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ArticleInflammopharmacology2024

Ameliorative effect of montelukast against STZ induced diabetic nephropathy: targeting HMGB1, TLR4, NF-κB, NLRP3 inflammasome, and autophagy pathways.

Ahmed M Awad, Sally L Elshaer, Rajashekhar Gangaraju, Rania R Abdelaziz, Manar A Nader

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Article in Inflammopharmacology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Ahmed M AwadDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, Mansoura, 35516, Egypt.
Sally L ElshaerDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, Mansoura, 35516, Egypt.
Rajashekhar GangarajuDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, 38163, USA.
Rania R AbdelazizDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, Mansoura, 35516, Egypt. rania200582@yahoo.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6651-6187
Manar A NaderDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, Mansoura, 35516, Egypt.
Mansoura University · EGUniversity of Tennessee Health Science Center · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is reported as one of the most serious microvascular diabetic complications and the trigger of end-stage renal disease (ESRD), underscoring the concern of any therapeutic intervention directed at ameliorating the development and progression of DN. The current study explored the renoprotective impact of montelukast (Mon) against streptozotocin (STZ)-induced DN in rats compared to a standard anti-hyperglycemic insulin (Ins) treatment. Diabetes was induced by a single dose of STZ (55 mg/kg). Diabetic rats were treated with Mon (10 and 20 mg/kg, oral gavage) for eight weeks. Mon administration for 8 weeks after induction of diabetes conferred significant dose-dependent renoprotection, independent of blood glucose levels (unlike Ins), as evidenced by the improvement in serum creatinine, and blood urea nitrogen (BUN), and ameliorated STZ-induced renal necrotic, inflammatory alterations, and renal fibrosis. Additionally, Mon treatment in diabetic rats significantly restored redox hemostasis as evidenced by malondialdehyde (MDA) and total antioxidant capacity (TAC) levels; significantly reduced the renal expression of high mobility group box (HMGB) 1, toll-like receptor (TLR) 4, nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) (in the nucleus), NOD-like receptor family pyrin domain containing (NLRP) 3, and interleukin (IL)-1β. Moreover, Mon administration ameliorated the dysregulation in autophagy as evidenced by p62 and microtubule-associated protein 1A/1B-light chain 3 (LC3)-II levels. In conclusion, the renoprotective effect of Mon is potentially associated with its modulatory effect on inflammatory cytokines, antioxidant properties, and autophagy.

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AcetatesCyclopropanesDiabetes Mellitus, ExperimentalDiabetic NephropathiesHMGB1 ProteinQuinolinesSulfidesAnimalsAntioxidantsInflammasomesInsulinNF-kappa BNLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 ProteinRatsStreptozocinToll-Like Receptor 4AcetatesAntioxidantsCyclopropanesHMGB1 ProteinInflammasomesInsulinmontelukastNF-kappa BNLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 ProteinQuinolinesStreptozocinSulfidesToll-Like Receptor 4AutophagyHMGB1MontelukastNF-κBNLRP3RenoprotectionSTZ

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