Prolonged Administration Enhances the Renoprotective Effect of Pentoxifylline via Anti-Inflammatory Activity in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Nephropathy
- Authors
- Han, Kum Hyun; Han, Sang Youb; Kim, Han Seong; Kang, Young Sun; Cha, Dae Ryong
- Issue Date
- 6월-2010
- Publisher
- SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
- Keywords
- diabetic nephropathy; inflammation; pentoxifylline
- Citation
- INFLAMMATION, v.33, no.3, pp.137 - 143
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- INFLAMMATION
- Volume
- 33
- Number
- 3
- Start Page
- 137
- End Page
- 143
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/116279
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10753-009-9167-6
- ISSN
- 0360-3997
- Abstract
- The beneficial effects of pentoxifylline (PTX), which has an anti-inflammatory and renoprotective effect in diabetic nephropathy, are not completely understood. This study investigates whether prolonged administration of PTX (40 mg/kg, per oral) is effective in streptozotocin-induced diabetic nephropathy. The amount of urinary protein was higher in the diabetic rats than in the control rats. The amount remained unchanged after 4 weeks and decreased after 8 weeks of PTX treatment. Accumulation of monocyte chemoattractant peptide-1 (MCP-1) and mouse monoclonal anti-monocyte/macrophage antibody (ED-1) positive cells was higher in untreated diabetic rats than in the control rats. PTX administration ameliorated the urinary MCP-1 excretion and interstitial infiltration of ED-1 positive cells at 4 weeks. Further, in diabetic rats, administration of PTX for 4 weeks inhibited the renal inflammatory reaction, and when administration for 8 weeks, it prevented proteinuria. These findings support the hypothesis that prolonged administration enhances the protective effects of PTX.
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