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| Author(s): |
Fernanda Florencia Fregnan Zambom
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Medicina (FM/SBD) |
| Defense date: | 2018-09-12 |
| Examining board members: |
Clarice Kazue Fujihara;
Niels Olsen Saraiva Câmara;
Rildo Aparecido Volpini
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| Advisor: | Clarice Kazue Fujihara |
| Abstract | |
Nitric oxide inhibition with Nk-nitroargininemethylester (L-NAME) along with salt overload leads to severe hypertension, albuminuria, glomerulosclerosis, glomerular ischemia and collapse, together with interstitial fibrosis, characterizing a model of chronic kidney disease (CKD). Previous findings of this laboratory and elsewhere suggest that activation of at least two pathways of innate immunity, TLR4/NF-kB and NLRP3 inflammasome/IL-1beta, occurs in several experimental models of CKD, and that progression of renal injury can be slowed with inhibition of these pathways. In the present study, we investigated whether activation of innate immunity, through either the TLR4/NFkB or NLRP3/IL-1beta pathway, is involved in the pathogenesis of renal injury in yet another CKD model, chronic NO inhibition with salt overload. Adult male Munich-Wistar rats receiving L-NAME in drinking water and salt overload (Group HS+N) were treated with Allopurinol (ALLO), used as an NLRP3 inhibitor (Group HS+N+ALLO), or PyrrolidineDithiocarbamate (PDTC) a NF-kB inhibitor (Group HS+N+PDTC). After 4 wks, HS+N rats developed hypertension, albuminuria and renal injury, along with renal inflammation, oxidative stress and activation of both the NLRP3/IL1-beta and TLR4/NF-kB pathways. ALLO lowered renal uric acid and inhibited the NLRP3 pathway. These effects were associated with amelioration of hypertension, albuminuria and interstitial inflammation/fibrosis, but not glomerular injury. PDTC lowered renal uric acid and inhibited both the NLRP3 and NF-kB pathways, promoting a more efficient anti-inflammatory and nephroprotective effect than ALLO. NLRP3/IL-1beta and TLR4/NF-kB act in parallel to promote renal injury/inflammation and must be simultaneously inhibited for best nephroprotection (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 15/25368-6 - Role of NFkB system and NLRP3 inflammasome in the chronic inhibition of nitric oxide model |
| Grantee: | Fernanda Florencia Fregnan Zambom |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |