atrial-natriuretic-factor and Chemical-and-Drug-Induced-Liver-Injury

Cisplatin is an effective chemotherapeutic agent used in the treatment of a wide variety of malignancies. Acute kidney injury (AKI) is the major toxicity associated with cisplatin and sometimes necessitates a reduction in dose or discontinuation of treatment. Atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) is secreted by the heart and exerts a wide range of renoprotective effects, including anti-inflammatory activity. The objective of this study was to investigate the protective effects of ANP on cisplatin-induced AKI in mice.. Mice were randomly divided into three groups: control, cisplatin (20 mg/kg, intraperitoneal)/vehicle treatment, and cisplatin/ANP (1.5 μg/kg/min via osmotic-pump, subcutaneous) treatment. At 72 h after cisplatin injection, serum blood urea nitrogen and creatinine, urine albumin/creatinine, and renal expression of mRNAs encoding tumor necrosis factor-α, interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-6, intercellular adhesion molecule-1, monocyte chemoattractant protein-1, and transforming growth factor (TGF)-β were measured using real-time polymerase chain reaction. Histological changes were also evaluated.. ANP treatment significantly attenuated cisplatin-induced increases in serum blood urea nitrogen and creatinine, urine albumin/creatinine, and renal expression of IL-1β, IL-6, intercellular adhesion molecule-1, and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 mRNAs. Cisplatin-induced renal dysfunction and renal tubular necrosis were thus attenuated by ANP treatment.. Our results indicate that ANP exhibits a protective effect against cisplatin-induced AKI in mice. ANP may thus be of value in prophylactic strategies aimed at mitigating the adverse effects associated with chemotherapy agents, including cisplatin.

Topics: Animals; Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; Antineoplastic Agents; Apoptosis; Atrial Natriuretic Factor; Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury; Chemokine CCL2; Cisplatin; Drug Implants; Gene Expression Regulation; Inflammation Mediators; Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1; Kidney; Mice, Inbred C57BL; Necrosis; Protective Agents; Random Allocation

The concentrations of atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP), arginine vasopressin (AVP) and hormones of the renin-angiotensin axis were studied in male rats with carbon tetrachloride-induced hepatitis and the results compared to normal control animals. The rats with hepatitis exhibited lower concentrations of ANP, plasma renin activity (PRA), and angiotensin I (AI) than did the control animals. Plasma concentrations of AVP and aldosterone were not significantly different in the two groups. The results suggest that experimental hepatitis is associated with renal hyperperfusion together with reduction in atrial pressures.

Topics: Aldosterone; Animals; Arginine Vasopressin; Atrial Natriuretic Factor; Carbon Tetrachloride Poisoning; Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury; Liver; Male; Radioimmunoassay; Rats; Rats, Inbred Strains; Renin; Renin-Angiotensin System; Vasopressins