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Oxidant mechanisms in gentamicin nephrotoxicity
P D Walker1, Y Barri, S V Shah
1Department of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock 72205, USA.
Renal Failure
|July 23, 1999
Summary
Gentamicin-induced acute kidney injury is linked to reactive oxygen metabolites. Scavenging these oxygen species and chelating iron protects against this common antibiotic complication.
Area of Science:
- Nephrology
- Pharmacology
- Toxicology
Background:
- Aminoglycoside antibiotics, crucial for gram-negative infections, can cause acute renal failure.
- Reactive oxygen metabolites (ROMs) are implicated in gentamicin nephrotoxicity.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the role of ROMs and iron in gentamicin-induced acute renal failure.
- To explore the protective effects of ROM scavengers and iron chelators.
Main Methods:
- In vitro studies examining gentamicin's effect on mitochondrial reactive oxygen species generation.
- In vivo studies using ROM scavengers and iron chelators in gentamicin-induced acute renal failure models.
Main Results:
- Gentamicin enhances superoxide anion and hydrogen peroxide generation by renal mitochondria.
- Gentamicin promotes iron release and hydroxyl radical generation.
- ROM scavengers and iron chelators demonstrated protective effects in vivo.
Conclusions:
- Partially reduced oxygen metabolites and iron are key mediators of gentamicin nephrotoxicity.
- Therapeutic strategies targeting ROMs and iron may mitigate aminoglycoside-induced kidney damage.
- Findings may extend to other aminoglycosides (e.g., streptomycin) and toxicities (e.g., ototoxicity).