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As part of a study on uranium nephrotoxicity, we investigated the effect of uranyl nitrate in isolated human and mouse kidney cortex tubules metabolizing the physiological substrate lactate. In the millimolar range, uranyl nitrate reduced lactate removal and gluconeogenesis and the cellular ATP level in a dose-dependent fashion. After incubation in phosphate-free Krebs-Henseleit medium with 5 mM L-[1-13C]-, or L-[2-13C]-, or L-[3-13C]lactate, substrate utilization and product formation were measured by enzymatic and NMR spectroscopic methods. In the presence of 3 mM uranyl nitrate, glucose production and the intracellular ATP content were significantly reduced in both human and mouse tubules. Combination of enzymatic and NMR measurements with a mathematical model of lactate metabolism revealed an inhibition of fluxes through lactate dehydrogenase and the gluconeogenic enzymes in the presence of 3 mM uranyl nitrate; in human and mouse tubules, fluxes were lowered by 20% and 14% (lactate dehydrogenase), 27% and 32% (pyruvate carboxylase), 35% and 36% (phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase), and 39% and 45% (glucose-6-phosphatase), respectively. These results indicate that natural uranium is an inhibitor of renal lactate gluconeogenesis in both humans and mice.
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PMID:Uranyl nitrate inhibits lactate gluconeogenesis in isolated human and mouse renal proximal tubules: a 13C-NMR study. 1974 99

The present study investigated the modulatory role of phenolic extract of soybean (PESB) in a rat model of nephrotoxic acute renal failure induced by cisplatin. Cisplatin (2 mg/kg/day) was administered to the rats for 5 days and the animals were pretreated with PESB (250-1000 mg/kg). Blood urea nitrogen reduced by 49.8% and 59.0%, serum creatinine by 34.7% and 62.1% and urinary N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase also decreased by 37.7% and 49.2% following treatment with 250- and 500-mg/kg doses of the extract respectively in the cisplatin-treated rats. The extract also significantly increased renal myeloperoxidase activity by 26.8% and 40.6% at these doses. PESB also decreased renal xanthine oxidase activity and serum nitrate/nitrite in the cisplatin-treated rats. In addition, PESB significantly attenuated the marked renal oxidative damage that accompanied cisplatin treatment. The extract improved liver histology and significantly increased the activities of the antioxidant enzymes measured [superoxide dismutase, catalase, glutathione-S-transferase], prevented glutathione depletion and decreased malondialdehyde level following cisplatin treatment. Furthermore, cisplatin-induced decrease in the activities of glucose-6-phosphatase and 5'-nucleotidase in these rats was attenuated only at 250 mg/kg dose of the extract. We concluded therefore that PESB via antioxidant and possibly anti-inflammatory actions offered protective benefit against cisplatin-mediated acute toxic injury to the kidney.
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PMID:Phenolic extract of soybean (Glycine max) attenuates cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity in rats. 2010 12

Nitrate has described as an endocrine disruptor that promotes onset of diabetes. This study was undertaken to evaluate diabetic effect of high nitrate intake in young and adult male rats and its amelioration by fenugreek administration. The study revealed significant increase in serum glucose and blood glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c%), while serum insulin and liver glycogen were decreased among nitrate exposed animals, in particular the young group. A significant reduction in the body weight gain and serum thyroid hormones (T4 & T3) was also recorded. Further reduction in serum levels of urea and creatinine, as well as total protein in serum, liver and pancreas was demonstrated, with elevation in their levels in the urine of all nitrate exposed groups. Meanwhile, the activity of serum transaminases (ALT and AST) was increased, with decline in their activity in the liver tissue. In addition, an elevation in serum total bilirubin, tissues (liver and pancreas) nitric oxide and lipid profile, as well as liver activity of glucose-6-phosphatase was recorded. Fenugreek administration to nitrate exposed rats was found to be effective in alleviating hyperglycemia and other biochemical changes characterizing nitrate-induced diabetes. So, fenugreek can be considered to possess potent activity against onset of nitrate induced-diabetes.
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PMID:Fenugreek potent activity against nitrate-induced diabetes in young and adult male rats. 2461 31


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