De Novo Demonstration and Co-localization of Free-Radical Production and Apoptosis Formation in Rat Kidney Subjected to Ischemia/Reperfusion

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN - Tập 12 Số 5 - Trang 973-982 - 2001
Chien Chiang‐Ting1, Po‐Huang Lee2, Chau‐Fong Chen3, Ming‐Chieh Ma3, Ming-Kuen Lai4, Su-Ming Hsu5
1Office for Medical Research Administration, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
3Department of Physiology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
4Department of Urology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
5Department of Pathology, National Taiwan University, College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

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Abstract. Ischemia-induced oxidative damage to the reperfused kidney was examined. A modified chemiluminescence method, an in situ nitro blue tetrazolium perfusion technique, and a DNA fragmentation/apoptosis-related protein assay were adapted for demonstration de novo and co-localization of reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and apoptosis formation in rat kidneys subjected to ischemia/reperfusion injury. The results showed that prolonged ischemia potentiated proapoptotic mechanisms, including increases in the Bax/Bcl-2 ratio, CPP32 expression, and poly-(ADP-ribose)-polymerase fragments, and subsequently resulted in severe apoptosis, including increases in DNA fragmentation and apoptotic cell number in renal proximal tubules (PT) and distal tubules (DT) in a time-dependent manner. The increased level of ROS detected on the renal surface was correlated with that in blood and was intensified by a prolonged interval of ischemia. The main source of ROS synthesis was the PT epithelial cells. The ROS and apoptotic nuclei detected in the PT cells can be ameliorated by superoxide dismutase (SOD) treatment before reperfusion. However, the apoptotic nuclei remained in DT in the SOD-treated rats, indicating that formation of apoptosis in DT was not influenced by the small amounts of ROS produced. In PT and DT cell cultures, significant increases in apoptotic cells and ROS were evident in PT cells after hypoxia/reoxygenation insult. Furthermore, the oxidative damage in PT, but not in DT, can be alleviated by ROS scavengers SOD and hexa(sulfobutyl)fullerene, confirming that PT are vulnerable to ROS. These results lead us to conclude that ROS produced in significant amounts in PT epithelium under ischemia/reperfusion or hypoxia/reoxygenation conditions may be responsible for the apoptotic death of these cells.

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Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN

Tập 12 Số 5

973-982

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