Pharmacology and Toxicology Department, Faculty of Pharmacy (Girls), Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
Drug Chem Toxicol. 2024 Sep;47(5):748-755. doi: 10.1080/01480545.2023.2282377. Epub 2023 Nov 20.
Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are one of the most commonly prescribed medications. However, PPI usage is linked to a higher risk of both acute and chronic renal damage by mechanisms not entirely known. The present study demonstrates that omeprazole (10 mg/kg body weight, i.p.) causes TGF-β/Smad signaling activation and subsequent expression of the profibrotic genes CTGF and TIMP-1 in rat kidney. Increased production of CTGF and TIMP-1 accompany activation of the TGF-β/Smad signaling cascade. However, simultaneous treatment of omeprazole and the TGF-β inhibitor, disitertide (P144) (1 mg/kg body weight i.p.) suppresses the TGF-β/Smad signaling pathway and subsequent production of CTGF and TIMP-1. Additionally, TGF-β level in rat kidney was highly reduced in animals treated with the ROS (reactive oxygen species) scavenger, N-acetyl cysteine (NAC) (100 mg/kg body weight i.p.) before omeprazole administration. Furthermore, the reduction in SOD activity brought by omeprazole was returned to the normal level in those animals. However, MDA level increased by omeprazole was highly reduced in the presence of NAC. Collectively, the current findings demonstrate that omeprazole has the ability to promote the expression of the profibrotic genes CTGF and TIMP-1 in a ROS and TGF-β dependent manner. The present study suggests the co-use of ROS scavenger to improve the therapeutic use of the PPI omeprazole.
质子泵抑制剂(PPIs)是最常用的药物之一。然而,尽管其作用机制尚未完全明确,PPIs 的使用与急性和慢性肾损伤的风险增加有关。本研究表明,奥美拉唑(10mg/kg 体重,腹腔注射)可导致 TGF-β/Smad 信号通路激活,并随后导致大鼠肾脏中致纤维化基因 CTGF 和 TIMP-1 的表达。CTGF 和 TIMP-1 的产生增加伴随着 TGF-β/Smad 信号级联的激活。然而,奥美拉唑和 TGF-β 抑制剂 disitertide(P144)(1mg/kg 体重,腹腔注射)同时治疗可抑制 TGF-β/Smad 信号通路及其随后的 CTGF 和 TIMP-1 产生。此外,在给予奥美拉唑之前,用 ROS(活性氧)清除剂 N-乙酰半胱氨酸(NAC)(100mg/kg 体重,腹腔注射)处理的大鼠肾脏中 TGF-β 水平显著降低。此外,奥美拉唑引起的 SOD 活性降低在这些动物中恢复到正常水平。然而,在 NAC 存在的情况下,奥美拉唑引起的 MDA 水平升高显著降低。总之,目前的研究结果表明,奥美拉唑具有通过 ROS 和 TGF-β 依赖的方式促进致纤维化基因 CTGF 和 TIMP-1 表达的能力。本研究提示联合使用 ROS 清除剂可改善 PPI 奥美拉唑的治疗用途。