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Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin production negatively correlates with HK-2 cell impairment: Evaluation of NGAL as a marker of toxicity in HK-2 cells

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TOXICOLOGY IN VITRO
Volume 39, Issue -, Pages 52-57

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PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2016.11.012

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NGAL; HK-2 cells; In vitro nephrotoxicity; Cell viability; Nephrotoxicity markers

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Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin is an extracellular protein produced mostly in kidney. Recently, it has become a promising biomarker of renal damage in vivo. On the other hand, the validation of NGAL as a biomarker for nephrotoxicity estimation in vitro has not been characterized in detail yet. Since the HK-2 cells are frequently used human kidney cell line, we aimed to characterize the production of NGAL in these cells and to evaluate NGAL as a possible marker of cell impairment. We used heavy metals (mercury, cadmium), peroxide, drugs (acetaminophen, gentamicin) and cisplatin to mimic nephrotoxicity. HK-2 cells were incubated with selected compounds for 1-24 h and cell viability was measured together with extracellular NGAL production. We proved that HK-2 cells possess a capacity to produce NGAL in amount of 2 pg/ml/h. We found a change in cell viability after 24 h incubation with all tested toxic compounds. The largest decrease of the viability was detected in mercury, acetaminophen, cisplatin and gentamicin. Unexpectedly, we found also a significant decrease in NGAL production in HK-2 cells treated with these toxins for 24 h: to 11 +/- 5%, 54 +/- 5%, 57 +/- 6% and 76 +/- 9% respectively, compared with controls (=100%). Our results were followed with qPCR analysis when we found no significant increase in LCN2 gene expression after 24 h incubation. We conclude that extracellular NGAL production negatively correlates with HK-2 cell impairment. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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