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Volume 31, Issue 2
  • ISSN: 1381-6128
  • E-ISSN: 1873-4286

Abstract

Background

Dyslipidemia and obesity hypercaloric diet-induced lead to kidney damage. We investigated the effect of curcumin on the expression of proteins related to inflammation, fibrosis, fatty acids metabolism, kidney damage, and morphological changes in the kidneys of mice hypercaloric diets-fed.

Methods

Groups of 5-week-old C57BL/6 mice (n=6) were formed: Control (C), High-fructose diet (F), High- fructose diet and curcumin (F+Cur), High-fat diet (HFD), High-fat diet and curcumin (HFD+Cur), High-fat diet and fructose (HFD+F), High-fat diet, fructose and curcumin (HFD+F+Cur), treated for 16 weeks with 30% (w/v) fructose, 60% (w/w) fat and 0.75% (w/w) curcumin. Kidneys were obtained for histomorphological and Western blot analysis.

Results

Curcumin prevented TNF-α overexpression in the F and HFD+F groups. VLCAD expression was higher in the F, HFD, and HFD+F groups. PPARγ expression was lower in the F+Cur, HFD+Cur, and HFD+F+Cur groups. Curcumin prevented overexpression of CPT1 and KIM1 in the HFD+F and HFD groups. Curcumin prevented morphological lesions, fibrosis, and lipid deposition that were hypercaloric diet-induced.

Conclusion

Chronic consumption of hypercaloric diets causes inflammation, fibrosis, and lipid deposition in the kidney. It is suggested that curcumin prevents renal structural damage, limits tissue lipid deposition, and differentially modulates renal injury depending on diet composition in mice fed high-fat and/or high-fructose diets.

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Curcumin Modulates the Differential Effects of Fructose and High-fat Diet on Renal Damage, Inflammation, Fibrosis, and Lipid Metabolism
Curr. Pharm. Des. 31, 153 (2025); https://doi.org/10.2174/0113816128312406241010081032
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  • Article Type:     Research Article
Keyword(s): Curcumin; dyslipidemia and obesity; fructose intake; high-fat diet; kidney injury; lipid metabolism

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