title: Mice deficient in pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide (PACAP) show increased susceptibility to in vivo renal ischemia/reperfusion injury.
abstract: Pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide (PACAP) is a neuropeptide with well-known cytoprotective effects. We have reported earlier that PACAP decreases mortality and the degree of tubular atrophy in a rat model of renal ischemia/reperfusion injury. Recently, we have shown that kidney cultures isolated from PACAP deficient mice show increased susceptibility to renal oxidative stress. Based on these previous studies, we raised the question whether PACAP deficient mice display increased sensitivity to in vivo kidney ischemia/reperfusion. PACAP⁻/⁻ mice underwent 45 or 60 min of renal ischemia followed by 2 weeks reperfusion. Kidneys were processed for histological analysis. Sections stained with PAS-haematoxylin were graded for the following parameters: degree of tubular dilation, Bowmann's capsule dilation, lymphocyte and macrophage infiltration, thyroidization and the disappearance of the PAS-positive glycocalyx from under the brush border. In other sets of experiments, tissue cytokine expression and the level of the endogenous antioxidant superoxide dismutase (SOD) were also determined after 60 min ischemia/reperfusion. Our results show that while intact kidneys were not different between wild-type and PACAP deficient mice, marked differences were observed in the histological structures in groups that underwent ischemia/reperfusion. PACAP deficient mice had a worse histological outcome, with significantly higher histological scores for all tested parameters. Cytokine expression was also markedly different between wild-type and PACAP deficient mice. In addition, the level of SOD was significantly lower in PACAP⁻/⁻ animals after ischemia/reperfusion. In conclusion, the lack of endogenous PACAP leads to higher susceptibility to in vivo renal ischemia/reperfusion, suggesting that PACAP has an endogenous renoprotective effect.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Pecs, Hungary.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Szakaly
authors.forename: Eszter
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Laszlo
authors.forename: Krisztina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kovacs
authors.forename: Boglarka
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authors.lastname: Racz
authors.forename: Gabriella
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authors.lastname: Horvath
authors.forename: Andrea
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authors.lastname: Ferencz
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authors.lastname: Tamas
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authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: Jozsef
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authors.lastname: Matkovits
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authors.lastname: Magyarlaki
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mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D016207:Cytokines / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D051219:Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide / Q000172:deficiency* / Q000235:genetics; D051381:Rats; D015427:Reperfusion Injury / Q000473:pathology*; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines; D051219:Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase