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ArticleMilitary medicine2023

Legal Performance-enhancing Drugs Alter Course and Treatment of Rhabdomyolysis-induced Acute Kidney Injury.

Jessica F Hebert, Mahaba B Eiwaz, Megan N Nickerson, Adam C Munhall, Akash A Pai, Tahnee Groat, Nicole K Andeen, Michael P Hutchens

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Article in Military medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jessica F HebertDepartment of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2433-8359
Mahaba B EiwazOperative Care Division, Portland Veterans Administration Medical Center, Portland, OR 97239, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6085-0304
Megan N NickersonOperative Care Division, Portland Veterans Administration Medical Center, Portland, OR 97239, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9334-2656
Adam C MunhallDepartment of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1960-5486
Akash A PaiDepartment of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA.
Tahnee GroatDepartment of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA.
Nicole K AndeenDepartment of Pathology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4882-6640
Michael P HutchensDepartment of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8583-1812
Oregon Health & Science University · USPortland VA Medical Center · US

Funding

Oregon Clinical and Translational Research Institute TL1 ProgramTL1TR002371 · NCATS · OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY · PI ALLISON Deborah FRYER, JESSINA C MCGREGOR · 2017 to 2026
$6.2M
NCATS NIH HHS TL1 TR002371
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionRhabdomyolysis-induced acute kidney injury (RIAKI) can interrupt physical training and increase mortality in injured warfighters. The legal performance-enhancing drugs caffeine and ibuprofen, which can cause renal injury, are widely used by service members. Whether caffeine or ibuprofen affects RIAKI is unknown. Cilastatin treatment was recently identified as an experimental treatment to prevent RIAKI at injury. To determine potential interacting factors in RIAKI treatment, we test the hypothesis that caffeine and ibuprofen worsen RIAKI and interfere with treatment. MATERIALS AND

methodsIn mice, RIAKI was induced by glycerol intramuscular injection. Simultaneously, mice received caffeine (3 mg/kg), ibuprofen (10 mg/kg), or vehicle. A second cohort received volume resuscitation (PlasmaLyte, 20 mL/kg) in addition to caffeine or ibuprofen. In a third cohort, cilastatin (200 mg/kg) was administered concurrently with drug and glycerol administration. Glomerular filtration rate (GFR), blood urea nitrogen (BUN), urine output (UOP), renal pathology, and renal immunofluorescence for kidney injury molecule 1 were quantified after 24 hours.

resultsCaffeine did not worsen RIAKI; although BUN was modestly increased by caffeine administration, 24-hour GFR, UOP, and renal histopathology were similar between vehicle-treated, caffeine-treated, and caffeine + PlasmaLyte-treated mice. Ibuprofen administration greatly worsened RIAKI (GFR 14.3 ± 19.5 vs. 577.4 ± 454.6 µL/min/100 g in control, UOP 0.5 ± 0.4 in ibuprofen-treated mice vs. 2.7 ± 1.7 mL/24 h in control, and BUN 264 ± 201 in ibuprofen-treated mice vs. 66 ± 21 mg/dL in control, P < .05 for all); PlasmaLyte treatment did not reverse this effect. Cilastatin with or without PlasmaLyte did not reverse the deleterious effect of ibuprofen in RIAKI.

conclusionsCaffeine does not worsen RIAKI. The widely used performance-enhancing drug ibuprofen greatly worsens RIAKI in mice. Standard or experimental treatment of RIAKI including the addition of cilastatin to standard resuscitation is ineffective in mice with RIAKI exacerbated by ibuprofen. These findings may have clinical implications for the current therapy of RIAKI and for translational studies of novel treatment.

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Acute Kidney InjuryPerformance-Enhancing SubstancesRhabdomyolysisAnimalsCaffeineCilastatinGlycerolHumansIbuprofenMiceCaffeineCilastatinGlycerolIbuprofenPerformance-Enhancing Substances

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PMID37948276
PMCPMC10637309
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