Abstract
Over the years, several lines of evidence have emerged supporting the role of oxidative stress in the development of diabetic complications. This could involve the increase in the production of reactive oxygen species and the decrease in antioxidative defense systems. Modulation of the level of intracellular reactive oxygen species is likely to affect the intracellular redox homeostasis, which is crucial for numerous biological events such as the transcriptional activation of genes. In this work we studied the binding of the redox transcription factors Sp1 and NF-κB extracted from kidney and liver of streptozotocin diabetic (STZ) and fructose-fed rats using electrophoretic mobility shift (EMSA) assay. In addition, the level in 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2′-deoxyguanosine (8-oxodGuo) was assessed within DNA by high performance liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection (HPLC-EC). A decrease in the affinity of Sp1 to DNA was observed in the kidney of STZ rats and fructose-fed rats (15% ± 8.3 and 54% ± 6.9, respectively, versus control group set to 100%). This was also found to occur to a lower extent, in the liver. Interestingly, higher levels of 8-oxodGuo, a biomarker of DNA oxidation, were measured in the kidney of diabetic rats. Therefore, the modification in the binding efficiency of Sp1 or NF-κB could be related to reactive oxygen species-mediated DNA damage.
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