further define the targets of TH1177.

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AnimalsCalcium Channel BlockersCalcium Channels, T-TypeCreatinineDisease Models, AnimalFibrosisGlomerulonephritis, MembranoproliferativeIsoantibodiesKidney GlomerulusNephrectomyPyrrolidinesRatsRats, Inbred WKYanti-Thy antibodyCalcium Channel BlockersCalcium Channels, T-TypeCreatinineIsoantibodiesPyrrolidinesTH 1177Calcium channelsFibrosisGlomerulonephritisGlomerulosclerosisRatThy-1 nephritisT-type

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