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Hereby, those anti-diarrhea agents do not work well when used in cancer patients experiencing EGFR inhibitor-induced diarrhea. On the other hand, the toxicological mechanism of EGFR inhibitor-induced diarrhea is poorly understood. Thus, determining the mechanism behind such diarrhea is urgently in need for developing genuinely effective anti-diarrhea agents. This review aims to call attention to EGFR inhibitor-induced diarrhea, a highly occurring and devastating cancer drug toxicity.Imidazolidinyl urea (IU) is used as an antimicrobial preservative in cosmetic and pharmaceutical products. IU induces allergic contact dermatitis, however, the mechanism has not yet been elucidated. Mas-related G protein-coupled receptor-X2 (MRGPRX2) triggers drug-induced pseudo-allergic reactions. The aims of this study were to determine whether IU activated mast cells through MRGPRX2 to further trigger contact dermatitis. Wild-type (WT) and KitW-sh/HNihrJaeBsmJNju (MUT) mice were treated with IU to observe its effects on local inflammation and mast cells degranulation in vivo. Laboratory of allergic disease 2 cells were used to detect calcium mobilization and release of inflammatory mediators in vitro. WT mice showed a severe local inflammatory response and contact dermatitis, whereas only slight inflammatory infiltration was observed in MUT mice. Thus, MRGPRX2 mediated the IU-induced activation of mast cells. However, histamine, a typical allergen, was not involved in this process. Tryptase expressed by mast cells was the major non-histaminergic inflammatory mediator of contact dermatitis. IU induced anaphylactic reaction via MRGPRX2 and further triggering non-histaminergic contact dermatitis, which explained why antihistamines are clinically ineffective against some chronic dermatitis.Chronic kidney disease develops popular and medical health problems, especially in developing countries. The objective of this study is to investigate the protective mechanism of Spirulina platensis against γ-irradiation (R) and/or thioacetamide (TAA)-induced nephrotoxicity in rats. Rats intoxicated with R or TAA showed alterations in kidney function markers (urea, creatinine, albumin, and total protein contents), oxidative stress markers (malondialdehyde, reduced glutathione), antioxidant enzymes (superoxide dismutase, catalase), and several inflammatory markers (including, the high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, hypoxia-inducible factor-1 alpha, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, interferon-gamma, some interleukins, and nuclear factor-kappa B). Rats also acquired apoptosis, evinced by high caspase-3 efficacy. This nephrotoxicity mediated by upregulation of the messenger RNA (mRNA) gene expression of the autophagy markers Beclin-1, microtubule-associated protein LC3, p62 binding protein, immunoglobulin G receptor Fcγ receptor (FcγR), micro-RNA-1 (miR-1), protein expression of phospho-adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase, and phospho-mammalian target of rapamycin, along with downregulation of miR-146a mRNA gene expression and alteration of calcium and iron levels. The combined treatment R/TAA enhanced the observed oxidative stress, inflammation, apoptosis, and autophagy that mediated by higher upregulation of miR-1 and downregulation of miR-146a mRNA gene expression. Spirulina platensis administration exhibited a nephroprotective impact on R, TAA, and R/TAA toxicities via regulating miR-1 and miR-146a mRNA gene expression that monitored adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase/mammalian target of rapamycin signaling.

Sparse data and conflicting evidence exist on the prevalence and prognosis of organophosphate (OP)-related cardiac toxicity. We aimed to characterize the cardiac abnormalities of OP after an acute cholinergic crisis in adults without previous cardiovascular conditions.

We did a prospective observational study in a tertiary-care hospital of north India (Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh) in 74 patients aged ≥ 13years admitted with acute OP poisoning after self-ingestion. A systemic evaluation, including clinical characteristics, electrocardiography, and echocardiography, was performed to estimate the prevalence and prognosis of cardiac injury. A rate-corrected QT interval was calculated using Bazett's method, and >440 milliseconds was used to define prolongation.

Chlorpyrifos was the most commonly ingested OP (

=29). The patients had a similar occurrence of hypotension (

=10) and hypertension (

=9) at admission, and electrocardiography demonstrated sinus tachycardia in 38 (51.3%) and sinus bradycardia in one case. During the hospital stay, 3 out of 74 patients had a prolonged rate-corrected QT interval (457, 468, and 461 milliseconds), and one patient developed supraventricular tachycardia. Eight (10.8%) patients developed the intermediate syndrome, and six (8.1%) died. None of the hemodynamic or electrocardiographic abnormalities was associated with in-hospital mortality or intermediate syndrome development on univariant analysis. Baseline echocardiography at hospital discharge was performed in 27 patients (admitted during 2018) and normal in all except mild tricuspid regurgitation in one. At a 6-month follow-up, 23 cases were available for cardiovascular screening (including echocardiography) and had a normal evaluation.

Cardiac toxicity is uncommon after acute OP self-ingestion and lacks prognostic significance.

Cardiac toxicity is uncommon after acute OP self-ingestion and lacks prognostic significance.Aristolochic acid I (AAI) is a natural bioactive substance found in plants from the Aristolochiaceae family and impairs spermatogenesis. However, whether AAI-induced spermatogenesis impairment starts at the early stages of spermatogenesis has not yet been determined. Spermatogonial stem cells (SSCs) are undifferentiated spermatogonia that balance self-renewing and differentiating divisions to maintain spermatogenesis throughout adult life and are the only adult stem cells capable of passing genes onto the next generation. The objective of this study was to investigate whether AAI impairs SSCs during the early stages of spermatogenesis. After AAI treatment, we observed looser, smaller and fewer colonies, decreased cell viability, a decreased relative cell proliferation index, and increased apoptosis in SSCs in a concentration- and/or time-dependent manner. Additionally, AAI promoted apoptosis in SSCs, which was accompanied by upregulation of caspase 3, P53 and BAX expression and downregulation of Bcl-2 expression, and suppressed autophagy, which was accompanied by upregulation of P62 expression and downregulation of ATG5 and LC3B expression, in a concentration-dependent manner. Then we found that AAI impaired spermatogenesis in rats, as identified by degeneration of the seminiferous epithelium, and increased apoptosis of testicular cells. Taken together, our findings demonstrate that AAI causes damage to SSCs and implicate apoptosis and autophagy in this process. The impairment of SSCs may contribute to AAI-induced testicular impairment. Our findings provide crucial information for the human application of botanical products containing trace amounts of AAI.Although moderate homocysteine (HCY) elevation is associated with neural tube defects (NTDs), the underlying mechanisms have not been elucidated. In this study, we aimed to investigate that whether HCY-induced NTDs were associated with oxidative stress and methyl metabolism in chick embryos. The potential role of miR-124 in neurogenesis was also investigated. In this study, increased intracellular oxidative species and alterations in DNA methylation were observed following HCY treatment. This alteration coincided with decreases of Mn superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxidase activities, as well as the expression of anti-rabbit DNA methyltransferase (DNMT) 1 and 3a. In addition, HCY induced significant decreases of S-adenosylmethionine (SAM)/S-adenosylhomocysteine (SAH) (P less then 0.05). N-acetyl-L-cysteine and choline ameliorated global DNA hypomethylation induced by HCY. MiR-124 levels were significantly suppressed by HCY (P less then 0.05), while elevated by 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine (5-aza-dC). MiR-124 knockdown resulted in spina bifida occulta. Our research suggests that HCY-induced NTDs were associated with oxidative stress and methyl metabolism in chick embryos. MiR-124 down-regulation may occur via epigenetic mechanisms and contribute to HCY-induced NTDs in chick embryo models.This study aims to investigate the effects of melamine exposure from the weaning period (21st postnatal days in rats) on liver tissue. Female Wistar albino rats (n = 18) were divided into three groups. About 0.1-ml saline was applied to the control group by gavage for 21 days from the postnatal 21st day. The second group was taken 50-mg/kg melamine (in 0.1-ml saline) and the third group was taken 75-mg/kg melamine (in 0.1-ml saline) p.o. On the postnatal 45th day, all rats were sacrificed under anesthesia. Then, liver tissues were cut into three parts and two of them placed in neutral formalin for histopathological and flow cytometric analysis, and one of them placed in 2.5% glutaraldehyde. Histopathological analysis was performed with hematoxylin & eosin, Masson trichrome, periodic acid Schiff stained sections, and also with transmission electron microscopy. Apoptosis (Annexin V positivity) was analyzed by flow cytometry. According to histopathological analysis, hepatocyte damage, sinusoidal dilatation, and inflammatory cell infiltration significantly increased in both melamine groups compared with the control group. Bay K 8644 concentration Apoptosis significantly increased in the 50 and 75-mg melamine groups compared with the control group. In the results of transmission electron microscopy analysis, there was abnormal chromatin distribution in the hepatocyte nuclei, loss in the cristae of the mitochondria, and organelle loss in large areas in the cytoplasm in both melamine exposure groups. As result, melamine exposure from the weaning period causes liver damage with increasing doses.Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disorder of the central nervous system. However, the pathogenetic mechanisms of PD are far from understood. The aim of this study was to determine the protective effect of baicalin in a Caenorhabditis elegans model of PD. C. elegans worms were stimulated for 24 h with 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA, 50 mM) and treated with or without baicalin (1, 10, or 100 μM). At all tested concentrations, baicalin improved the reversal and omega turn behavioral phenotypes, as well as the survival, of 6-OHDA-stimulated worms. It also inhibited 6-OHDA-induced oxidative stress by decreasing malondialdehyde levels, increasing superoxide dismutase, glutathione reductase, catalase, and glutathione levels and up-regulating mRNA expression of the antioxidant-related genes sod-1, sod-2, sod-3, daf-2, and daf-16. Additionally, it significantly decreased the expression of the apoptosis-related gene ced-3 and increased that of the anti-apoptosis-related gene ced-9. The expression levels of cleaved caspase-3 and B-cell lymphoma 2 in 6-OHDA-treated worms were reversed by baicalin. Apoptosis was suppressed by 6-OHDA in loss-of-function strains via the p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling pathway. Furthermore, the apoptotic effects of 6-OHDA were blocked in sek-1 and pmk-1 mutants. Finally, the mRNA expression of sek-1 and pmk-1 and the protein expression of p38 MAPK and stress-activated protein kinase/extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1 were up-regulated by 6-OHDA and reversed by baicalin. Baicalin may protect against 6-OHDA injury by inhibiting apoptosis and decreasing oxidative stress through the p38 MAPK signaling pathway.