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754 PLASMA, URINE, AND TISSUE CONCENTRATIONS OF<br />

HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM ASSOCIATED ACUTE<br />

KIDNEY INJURY IN SPRAGUE-DAWLEY RATS.<br />

R. P. Brown 1 , Q. Zhang 1 , D. S. Barber 2 , A. C. Komiyama 1 and P. L. Goering 1 .<br />

1 CDRH, U.S. FDA, Silver Spring, MD and 2 University <strong>of</strong> Florida, Gainesville, FL.<br />

Hexavalent chromium (Cr) is a well-known nephrotoxic agent in both experimental<br />

animals and humans. <strong>The</strong> dose <strong>of</strong> Cr that produces acute kidney injury (AKI)<br />

in experimental animals is well understood; however, dose information is rarely<br />

available for humans exposed to Cr, especially in patients with an orthopedic implant<br />

made from a Cr-containing alloy. Instead, the concentration <strong>of</strong> Cr in serum,<br />

plasma and/or urine is typically reported in these individuals. Since the histopathology<br />

<strong>of</strong> Cr-induced AKI is similar in rodents and humans, it would be useful to<br />

characterize the concentration <strong>of</strong> Cr in plasma, urine and kidney tissue in rodents<br />

associated with the onset on AKI as well as the administered dose that produces<br />

these effects. In this study, potassium dichromate was administered to male,<br />

Sprague-Dawley rats by a single SC injection in doses <strong>of</strong> 2.5, 5.0 and 10 mg Cr/kg.<br />

Rats were placed in metabolism cages and urine was collected for 18 hrs. Serum<br />

biomarkers (BUN and blood creatinine) and urinary renal injury biomarkers (α-<br />

GST, GSTYb1, RPA-1, clusterin, KIM-1, NGAL, osteopontin and NAG) were<br />

measured. Cr concentrations in plasma, urine and kidney were assessed using ICP-<br />

MS. A statistically significant increase in levels <strong>of</strong> some urinary biomarkers (α-GST,<br />

GSTYb1, clusterin, Kim-1, NGAL) was observed following administration <strong>of</strong> 10<br />

mg/kg which corresponded to increases in blood creatinine (NOAEL = 5 mg/kg).<br />

No change was seen in levels <strong>of</strong> BUN, osteopontin, or RPA-1 at any dose level. <strong>The</strong><br />

mean urinary Cr concentration (n=4) was 0.01, 17.64 and 38.56 μg/ml in control,<br />

NOAEL and LOAEL group rats, respectively. Levels <strong>of</strong> Cr in tissue and plasma also<br />

exhibited a dose-dependent increase. Since data on the dose <strong>of</strong> Cr associated with<br />

AKI are available in rats but not humans, and data on the concentration <strong>of</strong> Cr in<br />

various matrices are readily available in humans but not rats, these data provide a<br />

means to compare the interspecies effects <strong>of</strong> Cr on the kidney.<br />

755 COVALENT MODIFICATIONS OF KIDNEY PROTEINS<br />

BY S-(1, 2-DICHLOROVINYL)-L-CYSTEINE SULFOXIDE<br />

(DCVCS): IN VITRO CHARACTERIZATION USING N-<br />

BIOTINYL-DCVCS (NB-DCVCS).<br />

R. M. Irving 1 , M. S. Brownfield 2 and A. A. Elfarra 1, 2 . 1 Molecular and<br />

Environmental <strong>Toxicology</strong> Center, University <strong>of</strong> Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI<br />

and 2 Department <strong>of</strong> Comparative Biosciences, University <strong>of</strong> Wisconsin-Madison,<br />

Madison, WI.<br />

DCVCS is a reactive electrophile and potent nephrotoxicant generated by the oxidative<br />

metabolism <strong>of</strong> the trichloroethylene metabolite S-(1,2-dichlorovinyl)-L-cysteine<br />

(DCVC). DCVCS can covalently modify macromolecules, a property that<br />

likely plays a role in its potent nephrotoxicity. In this study, biotin-tagged DCVCS<br />

(NB-DCVCS) was synthesized and its reactivity toward glutathione (GSH) and<br />

kidney proteins was characterized. When NB-DCVCS was incubated at physiological<br />

conditions (pH 7.4, 37°C) with GSH (3:10 molar ratio), four covalent adducts<br />

were detected by HPLC and characterized by ESI-MS as monoadducts resulting<br />

from Michael addition-elimination reactions (addition <strong>of</strong> GSH followed by elimination<br />

<strong>of</strong> HCl) between NB-DCVCS and GSH. <strong>The</strong> half-lives <strong>of</strong> the two NB-<br />

DCVCS diastereomers in the presence <strong>of</strong> GSH were 19.2 and 42.3 minutes,<br />

whereas the half-lives for the DCVCS and N-acetyl DCVCS diastereomers were<br />

19.4 and 3.8 minutes, and 9.9 and 23.1 minutes respectively. When rat kidney cytosol<br />

was incubated with 312.5 nM to 10 μM NB-DCVCS for 3 hours at 37°C and<br />

immunoblotting was used to detect the biotin tag, a dose-dependent increase in signal<br />

with different molecular weights was observed, demonstrating that NB-DCVCS<br />

covalently binds to multiple kidney proteins. <strong>The</strong>se results provide the first compelling<br />

evidence that DCVCS can form adducts with kidney proteins. Furthermore,<br />

these studies indicate that this novel reactive electrophilic probe, derived from a<br />

known nephrotoxicant, shows promise as a useful reagent for future studies on characterization<br />

<strong>of</strong> the covalent modification <strong>of</strong> proteins by nephrotoxic cysteine S-conjugates.<br />

(Supported by NIH RO1 DK 044295 and NIEHS T32-ES-007015)<br />

756 ZINC DEFICIENCY EXACERBATES DIABETES-<br />

INDUCED RENAL OXIDATIVE DAMAGE,<br />

INFLAMMATION, AND FIBROSIS.<br />

B. Li 1, 2 , L. Miao 2 and L. Cai 1 . 1 University <strong>of</strong> Louisville, Louisville, KY and<br />

2 Nephrology, Jilin University, Changchun, jilin, China.<br />

Zinc (Zn) as an essential trace element has numerous physiological functions, particularly<br />

as an antioxidant to protect the cells and organs against various oxidative<br />

damages. However, Zn deficiency <strong>of</strong>ten occurs in the patients with diabetes; what is<br />

the effect <strong>of</strong> Zn deficiency on diabetic kidney has not been addressed. <strong>The</strong> purpose<br />

<strong>of</strong> the present study was to examine the effects <strong>of</strong> Zn deficiency on diabetes-induced<br />

renal oxidative damage, inflammation and fibrosis in streptozotocin (STZ)induced<br />

type 1 diabetic mice. Type 1 diabetes was induced in FVB mice treated<br />

with multiple low doses <strong>of</strong> STZ at 50 mg/kg body weight daily for five days. Five<br />

days after the last injection <strong>of</strong> STZ, STZ-treated mice with hyperglycemia and agematched<br />

normal mice were treated with and without Zn chelator, TPEN at 5<br />

mg/kg daily for four months. Renal oxidative damage, inflammation and fibrosis in<br />

these mice were examined by histopathological observation, Naphthol AS-D<br />

Chloroacetate esterase assay, immun<strong>of</strong>luorescent staining, and Western blotting<br />

assay. Results: Chronic treatment with TPEN for four months significantly decreased<br />

systemic Zn levels. Renal oxidative damage and inflammation were significantly<br />

increased in TPEN/diabetic group compared to group with diabetes or<br />

TPEN alone, shown by increased protein nitration and lipid oxidation, and infiltrated<br />

inflammatory cells in the kidney with increased expression <strong>of</strong> inflammatory<br />

mediators, plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI)-1 and intercellular adhesion molecule<br />

(ICAM)-1. In the TPEN/diabetic group, renal fibrosis was also significantly<br />

evident compared to those in TPEN or diabetic group, reflected by increased collagen<br />

accumulation in glomerulus messangial area and renal expression <strong>of</strong> pro-fibrotic<br />

mediator connective tissue growth factor. <strong>The</strong>se results indicated that Zn deficiency<br />

significantly enhanced diabetes-induced renal oxidative damage and<br />

inflammation, resulting in severe renal fibrosis. This study suggests that diabetic patients<br />

should prevent their Zn deficiency in order to avoid the acceleration <strong>of</strong> diabetic<br />

renal injury.<br />

757 ROLE OF OXIDATIVE STRESS INDUCED BY<br />

CHROMATE IN THE ACTIVATION OF MAPK IN NRK-<br />

52E CELLS.<br />

L. Arreola-Mendoza 1, 2 , J. L. Reyes 3 , E. I. Sanchez 3 and L. M. Del Razo 2 .<br />

1 Biosciences and Engineering, CIIEMAD-IPN, Mexico D.F., Mexico, 2 <strong>Toxicology</strong>,<br />

Cinvestav-IPN, Mexico D.F., Mexico and 3 Physiology & Biophysics, Cinvestav-IPN,<br />

Mexico D.F., Mexico.<br />

Chromate (Cr6+), the most toxic form <strong>of</strong> this metal, is widely used in industrial<br />

processes and is widespread found as environmental toxicant. Renal toxicity has<br />

been described in chromium-exposure and antioxidant administration prevents<br />

these deleterious effects. In the biological systems reduction <strong>of</strong> Cr6+ to Cr3+ results<br />

in the formation <strong>of</strong> reactive intermediates such as reactive oxygen species (ROS)<br />

leading to oxidative tissue damage and cellular injury. On the other hand, in lung<br />

epithelial cells, ROS are mediators <strong>of</strong> cell signaling. Cr6+ leads to activation <strong>of</strong> c-<br />

Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK), p38 and extracellular signal regulated kinase (ERK),<br />

members <strong>of</strong> the mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs). In this study we evaluate<br />

the role <strong>of</strong> ROS generation by Cr6+ exposure in the activation <strong>of</strong> JNK, p38,<br />

and ERK1/2 in NRK-52E, cellular line derived from renal proximal tubule. Cells<br />

viability was evaluated in a dose-response curve (range <strong>of</strong> 10 to 200 μM) by trypan<br />

blue and lactate dehydrogenase release (LDH). <strong>The</strong>reafter, cellular culture (7 days<br />

<strong>of</strong> growing) was exposed to Cr6+ (100 μM) at 5, 10 and 30 min and 1 and 6 h,<br />

with or without alpha-tocopherol treatment (25 μM). Phosphorilation <strong>of</strong> MAPKs<br />

was evaluated by Western blotting and ROS level by DCFDA (5’, 6’ –chloromethyl<br />

-2’ 7’-dichlor<strong>of</strong>luorescin diacetate). Cr6+ induced time-depending ERK1/2 activation,<br />

as indicated by phosphor-ERK (1/2), from 5 min, p38 phosphorylation was<br />

slightly detectable only at 6 hours without change in the activation <strong>of</strong> JNK. Cr6+<br />

induced ROS generation since 5 min until 1 h, while at 6 h ROS level was as a control.<br />

ROS were induced in the cells simultaneously treated with alpha-tocopherol<br />

only at 5 and 10 min, and notably in presence <strong>of</strong> alpha-tocopherol ERK1/2 was not<br />

activated. Our results showed a clear relationship between the induction <strong>of</strong> ROS<br />

and the activation <strong>of</strong> ERK1/2 in NRK-52E. (Funding by CONACYT Mexico)<br />

758 ALUMINUM CITRATE AND COM: MECHANISMS FOR<br />

DECREASED RENAL INJURY IN A RAT MODEL OF<br />

ETHYLENE GLYCOL POISONING.<br />

L. M. Besenh<strong>of</strong>er, M. C. McLaren and K. E. McMartin. Pharmacology, <strong>Toxicology</strong>,<br />

and Neuroscience, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport,<br />

Shreveport, LA.<br />

Calcium oxalate monohydrate (COM) crystals are responsible for the kidney injury<br />

associated with ethylene glycol (EG) exposures. In cases where anti-metabolite therapy<br />

is delayed, long-term kidney injury is common and current treatments do not<br />

address the mechanism (accumulation <strong>of</strong> COM). Our in vitro studies have shown<br />

that aluminum citrate, uniquely among citrate salts, blocks the toxicity in human<br />

proximal tubule cells. This study was designed to evaluate the efficacy and mechanism<br />

<strong>of</strong> action <strong>of</strong> aluminum citrate in a rat model <strong>of</strong> EG poisoning. Wistar rats<br />

were placed into five treatment groups including control (water at time 0), EG (6<br />

g/kg, gavaged at time 0), aluminum citrate, EG + aluminum citrate and EG +<br />

SOT 2011 ANNUAL MEETING 163

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