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Table 2 Effect of treatment with alamandine on inflammatory cytokines and NF-kB in DOX-treated rats

From: Protective effect of alamandine on doxorubicin‑induced nephrotoxicity in rats

 

Sham

Control

Ala

Dox

Dox + Ala

TGF-β in Urine

(pg/mg creatinine)

16.48 ± 5.69

17.20 ± 5.50

23.34 ± 8.44

79.89 ± 15.78***†††

56.22 ± 13.33***##†††

TGF-β in Kidney

(pg/mg protein)

142.7 ± 45.99

135.9 ± 22.56

179.1 ± 67.20

534.4 ± 99.90***†††

404.4 ± 77.23***##†††

Serum IL-1훽 (pg/ml)

363.4 ± 99.9

350.0 ± 86.8

342.2 ± 89.99

552.1 ± 109.3**††

453.9 ± 105.3

Serum IL-6 (pg/ml)

22.32 ± 5.53

20.10 ± 5.34

21.23 ± 6.56

47.46 ± 10.32***†††

34.98 ± 9.77**#††

Serum NF-kB (ng/ml)

6.5‎±‎2.1

6.3‎±‎1.9

6.4‎±‎1.9

10.2‎±‎2.2*

7.3‎±‎2.1

  1. Data are expressed as mean ± SD; n = 7 for each group
  2. P < 0.05, ‎†‎‎†P < 0. 01, ‎†‎‎†‎‎†P < 0.001 compared to the sham‎;‎
  3. *P < 0. 05, ‎**P < 0. 01, ***P < 0.001 compared to the control;
  4. #P < 0.05, ##P < 0. 01 compared to the DOX group