PMID- 25446251 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20151230 LR - 20221109 IS - 1089-8611 (Electronic) IS - 1089-8603 (Linking) VI - 46 DP - 2015 Apr 30 TI - Hydrogen sulphide and the kidney: important roles in renal physiology and pathogenesis and treatment of kidney injury and disease. PG - 55-65 LID - S1089-8603(14)00462-5 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.niox.2014.10.004 [doi] AB - The kidney is an essential mammalian organ that serves to filter toxins and metabolic by-products out of the blood, which are then excreted through urine. Hydrogen sulphide (H2S) is a recently characterized, endogenous gaseous molecule with important physiological roles. Many interesting roles continue to be identified for H2S related specifically to the kidney. The current review discusses how production and action of H2S influences normal physiology of the kidney. We investigate as well the many roles H2S plays in the pathogenesis and treatment of kidney injury and disease, such as chronic kidney disease (CKD), ureteral obstruction (UO), hyperhomocysteinaemia (HHcy), drug-induced nephrotoxicity (DIN) and renal ischaemia reperfusion injury (IRI). We suggest that H2S plays a complex and essential role in the normal function of the kidney and dysregulation of H2S production can directly or indirectly contribute to the pathogenesis of renal disease and injury. Also, H2S could be a promising potential therapeutic treatment to decrease the severity of several renal diseases. Further research will identify increasingly important and complex roles for H2S in renal physiology and how H2S can be effectively utilized to improve clinical outcomes of renal disease. CI - Copyright (c) 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Lobb, I AU - Lobb I AD - Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada; Matthew Mailing Center for Translational Transplant Studies, London Health Sciences Center, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada. FAU - Sonke, E AU - Sonke E AD - Matthew Mailing Center for Translational Transplant Studies, London Health Sciences Center, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada; Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada. FAU - Aboalsamh, G AU - Aboalsamh G AD - Matthew Mailing Center for Translational Transplant Studies, London Health Sciences Center, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada; Department of Surgery, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada; Multi-Organ Transplant Program, London Health Sciences Center, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada. FAU - Sener, A AU - Sener A AD - Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada; Matthew Mailing Center for Translational Transplant Studies, London Health Sciences Center, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada; Department of Surgery, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada; Multi-Organ Transplant Program, London Health Sciences Center, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada. Electronic address: alp.Sener@lhsc.on.ca. LA - eng GR - 201310GSD-327849-210205/Canadian Institutes of Health Research/Canada PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Review DEP - 20141024 PL - United States TA - Nitric Oxide JT - Nitric oxide : biology and chemistry JID - 9709307 RN - YY9FVM7NSN (Hydrogen Sulfide) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Humans MH - Hydrogen Sulfide/*metabolism/*pharmacology MH - Kidney/*drug effects/metabolism/*physiology MH - Kidney Diseases/*drug therapy/metabolism/*physiopathology OTO - NOTNLM OT - Hydrogen sulphide OT - Renal disease OT - Renal physiology EDAT- 2014/12/03 06:00 MHDA- 2015/12/31 06:00 CRDT- 2014/12/03 06:00 PHST- 2014/09/02 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/10/10 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2014/10/20 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/12/03 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/12/03 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/12/31 06:00 [medline] AID - S1089-8603(14)00462-5 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.niox.2014.10.004 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Nitric Oxide. 2015 Apr 30;46:55-65. doi: 10.1016/j.niox.2014.10.004. Epub 2014 Oct 24.