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ArticleBMC pharmacology & toxicology2020

Dehydroxymethylepoxyquinomicin, a novel nuclear factor-κB inhibitor, prevents the development of cyclosporine A nephrotoxicity in a rat model.

Shinya Morita, Kazunobu Shinoda, Tadashi Yoshida, Masayuki Shimoda, Yoshihiko Kanno, Ryuichi Mizuno, Hidaka Kono, Hiroshi Asanuma, Ken Nakagawa, Kazuo Umezawa and 1 more

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Article in BMC pharmacology & toxicology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Shinya MoritaDepartment of Urology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Kazunobu ShinodaDepartment of Urology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. kshino49@yahoo.co.jp.ORCID 0000-0002-5358-0980
Tadashi YoshidaApheresis and Dialysis Center, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Masayuki ShimodaDepartment of Pathology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Yoshihiko KannoDepartment of Nephrology, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
Ryuichi MizunoDepartment of Urology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Hidaka KonoDepartment of Urology, Tokyo Dental College Ichikawa General Hospital, Chiba, Japan.
Hiroshi AsanumaDepartment of Urology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Ken NakagawaDepartment of Urology, Tokyo Dental College Ichikawa General Hospital, Chiba, Japan.
Kazuo UmezawaDepartment of Molecular Target Medicine Screening, Aichi Medical University, Aichi, Japan.
Mototsugu OyaDepartment of Urology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Keio University · JPTokyo Dental College Ichikawa General Hospital · JPAichi Medical University · JPToho University · JPTokyo Medical University · JP

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Japan Society for the Promotion of Science JP15K10649Japan Society for the Promotion of Science JP19K09738
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCyclosporine A (CsA) is an essential immunosuppressant in organ transplantation. However, its chronic nephrotoxicity is an obstacle to long allograft survival that has not been overcome. Nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) is activated in the renal tissue in CsA nephropathy. In this study, we aimed to investigate the effect of the specific NF-κB inhibitor, dehydroxymethylepoxyquinomicin (DHMEQ), in a rat model of CsA nephrotoxicity.

methodsWe administered CsA (15 mg/kg) daily for 28 days to Sprague-Dawley rats that underwent 5/6 nephrectomy under a low-salt diet. We administered DHMEQ (8 mg/kg) simultaneously with CsA to the treatment group, daily for 28 days and evaluated its effect on CsA nephrotoxicity.

resultsDHMEQ significantly inhibited NF-κB activation and nuclear translocation due to CsA treatment. Elevated serum urea nitrogen and creatinine levels due to repeated CsA administration were significantly decreased by DHMEQ treatment (serum urea nitrogen in CsA + DHMEQ vs CsA vs control, 69 ± 6.4 vs 113.5 ± 8.8 vs 43.1 ± 1.1 mg/dL, respectively, p < 0.0001; serum creatinine in CsA + DHMEQ vs CsA vs control, 0.75 ± 0.02 vs 0.91 ± 0.02 vs 0.49 ± 0.02 mg/dL, respectively, p < 0.0001), and creatinine clearance was restored in the treatment group (CsA + DHMEQ vs CsA vs control, 2.57 ± 0.09 vs 1.94 ± 0.12 vs 4.61 ± 0.18 ml/min/kg, respectively, p < 0.0001). However, DHMEQ treatment did not alter the inhibitory effect of CsA on urinary protein secretion. The development of renal fibrosis due to chronic CsA nephrotoxicity was significantly inhibited by DHMEQ treatment (CsA + DHMEQ vs CsA vs control, 13.4 ± 7.1 vs 35.6 ± 18.4 vs 9.4 ± 5.4%, respectively, p < 0.0001), and these results reflected the results of renal functional assessment. DHMEQ treatment also had an inhibitory effect on the increased expression of chemokines, monocyte chemoattractant protein-1, and chemokine (c-c motif) ligand 5 due to repeated CsA administration, which inhibited the infiltration of macrophages and neutrophils into the renal tissue.

conclusionsThese findings suggest that DHMEQ treatment in combination therapy with CsA-based immunosuppression is beneficial to prevent the development of CsA-induced nephrotoxicity.

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CyclosporineImmunosuppressive AgentsAnimalsBenzamidesCyclohexanonesDNAKidneyKidney DiseasesMaleNF-kappa BProtective AgentsRats, Sprague-DawleyBenzamidesCyclohexanonesCyclosporinedehydroxymethylepoxyquinomicinDNAImmunosuppressive AgentsNF-kappa BProtective AgentsCyclosporineNephrotoxicityNF-κBNF-κB inhibitor

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