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Title: | The Effects of Meldonium on the Renal Acute Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury in Rats | Authors: | Đurašević, Siniša Stojković, Maja Bogdanović, Ljiljana Pavlović, Slađan Borković-Mitić, Slavica Grigorov, Ilijana Bogojević, Desanka Jasnić, Nebojša Tosti, Tomislav Đurović, Saša Đorđević, Jelena Todorović, Zoran |
Keywords: | ischemia/reperfusion;kidney;inflammation;oxidative stress;antioxidative defence;noradrenaline;lipidomics;rats | Issue Date: | 15-Nov-2019 | Rank: | M21 | Publisher: | MDPI | Journal: | International Journal of Molecular Sciences | Abstract: | Acute renal ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury is a clinical condition that is challenging to treat. Meldonium is an anti-ischemic agent that shifts energy production from fatty acid oxidation to less oxygen-consuming glycolysis. Thus, in this study we investigated the effects of a four-week meldonium pre-treatment (300 mg/kg b.m./day) on acute renal I/R in male rats (Wistar strain). Our results showed that meldonium decreased animal body mass gain, food and water intake, and carnitine, glucose, and lactic acid kidney content. In kidneys of animals subjected to I/R, meldonium increased phosphorylation of mitogen-activated protein kinase p38 and protein kinase B, and increased the expression of nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 and haeme oxygenase 1, causing manganese superoxide dismutase expression and activity to increase, as well as lipid peroxidation, cooper-zinc superoxide dismutase, glutathione peroxidase, and glutathione reductase activities to decrease. By decreasing the kidney Bax/Bcl2 expression ratio and kidney and serum high mobility group box 1 protein content, meldonium reduced apoptotic and necrotic events in I/R, as confirmed by kidney histology. Meldonium increased adrenal noradrenaline content and serum, adrenal, hepatic, and renal ascorbic/dehydroascorbic acid ratio, which caused complex changes in renal lipidomics. Taken together, our results have confirmed that meldonium pre-treatment protects against I/R-induced oxidative stress and apoptosis/necrosis. |
URI: | https://biore.bio.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3226 | DOI: | 10.3390/ijms20225747 |
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