Journal
JOURNAL OF NUTRITIONAL BIOCHEMISTRY
Volume 60, Issue -, Pages 47-60Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2018.06.002
Keywords
Diabetic nephropathy; Inflammation; Adhesion molecules; Cytokines; All-trans retinoic acid; NF-kappa B
Funding
- Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia (CONACYT), Mexico [0179870]
- Programa de Apoyo a Proyectos de Investigacion e Inovacion Tecnologica (PAPIIT) [IN201316]
- CONACYT [267840]
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Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is the leading cause of renal failure worldwide and its complications have become a public health problem. Inflammation, oxidative stress and fibrosis play central roles in the progression of DN that lead to renal failure. Potential deleterious effect of inflammation in early evolution of DN is not fully disclosed. Therefore, it is relevant to explore therapies that might modulate this process in order to reduce DN progression. We explored the beneficial effect of all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) in early inflammation in glomeruli, proximal and distal tubules in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetes. ATRA was administered (1 mg/kg daily by gavage) on days 3 to 21 after STZ administration. It was found that 21 days after STZ injection, diabetic rats exhibited proteinuria, increased natriuresis and loss of body weight. Besides, diabetes induced an increase in interleukins [IL-1 beta, IL-1 alpha, IL-16, IL-13, IL-2; tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha)] and transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-beta 1), chemokines (CCL2, CCL20, CXCL5 and CXCL7), adhesion molecules (ICAM-1 and L-selectin) and growth factors (GM-CSF, VEGF, PDGF) in glomeruli and proximal tubules, whereas ATRA treatment remarkably ameliorated these alterations. To further explore the mechanisms through which ATRA decreased inflammatory response, the NF-kappa B/p65 signaling mediated by TLR4 was studied. We found that ATRA administration attenuates the TLR4/NF-kappa B inflammatory signaling and prevents NF-kappa B nuclear translocation in glomeruli and proximal tubules. (C) 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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