Histopathological Studies on the Effect of Taurine Against Etoposide-Induced Acute Liver and Kidney Toxicity in Female Albino Rats
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Etoposide, Taurine, Liver, Kidney, ToxicityAbstract
Etoposide (ETP) is a topoisomerase Ⅱ (TOP Ⅱ) inhibitor and one of the leading chemotherapeutic drugs for treating a wide variety of tumors. However, ETP induced hepatotoxicity and nephrotoxicity limits its clinical use. This study aims to investigate the protective potential of taurine (Tau) to mitigated histopathological changes in the liver and kidneys of female albino rats treated with ETP. A total of 18 female rats were divided into three groups; control group, ETP-exposed group received intraperitoneal injection of ETP on the first 3 days of the study for a total cumulative dose of 44 mg/kg to induce hepatotoxicity and nephrotoxicity, ETP + Tau group received ETP as stated previously with 400 mg/kg/day of Tau via oral gavage for 15 days. Sections from the liver and kidney were evaluated under light microscope and ETP-exposed group revealed vascular congestion, chronic inflammatory cell infiltration predominantly lymphocytes, edema, vacuolar degeneration, atypical cells, pyknosis, and necrosis while liver and kidney sections of rats treated with combination of ETP + Tau group exhibited marked alleviation of the histopathological damage. The study concludes that treatment with ETP induced marked structural damages in the liver and kidney and such morphological damages are effectively diminished by administering Tau.
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Kim, Y.-S., Sung, S.-H., Tang, Y., Choi, E.-J., Choi, Y.-J., Hwang, Y.J., Park, P.-J. & Kim, E.-K. (2017). Protective Effect of Taurine on Mice with Doxorubicin-induced Acute Kidney Injury. Adv. Exp. Med. Biol, 975 Pt 2, 1191–1201.
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Konecny, F. (2021). Rodent General Anesthesia Suitable for Measurement of Experimental Invasive Hemodynamics. Eur. J. Exp. Biol, 2(4), 33–43.
Kwon, H.-K., Shin, H.-J., Lee, J.-H., Park, S.-H., Kwon, M.-C., Panneerselvam, S., Lee, C.G., Kim, S.G., Kim, J.-H. & Choi, S. (2015). Etoposide Induces Necrosis Through p53-Mediated Antiapoptosis in Human Kidney Proximal Tubule Cells. Toxicol. Sci, 148(1), 204–219.
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Małyszko, J., Kozłowska, K., Kozłowski, L. & Małyszko, J. (2017). Nephrotoxicity of anticancer treatment. Nephrol. Dial. Transplant, 32(6), 924–936.
Maor, Y. & Malnick, S. (2013). Liver Injury Induced by Anticancer Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy. Int. J. Hepatol, e815105.
Meresse, P., Dechaux, E., Monneret, C. & Bertounesque, E. (2004). Etoposide: Discovery and Medicinal Chemistry. Curr. Med. Chem, 11(18), 2443–2466.
Miyazaki, T., Bouscarel, B., Ikegami, T., Honda, A. & Matsuzaki, Y. (2009). The protective effect of taurine against hepatic damage in a model of liver disease and hepatic stellate cells. Adv. Exp. Med. Biol, 643, 293–303.
Mudd, T.W. & Guddati, A.K. (2021). Management of hepatotoxicity of chemotherapy and targeted agents. Am. J. Cancer Res, 11(7), 3461–3474.
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Nemade, H., Chaudhari, U., Acharya, A., Hescheler, J., Hengstler, J.G., Papadopoulos, S. & Sachinidis, A. (2018). Cell death mechanisms of the anti-cancer drug etoposide on human cardiomyocytes isolated from pluripotent stem cells. Arch. Toxicol, 92(4), 1507–1524.
Perazella, M.A. (2012). Onco-Nephrology: Renal Toxicities of Chemotherapeutic Agents. Clin. J. Am. Soc. Nephrol, 7(10), 1713–1721.
Rao, G., Pandey, R. & Marathe, A. (2019). Ameliorating effect of whey preparation on Na + -K + -ATPase and oxidative stress in chemotherapy induced rat model for brain toxicity. Biomedicine, 39(3), 405–409.
Rjiba-Touati, K., Amara, I., Bousabbeh, M., Salem, I.B., Azzebi, A., Guedri, Y., Achour, A., Bacha, H. & Abid, S. (2018). Recombinant human erythropoietin prevents etoposide- and methotrexate-induced toxicity in kidney and liver tissues via the regulation of oxidative damage and genotoxicity in Wistar rats. Hum. Exp. Toxicol, 37(8), 848–858.
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Shah, Z., Gohar, U.F., Jamshed, I., Mushtaq, A., Mukhtar, H., Zia-UI-Haq, M., Toma, S.I., Manea, R., Moga, M. & Popovici, B. (2021). Podophyllotoxin: History, Recent Advances and Future Prospects. Biomolecules, 11(4), 603.
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Thatishetty, A.V., Agresti, N. & O’Brien, C.B. (2013). Chemotherapy-induced hepatotoxicity. Clin. Liver Dis, 17(4), 671–686.
Torri, G.B., Soldatelli, M.D., Luersen, G.F. & Ghezzi, C.L.A. (2021). Imaging of chemotherapy-induced liver toxicity: an illustrated overview. Hepatic Oncol, 8(4).
Tousson, E., Masoud, A., Hafez, E. & Almakhatreh, M. (2019). Protective role of rosemary extract against Etoposide induced liver toxicity, injury and KI67 alterations in rats. J. Biosci. Appl. Res, 5(1), 1–7.
Tran, A., Housset, C., Boboc, B., Tourani, J.-M., Carnot, F. & Berthelot, P. (1991). Etoposide (VP 16-213) induced hepatitis. Report of three cases following standard-dose treatments. J. Hepatol, 12(1), 36–39.
Wenting, L., Ping, L., Haitao, J., Meng, Q. & Xiaofei, R. (2014). Therapeutic effect of taurine against aluminum-induced impairment on learning, memory and brain neurotransmitters in rats. Neurol. Sci, 35, 1579–1584.
Yousef, H.N. & Aboelwafa, H.R. (2017). The potential protective role of taurine against 5-fluorouracil-induced nephrotoxicity in adult male rats. Exp. Toxicol. Pathol, 69(5), 265–274.
Zhang, W., Gou, P., Dupret, J.-M., Chomienne, C. & Rodrigues-Lima, F. (2021). Etoposide, an anticancer drug involved in therapy-related secondary leukemia: Enzymes at play. Transl. Oncol, 14(10), 101169.
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Histopathological Studies on the Effect of Taurine Against Etoposide-Induced Acute Liver and Kidney Toxicity in Female Albino Rats. (2022). UKH Journal of Science and Engineering, 6(2), 75-82. https://doi.org/10.25079/ukhjse.v6n2y2022.pp75-82
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