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ArticleBrazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologica2021

Renoprotective effect of N-acetylcysteine depends upon the severity of the ischemia reperfusion injury.

M Watanabe, F T Borges, E A Pessoa, C D Fonseca, S M Fernandes, R C Drew, R A Volpini, M F F Vattimo

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Article in Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologica, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

M WatanabeLaboratório Experimental de Modelos Animais, Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4264-3744
F T BorgesDivisão de Nefrologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9790-0915
E A PessoaDivisão de Nefrologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4017-4924
C D FonsecaEscola Paulista de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2118-8562
S M FernandesLaboratório Experimental de Modelos Animais, Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2072-9387
R C DrewDepartment of Exercise and Health Sciences, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8001-1946
R A VolpiniDepartamento de Nefrologia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6611-2249
M F F VattimoLaboratório Experimental de Modelos Animais, Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7036-5676
Universidade de São Paulo · BRUniversidade Federal de São Paulo · BRUniversity of Massachusetts Boston · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common complication in seriously ill patients, while renal ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury is the most frequent event in this oxidative renal injury. N-acetylcysteine (NAC) is a small molecule containing a thiol group that has antioxidant properties, promoting detoxification and acting directly as a free radical scavenger. In this study, the protective effect of NAC was investigated in short-term (30 min) and long-term (45 min) ischemic AKI. This was achieved via clamping of the renal artery for 30 or 45 min in Wistar rats to induce I/R injury. AKI worsened with a longer period of ischemia (45 compared to 30 min) due to probable irreversible damage. Preconditioning with NAC in short-term ischemia improved renal blood flow and increased creatinine clearance by reducing oxidative metabolites and increasing antioxidant capacity. Otherwise, NAC did not change these parameters in the long-term ischemia. Therefore, this study demonstrated that the period of ischemia determines the severity of the AKI, and NAC presented antioxidant effects in short-term ischemia but not in long-term ischemia, confirming that there is a possible therapeutic window for its renoprotective effect.

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Acute Kidney InjuryReperfusion InjuryAcetylcysteineAnimalsHumansKidneyOxidative StressRatsRats, WistarAcetylcysteine

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PMID34495252
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