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Toxicology Letters

Volume 70, Issue 2, 1 February 1994, Pages 211-222
Toxicology Letters

Role of glutathione S-transferase isoenzymes in cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity in the rat

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Abstract

cis-Diamminedichloroplatinum(II) (cisplatin) is an effective antitumor agent but causes dose-dependent nephrotoxicity. We examined the changes of glutathione S-transferase (GST) isoenzymes in the rat kidney after cisplatin administration. Renal GST-α activity was decreased to 33.4% of the control level and GST-μ activity was increased 1.9-fold after cisplatin administration. These results were confirmed by affinity chromatography of rat renal GST isoenzymes. Our results showed that changes of GST isoenzymes were associated with cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity. We examined whether GST isoenzymes leaked into the urine by proximal tubular damage could provide a useful marker of cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity. The total GST and GST-μ activities in urine correlated well with the changes of BUN, which closely parallels the course of nephrotoxicity after cisplatin administration. Our results indicated that renal GST-μ activity was decreased by cisplatin, and although GST-μ activity increased as a compensation mechanism, nephrotoxicity still appeared because of differences in substrate specificity between these two isoenzymes.

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