Protective Effects of Bee Venom against Endotoxemia-Related Acute Kidney Injury in Mice
Sepsis-associated acute kidney injury (AKI) is a leading cause of death in hospitalized patients worldwide. Despite decades of effort, there is no effective treatment for preventing the serious medical condition. Bee venom has long been used to treat a variety of inflammatory diseases. However, whet...
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| author | Jung-Yeon Kim Sun-Jae Lee Young-In Maeng Jaechan Leem Kwan-Kyu Park |
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| description | Sepsis-associated acute kidney injury (AKI) is a leading cause of death in hospitalized patients worldwide. Despite decades of effort, there is no effective treatment for preventing the serious medical condition. Bee venom has long been used to treat a variety of inflammatory diseases. However, whether bee venom has protective effects against lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced AKI has not been explored. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of bee venom on LPS-induced AKI. The administration of bee venom alleviated renal dysfunction and structural injury in LPS-treated mice. Increased renal levels of tubular injury markers after LPS treatment were also suppressed by bee venom. Mechanistically, bee venom significantly reduced plasma and tissue levels of inflammatory cytokines and immune cell infiltration into damaged kidneys. In addition, mice treated with bee venom exhibited reduced renal expression of lipid peroxidation markers after LPS injection. Moreover, bee venom attenuated tubular cell apoptosis in the kidneys of LPS-treated mice. In conclusion, these results suggest that bee venom attenuates LPS-induced renal dysfunction and structural injury via the suppression of inflammation, oxidative stress, and tubular cell apoptosis, and might be a useful therapeutic option for preventing endotoxemia-related AKI. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-704e67d7c3164181871e60f88815d1d12023-11-20T05:58:10ZengMDPI AGBiology2079-77372020-07-019715410.3390/biology9070154Protective Effects of Bee Venom against Endotoxemia-Related Acute Kidney Injury in MiceJung-Yeon Kim0Sun-Jae Lee1Young-In Maeng2Jaechan Leem3Kwan-Kyu Park4Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu, Daegu 42472, KoreaDepartment of Pathology, School of Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu, Daegu 42472, KoreaDepartment of Pathology, School of Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu, Daegu 42472, KoreaDepartment of Immunology, School of Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu, Daegu 42472, KoreaDepartment of Pathology, School of Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu, Daegu 42472, KoreaSepsis-associated acute kidney injury (AKI) is a leading cause of death in hospitalized patients worldwide. Despite decades of effort, there is no effective treatment for preventing the serious medical condition. Bee venom has long been used to treat a variety of inflammatory diseases. However, whether bee venom has protective effects against lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced AKI has not been explored. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of bee venom on LPS-induced AKI. The administration of bee venom alleviated renal dysfunction and structural injury in LPS-treated mice. Increased renal levels of tubular injury markers after LPS treatment were also suppressed by bee venom. Mechanistically, bee venom significantly reduced plasma and tissue levels of inflammatory cytokines and immune cell infiltration into damaged kidneys. In addition, mice treated with bee venom exhibited reduced renal expression of lipid peroxidation markers after LPS injection. Moreover, bee venom attenuated tubular cell apoptosis in the kidneys of LPS-treated mice. In conclusion, these results suggest that bee venom attenuates LPS-induced renal dysfunction and structural injury via the suppression of inflammation, oxidative stress, and tubular cell apoptosis, and might be a useful therapeutic option for preventing endotoxemia-related AKI.https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/9/7/154sepsisacute kidney injurybee venominflammationoxidative stressapoptosis |
| spellingShingle | Jung-Yeon Kim Sun-Jae Lee Young-In Maeng Jaechan Leem Kwan-Kyu Park Protective Effects of Bee Venom against Endotoxemia-Related Acute Kidney Injury in Mice Biology sepsis acute kidney injury bee venom inflammation oxidative stress apoptosis |
| title | Protective Effects of Bee Venom against Endotoxemia-Related Acute Kidney Injury in Mice |
| title_full | Protective Effects of Bee Venom against Endotoxemia-Related Acute Kidney Injury in Mice |
| title_fullStr | Protective Effects of Bee Venom against Endotoxemia-Related Acute Kidney Injury in Mice |
| title_full_unstemmed | Protective Effects of Bee Venom against Endotoxemia-Related Acute Kidney Injury in Mice |
| title_short | Protective Effects of Bee Venom against Endotoxemia-Related Acute Kidney Injury in Mice |
| title_sort | protective effects of bee venom against endotoxemia related acute kidney injury in mice |
| topic | sepsis acute kidney injury bee venom inflammation oxidative stress apoptosis |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/9/7/154 |
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