N-hexacosanol ameliorates streptozotocin-induced diabetic rat nephropathy.
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| Abstract |
In this study we investigated the effects of N-hexacosanol on streptozotocin-induced rat diabetic nephropathy. Diabetes was induced in 8-week-old male Sprague-Dawley rats by administering an intraperitoneal injection of streptozotocin (50 mg/kg). The rats were divided into four groups and maintained for 8 weeks: control rats, diabetic rats without treatment with N-hexacosanol, and diabetic rats treated with N-hexacosanol (2 mg/kg and 8 mg/kg i.p. every day). Although N-hexacosanol failed to modify the diabetic status, increases in serum creatinine as well as in kidney weight were significantly reduced. The malonaldehyde and transforming growth factor beta-1 (TGF-beta1) concentrations as well as the protein kinase C (PKC) activities in the diabetic kidney were significantly higher than those of the control, which were decreased by treatment with N-hexacosanol. Histological examinations revealed that N-hexacosanol significantly ameliorated diabetic-induced tubulointerstitial pathological changes. Our data suggest that N-hexacosanol could prevent increases in the malonaldehyde and TGF-beta1 concentrations and PKC activities in the kidney, and ameliorate diabetic-induced nephropathy.
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| Authors | Motoaki Saito, Yukako Kinoshita, Itaru Satoh, Chiko Shinbori, Tomoharu Kono, Takuya Hanada, Jiro Uemasu, Hiroto Suzuki, Masashi Yamada, Keisuke Satoh |
| Journal | European journal of pharmacology (Eur J Pharmacol) Vol. 544 Issue 1-3 Pg. 132-7 (Aug 21 2006) ISSN: 0014-2999 [Print] Netherlands |
| PMID | 16859672 (Publication Type: Journal Article) |
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