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HO-1 induction attenuates renal damage and oxidative stress induced by K2Cr2O7.

Heme oxygenase ( HO) is the rate-limiting enzyme in the degradation of heme; its inducible isozyme HO-1 protects against some types of acute tissue injury. The expression and functional role of HO-1 in rats with renal injury induced by potassium dichromate (K(2)Cr(2)O(7)) was investigated in this work. Rats were studied 24 h after a single injection of K(2)Cr(2)O(7). To address the possible protective effect of HO-1 in this experimental model, this enzyme was induced by an injection of stannous chloride (SnCl(2)) 12 h before K(2)Cr(2)O(7) administration. The functional role of HO-1 in K(2)Cr(2)O(7) + SnCl(2)-treated animals was tested by inhibiting HO activity with an injection of zinc (II) protoporphyrin IX (ZnPP) 18 h before K(2)Cr(2)O(7). In K(2)Cr(2)O(7)-treated rats: (i) renal HO-1 content, measured by Western blot, increased 2.6-fold; and, (ii) renal nitrotyrosine and protein carbonyl content, markers of oxidative stress, increased 3.5- and 1.36-fold, respectively. Renal damage and oxidative stress were ameliorated and HO-1 content was increased in the K(2)Cr(2)O(7) + SnCl(2) group. The attenuation of renal injury and oxidative stress was lost by the inhibition of HO activity in K(2)Cr(2)O(7) + SnCl(2) + ZnPP-treated animals. Our data suggest that HO-1 overexpression induced by SnCl(2) is responsible for the attenuation of renal damage and oxidative stress induced by K(2)Cr(2)O(7).[1]

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  1. HO-1 induction attenuates renal damage and oxidative stress induced by K2Cr2O7. Barrera, D., Maldonado, P.D., Medina-Campos, O.N., Hernández-Pando, R., Ibarra-Rubio, M.E., Pedraza-Chaverrí, J., Pedraza-Chaverrrí, J. Free Radic. Biol. Med. (2003) [Pubmed]
 
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