Author(s)

Soha A. Hassan^1*, Dalia A. Sabry², Mohammed A. Hussein³

¹Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of dentistry, October 6 University, 6th of October City, Egypt.
²Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt.
³Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, October 6 University, 6th of October City, Egypt.

This work aimed to find the effect of cranberry extract (75 and 150 mg/kg·b·w) and vit. C (1 g/kg·b·w orally) on renal toxicity induced by Diclofenac sodium in male albino rats. Treated rats with diclofenac sodium with a concentration 150 mg/kg·b·w, expressed a significant increase in several parameters includes, plasma total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, and triglyceride as well as renal nitric oxide (NO), tumor necrosis factor-alfa (TNF-α) and TBARS. In addition, a significant reduction in renal superoxide dismutase (SOD), GSH, catalase (CAT) and plasma HDL. The present results explain that, using cranberry extract and vit. C resulted in increasing the level of GSH, CAT and SOD as well as gene expression of renal SOD, CAT and IL-22 and reduce the level of TBARs significantly which led to preventing renal tissue damage. Our results also revealed that cranberry extract can protect DNA from damage as obtained from comet essay. TM-U was elevated in DCLF treated group when compared with normal. However cranberry extract was able to reduce this elevation in dose dependant manner. Histological features in H&E taken to different groups also mirrors this findings. DCLF causes many changes in renal tissue include infiltration by inflammatory cells, attenuated glomeruli, apoptosis in tubular epithelia.

Diclofenac Sodium, Cranberry, Antioxidant Enzymes, DNA Damage, Renal Cortex

Hassan, S. , Sabry, D. and Hussein, M. (2017) Protective Effect of Cranberry Extracts against Oxidative Stress and DNA Damage Induced by Diclofenac Sodium in Kidney of Male Albino Rate. Chinese Medicine, 8, 113-131. doi: 10.4236/cm.2017.84009.