PMID- 25536319 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20160307 LR - 20211203 IS - 1802-9973 (Electronic) IS - 0862-8408 (Linking) VI - 64 IP - 3 DP - 2015 TI - Activation of Nrf2 by ischemic preconditioning and sulforaphane in renal ischemia/reperfusion injury: a comparative experimental study. PG - 313-23 AB - Objectives of the study were to investigate impact of ischemic preconditioning (Ipre) and sulforaphane (SFN) and combination of them on nuclear factor 2 erythroid related factor 2 (Nrf2) gene and its dependent genes, heme oxygenase-1 (HO1) and NADPH-quinone oxidoreductase1 (NQO-1) and inflammatory cytokines TNF-alpha, IL1beta, and intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM1) and caspase-3 in renal ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury. Ninety male Sprague Dawely rats were classified into 5 groups (each consists of 18 rats): sham, control, Ipre, sulforaphane and Sulfo+Ipre. Each group was subdivided into 3 subgroups each containing 6 rats according to time of harvesting kidney and taking blood samples; 24 h, 48 h, and 7 days subgroups. Renal functions including serum creatinine, BUN were measured at basal conditions and by the end of experiment. Expression of Nrf2, HO-1, NQO-1, TNF-alpha, IL-1beta, and ICAM-1 was measured by real time PCR in kidney tissues by the end of experiment. Also, immunohistochemical localization of caspase-3 and chemical assay of malondialdehyde (MDA), GSH and SOD activity were measured in kidney tissues. Both Ipre and SFN improved kidney functions, enhanced the expression of Nrf2, HO-1, and NQO-1, attenuated the expression of inflammatory (TNF-alpha, IL-1, and ICAM-1) and apoptotic (caspase-3) markers. However, the effect of sulforaphane was more powerful than Ipre. Also, a combination of them caused more improvement in antioxidant genes expression and more attenuation in inflammatory genes but not caspase-3 than each one did separately. Sulforaphane showed more powerful effect in renoprotection against I/R injury than Ipre as well as there might be a synergism between them at the molecular but not at the function level. FAU - Shokeir, A A AU - Shokeir AA AD - Urology and Nephrology Center, Mansoura University and Physiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt. zizomenna28@yahoo.com; menhag@mans.edu.eg. FAU - Barakat, N AU - Barakat N FAU - Hussein, A M AU - Hussein AM FAU - Awadalla, A AU - Awadalla A FAU - Harraz, A M AU - Harraz AM FAU - Khater, S AU - Khater S FAU - Hemmaid, K AU - Hemmaid K FAU - Kamal, A I AU - Kamal AI LA - eng PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20141222 PL - Czech Republic TA - Physiol Res JT - Physiological research JID - 9112413 RN - 0 (Cytokines) RN - 0 (Isothiocyanates) RN - 0 (NF-E2-Related Factor 2) RN - 0 (Nfe2l2 protein, rat) RN - 0 (Sulfoxides) RN - GA49J4310U (sulforaphane) SB - IM MH - Acute Kidney Injury/diagnosis/*immunology/*therapy MH - Animals MH - Combined Modality Therapy MH - Cytokines/immunology MH - Ischemic Preconditioning/*methods MH - Isothiocyanates/*administration & dosage MH - Male MH - NF-E2-Related Factor 2/*immunology MH - Oxidative Stress/drug effects/immunology MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Reperfusion Injury/diagnosis/*immunology/therapy MH - Sulfoxides MH - Treatment Outcome EDAT- 2014/12/24 06:00 MHDA- 2016/03/08 06:00 CRDT- 2014/12/24 06:00 PHST- 2014/12/24 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/12/24 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/03/08 06:00 [medline] AID - 932834 [pii] AID - 10.33549/physiolres.932834 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Physiol Res. 2015;64(3):313-23. doi: 10.33549/physiolres.932834. Epub 2014 Dec 22.