title: Effect of fish oil treatment on gentamicin nephrotoxicity in rats.
abstract: The effect of fish oil on gentamicin-induced nephrotoxicity was investigated in rats. Gentamicin (80 mg/kg/day intramuscularly for 6 days) produced the typical pattern of nephrotoxicity as shown by increases in serum creatinine and urea concentrations, and urinary N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase (NAG) activity and proximal renal tubular necrosis. Fish oil (5.0 ml/kg/kday per os for 10 days) partially protected against the nephrotoxicity induced by gentamicin administered during the last 6 days of treatment with fish oil by returning the creatinine and urea concentrations and NAG activity to normal and by ameliorating the histopathological damage. Olive oil (5 mg/kg/day per os for 10 days) was ineffective in protecting rats against gentamicin nephrotoxicity.
authors.affiliation: Desert and Marine Environment Research Centre, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, UAE.
authors.forename: B H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Bashir
mesh_terms: D000118:Acetylglucosaminidase / Q000652:urine; D000818:Animals; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005395:Fish Oils / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005839:Gentamicins / Q000633:toxicity*; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000517:prevention & control; D007687:Kidney Tubules, Proximal / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D009336:Necrosis; D000069463:Olive Oil; D010938:Plant Oils / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D014508:Urea / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D005395:Fish Oils; D005839:Gentamicins; D000069463:Olive Oil; D010938:Plant Oils; D014508:Urea; D003404:Creatinine; D000118:Acetylglucosaminidase