Phytochemical Tocopherols, the Renal Protective Antioxidants

The kidneys are a pair of kidney-shaped organs located on either side of your spine with a function to filter out the wastes from the blood before passing the wastes through urinary secretion.

More than a detoxed organ, the kidneys also maintain the body fluid balance, regulate the production of red blood cells and high blood pressure.

Kidney damage can be acute such as an overdose of toxin or chronic. Acute kidney diseases can be cured if the underlying cause is found.

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a slow and progressive disease that can lead to kidney failure over time.

At the advanced of CKD can cause the dangerous levels of fluid, electrolytes and wastes build up in the body.

Renal protection is a strategy that protects the kidney against injury or damage. In other words, renal protection is a process that maintains the function of the kidneys.


Depending on the severity of renal damage, patients may experience symptoms of decreased urine output, fluid retention, that lead to swelling in the legs, ankles or feet, fatigue, nausea, and physical weakness

In severe cases, patients may also have symptoms of shortness of breath, confusion, and irregular heartbeat.

The worse cases of kidney damage can lead to renal failure, a condition that induces wastes and toxins accumulated in the blood. In this stage, dialysis and kidney transplant are the only options.

According to statistics, approximately 14 percent of the US general population suffer from CKD. Believe it or not, more than 661,000 Americans have kidney failure. Of these, 468,000 individuals are on dialysis, and roughly 193,000 live with a functioning kidney transplant.

Tocopherols are phytochemicals of which many have vitamin E activity, belonging to the group of Lipids, found abundantly in butter, egg yolk, milk fat, some vegetable, and seed or nut oils, etc.

On finding a potential phytochemical for the treatment of kidney diseases, researchers examined the pretreatment effect of alpha-tocopherol against oxidative renal tubular damage and subsequent carcinogenesis by ferric nitrilotriacetate (Fe-NTA) in rats.

According to the tested analysis, injection of Fe-NTA in rats fed a standard diet showed an increase of renal mRNA levels of calnexin significantly in 3 hours of treatment-associated with the progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD) to end-stage renal disease.
After the injection of alpha-tocopherol, the levels of renal calnexin mRNA levels were decreased, without altering the protein levels.

In LLC-PK1 cells, the addition of alpha-tocopherol showed strong protective activity against oxidative stress induced by H2O2.

Furthermore, alpha-tocopherol induced N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase 3 involved in kidney cancer suppression.in the tested mice.

Moreover, alpha-tocopherol modifies glycoprotein metabolism partially induced cancer and inflammation by conferring mild ER stress in the protection against kidney cell damage.


Taken altogether, tocopherols may be considered a functional supplement for the prevention and treatment of kidney damage, pending to the confirmation of the larger sample size and multicenter human study.

Intake of tocopherols in the form of supplements should be taken with extreme care to prevent overdose acute liver toxicity.


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Sources
(1) Alpha-tocopherol induces calnexin in renal tubular cells: another protective mechanism against free radical-induced cellular damage by Lee WH1, Akatsuka S, Shirase T, Dutta KK, Jiang L, Liu YT, Onuki J, Yamada Y, Okawa K, Wada Y, Watanabe A, Kohro T, Noguchi N, Toyokuni S. (PubMed)