title: Protective effects of molsidomine against doxorubicin-induced renal damage in rats.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to investigate the therapeutic and protective effects of molsidomine (MLS) against doxorubicin (DOX)-induced renal damage in rats.
  
  
  METHODS
  Forty rats were randomly divided into five groups (control, MLS, DOX, DOX+MLS and MLS+DOX groups). Thiobarbituric acid reactive substance (TBARS), reduced glutathione (GSH), superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), nitric oxide (NO) and glutathione peroxidase (GPx) levels were determined from kidney tissues and blood urea nitrogen (BUN), creatinine (Cr) and albumin (Alb) levels also determined.
  
  
  RESULTS
  DOX treatment caused a significant increase in TBARS levels and a significant decrease in the GSH and CAT levels compared with the control group. In comparison, MLS administration before DOX injection caused a signiﬁcant decrease in TBARS levels and also increases in GSH and CAT levels, whereas treatment of MLS after DOX injection did not show any beneﬁcial effect on these parameters. All groups showed a significant increase in NO levels compared to the control group. There were no significant differences among the all groups for BUN and Cr levels. Serum level of Alb decreased in the DOX-treated groups when compared with control and MLS groups. The histopathological findings were in accordance with the biochemical results. MLS treatment reversed the DOX-induced kidney damage in group 4. MLS treatment before DOX injection exerted a protective effect against DOX-induced kidney damage.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  MLS shows promise as a possible therapeutic intervention for the prevention of kidney injury associated with DOX treatment. Additional studies are warranted.
authors.affiliation: . drfoguz@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Fatih
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Oguz
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Beytur
authors.forename: Ediz
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sarihan
authors.forename: Hilal K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Oguz
authors.forename: Recep
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bentli
authors.forename: Emine
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Samdanci
authors.forename: Evren
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kose
authors.forename: Alaaddin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Polat
authors.forename: Zeynep R
authors.initials: ZR
authors.lastname: Duran
authors.forename: Hakan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Parlakpinar
authors.forename: Nihat
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ekinci
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000097:blood / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000517:prevention & control; D000818:Animals; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D008981:Molsidomine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar
chemical_list: D004317:Doxorubicin; D008981:Molsidomine