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Ameliorating effect of troxerutin in unilateral ureteral obstruction induced renal oxidative stress, inflammation, and apoptosis in male rats

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Unilateral ureteral obstruction (UUO) induces renal injury and troxerutin attenuates the inflammatory parameters and decreases oxidative stress. Accordingly, this study explored the renoprotective effect of troxerutin in UUO-induced renal oxidative stress, inflammation, and apoptosis in male Wistar rats. Animals were randomly separated into five groups (n = 8): control, UUO, and three UUO groups treated with troxerutin (1, 10, and 100 mg/kg). UUO-induced and vehicle/troxerutin administration was continued for 3 days. Then serum creatinine, mean arterial pressure (MAP), renal perfusion pressure (RPP), renal vascular resistance (RVR), and renal blood flow (RBF) were measured. Superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione peroxidase (GPx), and catalase activities, total antioxidant capacity (TAC), and malondialdehyde (MDA) levels as some oxidative stress parameters were measured in the left kidney. The immunoblotting method was applied to evaluate the cleaved caspase-3 Bax, Bcl-2, and TNF-α proteins level. The hematoxylin and eosin method was used to assess the kidney tissue damage score (KTDS). In 3 days, UUO significantly increased serum creatinine level, KTDS, RVR, MDA, Bax, cleaved caspase-3, and TNF-α protein levels (p < 0.05); and decreased RBF, TAC, SOD, catalase, GPx activity levels and Bcl-2 protein expression level in the left kidney (p < 0.05). Troxerutin (100 mg/kg) significantly attenuates the indicators alteration induced by UUO. Our findings represented that the renoprotective effect of troxerutin may be related to its anti-oxidative stress, anti-inflammation, anti-apoptosis, and RBF improver properties.

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This study was supported by Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences (Grant # 97116).

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  1. Physiology-Pharmacology Research Center, Research Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Khalije Fars Blvd., Pistachio Co. Street, 77175-835, Rafsanjan, 7719617996, Iran

    Ayat Kaeidi, Elham Hakimizadeh & Jalal Hassanshahi

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    Ayat Kaeidi, Mohammad Allahtavakoli & Jalal Hassanshahi

  3. Department of Anatomy, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran

    Zahra Taghipour

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Conceived and designed the experiments: JH and AK. Performed the experiments: AK, JH, ZT, and IF. Analyzed the data: JH and MAT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EH, ZT, and JH. Wrote the paper: JH and AK. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Kaeidi, A., Taghipour, Z., Allahtavakoli, M. et al. Ameliorating effect of troxerutin in unilateral ureteral obstruction induced renal oxidative stress, inflammation, and apoptosis in male rats. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Arch Pharmacol 393, 879–888 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00210-019-01801-4

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