13-cis retinoic acid inhibits development and progression of chronic allograft nephropathy.

ABSTRACT: Chronic allograft nephropathy is characterized by chronic inflammation and fibrosis. Because retinoids exhibit anti-proliferative, anti-inflammatory, and anti-fibrotic functions, the effects of low and high doses of 13-cis-retinoic acid (13cRA) were studied in a chronic Fisher344-->Lewis transplantation model. In 13cRA animals, independent of dose (2 or 20 mg/kg body weight/day) and start (0 or 14 days after transplantation) of 13cRA administration, serum creatinine was significantly lower and chronic rejection damage was dramatically reduced, including subendothelial fibrosis of preglomerular vessels and chronic tubulointerstitial damage. The number of infiltrating mononuclear cells and their proliferative activity were significantly diminished. The mRNA expression of chemokines (MCP-1/CC

SUBMITTER: Adams J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1603446 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature