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Lipid peroxidation (LPO) activity has been analyzed in homogenates and microsomes of cortical samples obtained intraoperatively from the kidneys of 33 patients. Of them, 21 patients had mild, moderate or severe pyelonephritis or nephrolithiasis. Unaffected cortical tissue from renal carcinoma patients was used as control. LPO activity was judged by basal level of malonic dialdehyde (MDA) and MDA growth in the homogenate and microsomes following initiation of ascorbate-dependent LPO. Activation of LPO was registered in patients with moderate disease with active inflammation. They also exhibited greater MDA basal levels and rapid MDA increase in response to in vitro initiation of ascorbate-dependent LPO simultaneously with attenuation of endogenous antioxidant defense. In severe pyelonephritis and nephrolithiasis with drastic deficiency of renal function LPO activity was low and nonresponsive to stimulation either by ascorbate or Fe+2. This is probably due to lack of the substrate after massive death of renal cells. Enhancement of LPO activity in patients with pyelonephritis or nephrolithiasis against functioning kidneys may appear responsible for destruction of renal tissue.
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PMID:[Lipid peroxidation in the kidney tissue of patients with nephrolithiasis and chronic pyelonephritis]. 857 92

Aim was evaluation of the effects of cosupplementation of, vitamins E and C, in preventing renal scarring in acute pyelonephritis. Animals and Treatments. Sixty rats were used, bacteria was injected through kidney. The rats were arranged randomly in 3 groups of 20 rats each. Rats in groups 1 and 2 were given once-daily intraperitoneal injections of gentamicin for ten consecutive days, beginning on the third day after inoculation. In group 2, vitamins E and C cotreatment and in group 3, vitamins E and C cotreatment without gentamicin injection were started. Three rats in each group were killed 24 hours after the inoculation (for infection and inflammation document) and forty-eight hours after the antibiotic injection (for efficacy of treatment). After eight weeks, the rest of rats were killed, and kidneys evaluated for percent of scaring. Result. There was also significant difference of degree of scar formation (1.4 and 3.4% versus 8.6%, P = .001). The group which received gentamicin only had moderate to severe scaring, but the two groups which received vitamin C and vitamin E showed no or mild renal scaring. Conclusion. The study showed that administration of antioxidants can protect scaring due to pyelonephritis with or without antibiotic administration.
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PMID:Evaluation of Effectiveness of Vitamins C and E on Prevention of Renal Scar due to Pyelonephritis in Rat. 2119 78

We studied the spontaneous and metal induced oxidation of lipids and proteins in in vitro modeling ways of lipid peroxidation and blood proteins in the formation of malondialdehyde (MDA) and protein carbonyl groups (PCG) in 86 patients with chronic pyelonephritis (cPN) and 64 patients chronic glomerulonephritis(cGN) without prejudice excretory function of the kidneys. Installed the increase in the blood of patients with cPN MDAs 2 times, MDAe--14%, PCG 1.5 times; and cGN--MDAs 2.3 times, MDAe--29%, PCG--2 times. Found increased MDA content and PCG in the blood of patients with cPN and more expressive when cGN. Stimulation of in vitro peroxidation processes contributed significantly increased of production of MDA comparedwith baseline. In the modeling in vitro ascorbate-dependent and NADPH-dependent lipid peroxidation ways and the increase in protein production of MDA and PCG in both groups of patients, especially in the NADPH-dependent way, which must be considered in the correction of oxidative processes and antioxidant therapy appointment.
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PMID:[MODELING IN VITRO PATHWAYS OF ACTIVATION OF LIPID PEROXIDATION AND PROTEIN IN CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE]. 2655 11