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Protective Effect of PACAP on Ischemia/Reperfusion-Induced Kidney Injury of Male and Female Rats: Gender Differences

László, Eszter and Juhász, Tamás and Varga, Ádám and Czibere, Bernadett and Kovács, Krisztina and Degrell, Péter and Horváth, Gabriella and Jancsó, Gábor and Szakály, Péter and Tamás, Andrea and Reglődi, Dóra (2019) Protective Effect of PACAP on Ischemia/Reperfusion-Induced Kidney Injury of Male and Female Rats: Gender Differences. JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR NEUROSCIENCE, 68 (3). pp. 408-419. ISSN 0895-8696 (print); 1559-1166 (online)

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Abstract

Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) is a neuropeptide that exerts general cytoprotective effects, including protection in different kidney disorders. The aim of our study was to investigate the ischemia/reperfusion-induced kidney injury of male and female rats to confirm the protective effects of PACAP in the kidney and to reveal possible gender differences.Male and female Wistar rats underwent unilateral renal artery clamping followed by 24-h, 48-h, or 14-day reperfusion. PACAP was administered intravenously before arterial clamping in half of the rats. Tubular damage, cytokine expression pattern, oxidative stress marker, antioxidative status and signaling pathways were evaluated using histology, immunohistology, cytokine array, PCR, and Western blot. Tubular damage was significantly less severe in the PACAP-treated male and female rats compared to controls. Results of female animals were significantly better in both treated and untreated groups. Cytokine expression, oxidative stress marker and antioxidative status confirmed the histological results. We also revealed that PACAP counteracted the decreased PKA phosphorylation, influenced the expression of BMP2 and BMP4, and increased the expression of the protein Smad1.We conclude that PACAP is protective in ischemia/reperfusion-induced kidney injury in both sexes, but females had markedly less pronounced injury after ischemia/reperfusion, possibly also involving further protective factors, the investigation of which could have future therapeutic value in treating ischemic kidney injuries.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: Hetedik szerző: Horváth-Opper Gabriella
Uncontrolled Keywords: Ischemia/reperfusion, PACAP, Tubular damage, Cytokine expression, Superoxide dismutase, Bonemorphogenetic protein
Subjects: R Medicine / orvostudomány > R1 Medicine (General) / orvostudomány általában > R850-854 Experimental medicine / kisérleti orvostudomány
SWORD Depositor: MTMT SWORD
Depositing User: MTMT SWORD
Date Deposited: 12 Sep 2019 13:46
Last Modified: 12 Sep 2019 13:48
URI: http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/99181

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