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Biotransformation enzymes in development of renal injury and urothelial cancer caused by aristolochic acid.
- Source :
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Kidney international [Kidney Int] 2008 Jun; Vol. 73 (11), pp. 1209-11. - Publication Year :
- 2008
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Abstract
- Ingestion of aristolochic acid (AA) is associated with the development of AA-nephropathy and Balkan endemic nephropathy, which are characterized by chronic renal failure, tubulointerstitial fibrosis, and urothelial cancer. Understanding which enzymes are involved in AA activation and/or detoxification is important in assessing susceptibility to AA. Xiao et al. demonstrate that hepatic cytochrome P450s in mice detoxicate AA and thereby protect kidney from injury. The relative contribution of enzymes activating AA to induce urothelial cancer in humans remains to be resolved.
- Subjects :
- Animals
Aristolochic Acids toxicity
Carcinogens toxicity
Inactivation, Metabolic
Kidney Diseases chemically induced
Mice
NADPH-Ferrihemoprotein Reductase genetics
Urologic Neoplasms chemically induced
Urothelium
Aristolochic Acids metabolism
Carcinogens metabolism
Kidney Diseases enzymology
Liver enzymology
NADPH-Ferrihemoprotein Reductase metabolism
Urologic Neoplasms enzymology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1523-1755
- Volume :
- 73
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Kidney international
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 18480852
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/ki.2008.125