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Protective Effects of Bee Venom against Endotoxemia-Related Acute Kidney Injury in Mice.

Jung-Yeon Kim, Sun-Jae Lee, Young-In Maeng, Jaechan Leem, Kwan-Kyu Park

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Article in Biology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jung-Yeon KimDepartment of Immunology, School of Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu, Daegu 42472, Korea.
Sun-Jae LeeDepartment of Pathology, School of Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu, Daegu 42472, Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-8552-6049
Young-In MaengDepartment of Pathology, School of Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu, Daegu 42472, Korea.
Jaechan LeemDepartment of Immunology, School of Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu, Daegu 42472, Korea.ORCID 0000-0003-2329-4374
Kwan-Kyu ParkDepartment of Pathology, School of Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu, Daegu 42472, Korea.
Daegu Catholic University · KR

Funding

National Research Foundation of Korea NRF-2020R1C1C1003348Rural Development Administration, Republic of Korea PJ01316601
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sepsis-associated acute kidney injury (AKI) is a leading cause of death in hospitalized patients worldwide. Despite decades of effort, there is no effective treatment for preventing the serious medical condition. Bee venom has long been used to treat a variety of inflammatory diseases. However, whether bee venom has protective effects against lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced AKI has not been explored. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of bee venom on LPS-induced AKI. The administration of bee venom alleviated renal dysfunction and structural injury in LPS-treated mice. Increased renal levels of tubular injury markers after LPS treatment were also suppressed by bee venom. Mechanistically, bee venom significantly reduced plasma and tissue levels of inflammatory cytokines and immune cell infiltration into damaged kidneys. In addition, mice treated with bee venom exhibited reduced renal expression of lipid peroxidation markers after LPS injection. Moreover, bee venom attenuated tubular cell apoptosis in the kidneys of LPS-treated mice. In conclusion, these results suggest that bee venom attenuates LPS-induced renal dysfunction and structural injury via the suppression of inflammation, oxidative stress, and tubular cell apoptosis, and might be a useful therapeutic option for preventing endotoxemia-related AKI.

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acute kidney injuryapoptosisbee venominflammationoxidative stresssepsis

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PMID32640615
PMCPMC7408099
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