The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of aliskiren, direct renin inhibitor, as an antioxidant and tissue protective agent and evaluate the molecular, biochemical, and histopathological changes in experimental ischemia and ischemia/reperfusion injury in rat ovaries. Forty-eight female rats were randomly divided into eight groups: in Group 1, only sham operation was performed. Group 2 received 100 mg/kg aliskiren and sham operated. In Group 3, 3 h-period of bilateral ovarian ischemia was applied. Group 4 received a 3-h period of ischemia followed by 3 h of reperfusion. Groups 5 and 6 received 50 and 100 mg/kg, respectively, of aliskiren and bilateral ovarian ischemia was applied (after a 3-h period of ischemia, both ovaries were surgically removed). To Groups 7 and 8, 50 and 100 mg/kg of aliskiren were administered, respectively, and the induction of ischemia was performed. At the end of a 3-h period of ischemia, bilateral vascular clips were removed, and 3 h of reperfusion continued. After the experiments, IL-1β, IL-6, TNF-α, and iNOS mRNA expressions and SOD, GSH, MDA, renin, and angiotensin-II levels were determined and histopathological changes were examined in rat ovaries. Aliskiren treatment normalized excessive changes in cytokine and oxidative stress markers in both ischemia and ischemia/reperfusion injury. Histopathologically, treatment with aliskiren ameliorated the development of ischemia and/or ischemia/reperfusion tissue injury. This study concluded that aliskiren treatment is effective in reversing ischemia and/or ischemia/reperfusion induced ovary damage via the improvement of oxidative stress, reduction of inflammation, and suppression of the renin-angiotensin aldosterone system.

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Depending on the underlying kidney pathologies, the incidence of CM-induced nephropathy (CIN) increases. Therefore, this is the best model to represent clinically observed CIN.

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It appears that aliskiren protects the testis from ischemia-reperfusion damage by regulating inflammation and the oxidant-antioxidant balance via renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibition.

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a major problem all over the world, affecting more people in recent years. Individuals with diabetes are more prone to disease than non-diabetics, especially vascular complications. The aim of this study was to examine the roles of the endothelin (ET)-1 in brain damage formed in a streptozocin (STZ)-induced diabetes model, and the effect of bosentan, which is the non-specific ET1 receptor blocker in the prevention of the diabetes-induced brain damage. To examine the effects of bosentan (50 mg/kg and 100 mg/kg) in this study, the rats were given the drug for 3 months. The rats were divided into four groups: the sham group (n = 10), the diabetic control group (n = 10), the group of diabetic rats given bosentan 50 mg/ kg (n = 10) and the group of diabetic rats given bosentan 100 mg/kg (n = 10). Diabetes was induced in the rats by STZ (60 mg/kg i.p.). On day 91, all rats were killed. Brain tissues of the rats were measured by molecular, biochemical and histopathological methods. Antioxidant levels in the therapy groups were observed as quite near to the values in the healthy group. In this study, while the brain eNOS levels in the diabetic groups decreased, the ET1 and iNOS levels were found to be increased. However, in the diabetes group, hippocampus and cerebellum, pericellular oedema and a number of neuronal cytoretraction were increased in neuropiles, whereas these results were decreased in the therapy group. Based on all of these results, ET1 will not be ignored in diabetes-induced cerebral complications.Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a severe disease which eventually results in death. During diabetes mellitus, tissues cannot uptake glucose and very severe complications such as nephropathy, retinopathy, neuropathy and peripheral vascular complications occur [1]. Many new mechanisms have been suggested during the formation and progress of these complications. There are studies in many areas, from inflammation to cellular membrane disorders, of the mechanisms of diabetesinduced complications [1][2][3]. There are also many studies on the receptors which are responsible for the formation of diabetes and diabetes-induced complications in relation to our topic: angiotensin receptors, urotensin receptors, glucagon-like peptide 1 receptors and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptora [4,5].Previous studies have shown the importance of angiotensin in diabetes-induced liver damage [6,7], and there are many recent studies showing that endothelin-1 receptors play important roles in diabetes. One study showed that cell proliferation and, at the same time, ET1 production increased in type 2 diabetes [8,9]. Diabetes-related, clinical and experimental studies showed that ET1 plasma levels increased [10,11]. A study by Mastumoto et al. showed that the expression of both ET1 and the receptors increased in the streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetes model [12]. In another study, giving endothelin-1 to individuals with insulin resistance reduced endothelin-1-induced vasodilatation [13]. ET1 levels w...