Publication: Iron distribution and histopathological study of the effects of deferoxamine and deferiprone in the kidneys of iron overloaded β-thalassemic mice
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2016-09-01
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16181433
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09402993
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Experimental and Toxicologic Pathology. Vol.68, No.8 (2016), 427-434
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Paranee Yatmark, Noppawan Phumala Morales, Urai Chaisri, Surasak Wichaiyo, Warinkarn Hemstapat, Somdet Srichairatanakool, Saovaros Svasti, Suthat Fucharoen Iron distribution and histopathological study of the effects of deferoxamine and deferiprone in the kidneys of iron overloaded β-thalassemic mice. Experimental and Toxicologic Pathology. Vol.68, No.8 (2016), 427-434. doi:10.1016/j.etp.2016.06.006 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/42942
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Iron distribution and histopathological study of the effects of deferoxamine and deferiprone in the kidneys of iron overloaded β-thalassemic mice
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© 2016 Elsevier GmbH Renal glomerular and tubular dysfunctions have been reported with high prevalence in β-thalassemia. Iron toxicity is implicated in the kidney damage, which may be reversed by iron chelation therapy. To mimic heavy iron overload and evaluate the efficacy of iron chelators in the patients, iron dextran (180 mg iron/mouse) was intraperitoneally (i.p.) injected in heterozygous β-globin knockout mice (muβth−3/+, BKO) and wild type mice (C57BL/6J, WT) over a period of 2 weeks, followed by daily i.p. injection of deferoxamine (DFO) or deferiprone (L1) for 1 week. In BKO mice, iron preferentially accumulated in the proximal tubule with a grading score of 0–1 and increased to grade 3 after iron loading. In contrast, iron mainly deposited in the glomerulus and interstitial space in iron overloaded WT mice. Increased levels of kidney lipid peroxidation, glomerular and medullar damage and fibrosis in iron overloaded mice were reversed by treatment with iron chelators. L1 showed higher efficacy than DFO in reduction of glomerular iron, which was supported by a significantly decreased the amount of glomerular damage. Notably, DFO and L1 demonstrated a distinct pattern of iron distribution in the proximal tubule of BKO mice. In conclusion, chelation therapy has beneficial effects in iron-overloaded kidneys. However, the defect of kidney iron metabolism in thalassemia may be a determining factor of the treatment outcome in individual patients.