title: Oral erdosteine administration attenuates cisplatin-induced renal tubular damage in rats.
abstract: The effect of oral erdosteine on tissue malondialdehyde (MDA) and nitric oxide (NO) levels, and catalase (CAT), glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) activities are investigated in the cisplatin model of acute renal failure in rats. A single dose of cisplatin caused kidney damage manifested by kidney histology as well as increases in plasma creatinine and blood urea nitrogen (BUN) levels. Treatment with free radical scavenger erdosteine attenuated increases in plasma creatinine and BUN, and tissue MDA and NO levels, and provided a histologically-proven protection against cisplatin-induced acute renal failure. Erdosteine also reduced depletion in the tissue CAT, GSH-Px, and SOD activities. These results show that erdosteine may be a promising drug for protection against cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity. However, further studies with different doses of erdosteine are warranted for clarifying the issue.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary, Turgut Ozal Medical Center, Inonu University School of Medicine, 44069, Malatya, Turkey. zyildirim@inonu.edu.tr
authors.forename: Zeki
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yildirim
authors.forename: Sadik
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sogut
authors.forename: Ersan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Odaci
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iraz
authors.forename: Huseyin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ozyurt
authors.forename: Mahir
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kotuk
authors.forename: Omer
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Akyol
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000473:pathology; D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000633:toxicity*; D002374:Catalase / Q000378:metabolism; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000633:toxicity*; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D016166:Free Radical Scavengers / Q000378:metabolism; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase / Q000378:metabolism; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D007677:Kidney Function Tests; D007683:Kidney Tubular Necrosis, Acute / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007684:Kidney Tubules / Q000473:pathology; D008315:Malondialdehyde / Q000378:metabolism; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000378:metabolism; D013864:Thioglycolates / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013876:Thiophenes / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D016166:Free Radical Scavengers; D013864:Thioglycolates; D013876:Thiophenes; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D008315:Malondialdehyde; C048498:erdosteine; D003404:Creatinine; D002374:Catalase; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase; D002945:Cisplatin