Journal
MOLECULAR NUTRITION & FOOD RESEARCH
Volume 57, Issue 9, Pages 1649-1659Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.201200540
Keywords
Chronic kidney disease; Curcumin; Fibrosis; Inflammation; Oxidative stress
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- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports and Technology of Japan
- Promotion and Mutual Aid Corporation for Private Schools, Japan
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [24590938, 23390224] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Scope: We hypothesized that curcumin, by increasing the expression of nuclear factor-erythroid-2-related factor 2 (Nrf2), could reduce oxidative stress, inflammation, and renal fibrosis in remnant kidney. Methods and resultsSprague-Dawley rats were subjected to 5/6 nephrectomy and randomly assigned to untreated (Nx), curcumin-treated (75 mg/kg/day, orally), and telmisartan-treated groups (10 mg/kg/day, orally; as positive control). Sham-operated rats also served as controls. Five/sixth nephrectomy caused renal dysfunction, as evidenced by elevated proteinuria, blood urea nitrogen, and plasma creatinine, and decreased creatinine clearance that were ameliorated by curcumin or telmisartan treatment. The Nx rats demonstrated reduced Nrf2 protein expression, whereas the Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1 was upregulated and heme oxygenase-1 level was significantly diminished. Consequently, Nx animals had significantly higher kidney malondialdehyde concentration and lower glutathione peroxidase activity, which was associated with the upregulation of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphatase oxidase subunit (p67(phox) and p22(phox)), NF-kappaB p65, TNF-, TGF-1, cyclooxygenase-2, and fibronectin accumulation in remnant kidney. Interestingly, all of these changes were ameliorated by curcumin or telmisartan. ConclusionThese findings demonstrate that, by modulating Nrf2-Keap1 pathway, the curcumin effectively attenuates oxidative stress, inflammation, and renal fibrosis, which suggest that curcumin hold promising potential for safe treatment of chronic kidney disease.
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