PROTECTIVE EFFECT OF A PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR ON CELLULAR INJURY INDUCED BY CEPHALORIDINE IN THE PORCINE KIDNEY CELL LINE LLC-PK1

Abstract

We investigated the effects of a protein kinase C inhibitor and a tyrosine kinase inhibitor on the cellular injury induced by cephaloridine in an established renal epithelial cell line, LLC-PK(1). Cephaloridine increased the leakage of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) from LLC-PK(1) cells into the medium and also caused an increase in the level of lipid peroxide (index of oxidative stress) in the cells. Treatment of the cells with a hydroxyl radical scavenger, dimethylthiourea (DMTU), inhibited the increases in LDH leakage and lipid peroxidation in LLC-PK(1) cells exposed to cephaloridine. A protein kinase C inhibitor, H-7, and tyrosine kinase inhibitors, genistein and lavendustinA, inhibited the increases in LDH leakage and lipid peroxidation in LLC-PK(1) cells exposed to cephaloridine. These results suggest that a signaling pathway which involves protein kinase C and tyrosine kinase plays a role in the generation of reactive oxygen species in LLC-PK(1) cells damaged by cephaloridine.