Effects of Cyclosporin on Kidney Glutathione Metabolism and Cytochrome P-450 in the Rabbit: Possible Implication of Eicosanoid Metabolism
- 1 January 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Drug and Chemical Toxicology
- Vol. 17 (4), 449-462
- https://doi.org/10.3109/01480549409014311
Abstract
This study was designed to assess Cyclosporin A (CsA) nephrotoxicity in the rabbit-possibly a more sensitive species than the rat-and to explore the mechanism of this toxicity with special attention to glutathione metabolism disturbances and cytochrome P-450 level in the kidney. CsA given for three days at a daily dose of 50 mg/kg (s.c.) induced nephrotoxicity as assessed by histological abnormalities and by a significant increase in blood urea nitrogen and urinary enzyme activities: N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase and L-gamma-glutamyl-transferase. This observed renal injury was of the same order as that obtained in the rat. In addition, there was a significant increase in oxidized glutathione content (40%) while reduced glutathione level remained unchanged. Concurrently, there was a significant decrease in renal cortex glutathione reductase (49%) and to a lesser extent in glutathione peroxidase activities (16%) whereas that of glutathione-S-transferase was not modified. A significant increase in renal cortex cytochrome P-450 (3-fold versus controls) was also observed. The mechanism of CsA nephrotoxicity is to be related to a cytochrome P-450 induction. This event could induce the observed impairments in renal glutathione metabolism and Na+K(+)-ATPase activity, via a possible increase in eicosanoid metabolism.Keywords
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