title: Urinastatin (Kunitz-type proteinase inhibitor) reducing cisplatin nephrotoxicity.
abstract: The authors investigated the reductive effects of a Kunitz-type proteinase inhibitor, urinastatin, on the nephrotoxicity seen in lung cancer patients treated with cisplatin by measuring N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase (NAG) activity and beta 2-microglobulin (BMG) content in 24 hour urine, creatinine clearance, blood urea nitrogen (BUN), serum creatinine, uric acid, and BMG as factors of nephrotoxicity. In control patients treated with anticancer drugs containing cisplatin but no supplemental urinastatin, the 24 hour urine NAG and BMG levels increased more than three-fold over the pretreatment levels, 3 days after anticancer therapy, respectively. Creatinine clearance significantly decreased and levels of BUN, serum uric acid, and BMG in control patients significantly increased over the corresponding pretreatment levels, 3 days after anticancer therapy. However, supplemental urinastatin reduced abnormalities in levels of all these factors 3 days after therapy. These results suggest that supplemental urinastatin protects from cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity, especially proximal tubular damage.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Umeki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsukiyama
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Okimoto
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Soejima
mesh_terms: D000118:Acetylglucosaminidase / Q000652:urine; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D001806:Blood Urea Nitrogen; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000188:drug therapy; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D003404:Creatinine / Q000652:urine; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000187:drug effects*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D011897:Random Allocation; D014361:Trypsin Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001613:beta 2-Microglobulin / Q000652:urine
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D006023:Glycoproteins; D014361:Trypsin Inhibitors; D001613:beta 2-Microglobulin; D003404:Creatinine; D000118:Acetylglucosaminidase; C028665:urinastatin; D002945:Cisplatin