Journal of Pharmacological Sciences
Online ISSN : 1347-8648
Print ISSN : 1347-8613
ISSN-L : 1347-8613
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The Protective Effect of a Newly Developed Molecular Chaperone–Inducer Against Mouse Ischemic Acute Kidney Injury
Worapat PrachasilchaiHiroko SonodaNaoko Yokota-IkedaKatsuaki ItoTakashi KudoKazunori ImaizumiMasahiro Ikeda
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2009 年 109 巻 2 号 p. 311-314

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Activation of the unfolded protein response (UPR) has been suggested to attenuate renal ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury. We recently found a compound, namely BIX, that activated the UPR selectively through the activating transcription factor 6 pathway. This study examined the effect of BIX on renal I/R injury in mice. BIX selectively up-regulated renal BiP mRNA and protein. Pretreatment with BIX significantly ameliorated renal I/R injury. Co-administration of BIX and tunicamycin, a non-selective UPR inducer, provided no additional protection. Our results suggest that the UPR activation by BIX leads to a novel drug therapy against renal I/R injury.
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