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      Protective Effect of Three Xanthine Derivatives (Theophylline, Caffeine and Pentoxifylline) against the Cyclosporin A-lnduced Glomerular Contraction in Isolated Glomeruli and Cultured Mesangial Cells

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          Cyclosporin A (CyA), an immunosuppressive agent, induces in vivo a severe nephrotoxicity with large decrease in renal hemodynamics correlated with in vitro glomerular contraction. The aim of this study is to show the ability of three xanthine derivatives, caffeine, theophylline and pentoxifylline, to diminish the CyA-induced in vitro glomerular contraction. The use of isolated glomeruli and cultured rat mesangial cells permits us to evaluate by quantitative and qualitative morphometric analysis the contraction elicited either with CyA alone or with previous treatment with nontoxic concentrations of xanthine derivatives. Indirect immunofluorescence of actin filaments makes it possible to appreciate qualitative morphometric changes in mesangial cells. A 10-min pretreatment with caffeine, theophylline or pentoxifylline (10<sup>-4</sup> to 10<sup>-9</sup> M) abolishes the contraction elicited with 10<sup>-6</sup> M CyA. CyA alone induces -13.9% compared to CyA with 10<sup>-6</sup> M pentoxifylline which induces only -3.2% of reduction of planar glomerulus surface area after 30 min. Similar results were provided with cultured rat mesangial cells. As shown by indirect immunofluorescence xanthine derivatives prevent the cytoskeletal reorganization (α-actin) of cultured mesangial cells which occurs with CyA. The marked constriction induced by CyA in isolated glomeruli and mesangial cells can be prevented by xanthine derivatives.

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          Journal
          NEF
          Nephron
          10.1159/issn.1660-8151
          Nephron
          S. Karger AG
          1660-8151
          2235-3186
          1997
          1997
          23 December 2008
          : 77
          : 4
          : 427-434
          Affiliations
          aLaboratoire de Biologie Cellulaire, Faculté de Pharmacie et bService de Néphrologie Clinique, Hôpital Pellegrin, Bordeaux, France
          Article
          190320 Nephron 1997;77:427–434
          10.1159/000190320
          9434065
          fcca355c-0afa-4933-b79d-5c6aced97f45
          © 1997 S. Karger AG, Basel

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          Pages: 8
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          Cardiovascular Medicine,Nephrology
          Xanthine derivatives,Contraction,Cultured mesangial cells,Cyclosporin A,Isolated glomerulus

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