Role of Oxidative Stress and Reduced Endogenous Hydrogen Sulfide in Diabetic Nephropathy

Persistent hyperglycemia lead towards depletion of hydrogen sulfide (H S) resulting in generation of oxidative stress and diabetic nephropathy. The aim of the current study was to explore the antioxidant potential of H S and captopril, a -SH containing compound in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabet...

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Published inDrug design, development and therapy Vol. 15; pp. 1031 - 1043
Main Authors Hussain Lodhi, Arslan, Ahmad, Fiaz-Ud-Din, Furwa, Kainat, Madni, Asadullah
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New Zealand Dove Medical Press Limited 01.01.2021
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Summary:Persistent hyperglycemia lead towards depletion of hydrogen sulfide (H S) resulting in generation of oxidative stress and diabetic nephropathy. The aim of the current study was to explore the antioxidant potential of H S and captopril, a -SH containing compound in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic nephropathy. Fifty four Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats male (200-250g) were divided into nine groups (n=6) with each group injected once with STZ (60mg/kg i.p) except normal control. After 3 weeks of induction of diabetes, groups were assigned as normal control, diabetic control, diabetic-captopril, diabetic-NaHS, diabetic-captopril-NaHS, diabetic-spironolactone, diabetic-metformin, diabetic-metformin-NaHS and diabetic-vitamin-c. All the animals were served with normal saline (N/S 4mL/kg p.o), captopril (50mg/kg/day p.o), sodium hydrosulfide (NaHS) (56µmol/kg i.p), spironolactone (50mg/kg/day s.c), metformin (500mg/kg/day p.o) and vitamin-c (50mg/kg p.o) on daily basis for next 4 weeks, respectively. Metabolic studies, H S levels, renal hemodynamics and oxidative stress markers were analyzed at 0, 14 and 28 days followed by histopathological analysis of renal tissues. The results showed decreased H S levels, body weight, sodium to potassium ratio, glutathione (GSH), superoxide dismutase (SOD), total antioxidant assay (T-AOC) with malondialdehyde (MDA) and blood glucose levels significantly increased among diabetic rats. Treatment with captopril, NaHS, metformin, spironolactone and vitamin C showed significant improvement among renal hemodynamics and oxidative stress markers, respectively. But treatment groups like NaHS in combination with captopril and metformin showed more pronounced effects. The observations suggest that H S mediated protective effects on STZ-induced diabetic nephropathy may be associated with reduced oxidative stress via augmenting the antioxidant effect.
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ISSN:1177-8881
1177-8881
DOI:10.2147/DDDT.S291591