Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
Volume 23, Issue 24, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms232415877
Keywords
AKI; calcitriol; cisplatin; endothelium; CP-induced AKI; inflammatory process
Funding
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq) [141959/2018-5]
- Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior, Brazil (CAPES) [001]
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Cisplatin treatment is commonly used for cancer patients, but it often leads to acute kidney injury. This study found that bioactive vitamin D can attenuate the renal injury caused by cisplatin by reducing inflammation and vascular damage.
Cisplatin treatment is one of the most commonly used treatments for patients with cancer. However, thirty percent of patients treated with cisplatin develop acute kidney injury (AKI). Several studies have demonstrated the effect of bioactive vitamin D or calcitriol on the inflammatory process and endothelial injury, essential events that contribute to changes in renal function and structure caused by cisplatin (CP). This study explored the effects of calcitriol administration on proximal tubular injury, oxidative stress, inflammation and vascular injury observed in CP-induced AKI. Male Wistar Hannover rats were pretreated with calcitriol (6 ng/day) or vehicle (0.9% NaCl). The treatment started two weeks before i.p. administration of CP or saline and was maintained for another five days after the injections. On the fifth day after the injections, urine, plasma and renal tissue samples were collected to evaluate renal function and structure. The animals of the CP group had increased plasma levels of creatinine and of fractional sodium excretion and decreased glomerular filtration rates. These changes were associated with intense tubular injury, endothelial damage, reductions in antioxidant enzymes and an inflammatory process observed in the renal outer medulla of the animals from this group. These changes were attenuated by treatment with calcitriol, which reduced the inflammation and increased the expression of vascular regeneration markers and antioxidant enzymes.
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