A role for superoxide in gentamicin-mediated nephropathy in rats

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作者
Cuzzocrea, S
Mazzon, E
Dugo, L
Serraino, I
Di Paola, R
Britti, D
De Sarro, A
Pierpaoli, S
Caputi, AP
Masini, E
Salvemini, D
机构
[1] MetaPhore Pharmaceut, St Louis, MO 63114 USA
[2] Univ Florence, Dept Preclin & Clin Pharmacol, I-50139 Florence, Italy
[3] Univ Teramo, Dept Vet & Agr Sci, I-64100 Teramo, Italy
[4] Univ Messina, Inst Pharmacol, Torre Biol Policlin Univ, I-98100 Messina, Italy
[5] Univ Messina, Dept Biomorphol, I-98100 Messina, Italy
关键词
gentamicin; superoxide anion; superoxide dismutase mimetic; compound M40403;
D O I
10.1016/S0014-2999(02)01749-1
中图分类号
R9 [药学];
学科分类号
1007 ;
摘要
Gentamicin is an antibiotic effective against Gram-negative infection, whose clinical use is limited by its nephrotoxicity. Oxygen free radicals are considered to be important mediators of gentamicin-mediated nephrotoxicity, but the exact nature of the radical in question is not known with certainty. We have investigated the potential role of superoxide in gentamicin-induced renal toxicity by using M40403, a low molecular weight synthetic manganese containing superoxide dismutase mimetic, which selectively removes superoxide. Administration of gentamicin at 100 mg/kg, s.c. for 5 days to rats induced a marked renal failure, characterised by a significant decrease in creatinine clearance and increased plasma creatinine levels, fractional excretion of sodium, lithium, urine gamma glutamyl transferase (gammaGT) and daily urine volume. A significant increase in kidney myeloperoxidase activity and lipid peroxidation was also observed in gentamicin-treated rats. M40403 (10 mg/kg, i.p. for 5 days) attenuated all these parameters of damage. Immunohistochemical localisation demonstrated nitrotyrosine formation and poly(ADP-ribose) synthetase (PARS) activation in the proximal tubule of gentamicin-treated rats. Renal histology examination confirmed tubular necrosis. M40403 significantly prevented gentamicin-induced nitrotyrosine formation, poly(ADP-ribose) synthetase activation and tubular necrosis. These results confirm our hypothesis that superoxide anions play an important role in gentamicin-mediated nephropathy and support the possible clinical use of low molecular weight synthetic superoxide dismutase mimetics in those conditions that are associated with over production of superoxide. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V All rights reserved.
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