Ulla Ludwig1, Julia Connemann, Frieder Keller. 1. Division of Nephrology, Internal Medicine I, University of Ulm, Albert-Einstein Allee 23, 89081, Ulm, Germany, ulla.ludwig@uniklinik-ulm.de.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Intravascular administration of iodinated contrast media continues to be a common cause of hospital-acquired acute kidney injury. Accumulating evidence suggests that radiocontrast agent-induced nephrotoxicity is associated with increased oxidative stress, which leads to renal tissue damage with DNA fragmentation. We therefore tested whether an iso-osmolar contrast medium (iodixanol) causes less oxidative DNA damage to renal tubular cells than a low-osmolar contrast medium (iopromide). METHODS: HK-2 cells (human proximal renal tubular cell line) were incubated at different time points (10 min-2 h) with increasing concentrations (20-120 mg/ml iodine) of iodixanol or of iopromide. Oxidative DNA damage to renal tubular cells was measured by alkaline comet assay (single-cell gel electrophoresis). RESULTS: Both iso- and low-osmolar contrast agents induced time- and concentration-dependent DNA fragmentation. DNA fragmentation was maximal at 2 h with 120 mg/ml iodine for iopromide (32 ± 27 tail moments) and iodixanol (46 ± 41 tail moments); both were significantly different from the control value with 3.15 ± 1.6 tail moments (Student's t test; p < 0.001). After 1 and 2 h and for all concentrations, iodixanol produced significantly higher DNA fragmentation than iopromide (ANOVA for 1 h p = 0.039 and 2 h p = 0.025, respectively). CONCLUSION: We were able to demonstrate for the first time that an iso-osmolar contrast medium induced even greater oxidative stress and DNA damage than a low-osmolar agent in HK-2 cells. This could provide an explanation for the nephrotoxicity that also is observed with iodixanol in clinical practice.
BACKGROUND: Intravascular administration of iodinated contrast media continues to be a common cause of hospital-acquired acute kidney injury. Accumulating evidence suggests that radiocontrast agent-induced nephrotoxicity is associated with increased oxidative stress, which leads to renal tissue damage with DNA fragmentation. We therefore tested whether an iso-osmolar contrast medium (iodixanol) causes less oxidative DNA damage to renal tubular cells than a low-osmolar contrast medium (iopromide). METHODS: HK-2 cells (human proximal renal tubular cell line) were incubated at different time points (10 min-2 h) with increasing concentrations (20-120 mg/ml iodine) of iodixanol or of iopromide. Oxidative DNA damage to renal tubular cells was measured by alkaline comet assay (single-cell gel electrophoresis). RESULTS: Both iso- and low-osmolar contrast agents induced time- and concentration-dependent DNA fragmentation. DNA fragmentation was maximal at 2 h with 120 mg/ml iodine for iopromide (32 ± 27 tail moments) and iodixanol (46 ± 41 tail moments); both were significantly different from the control value with 3.15 ± 1.6 tail moments (Student's t test; p < 0.001). After 1 and 2 h and for all concentrations, iodixanol produced significantly higher DNA fragmentation than iopromide (ANOVA for 1 h p = 0.039 and 2 h p = 0.025, respectively). CONCLUSION: We were able to demonstrate for the first time that an iso-osmolar contrast medium induced even greater oxidative stress and DNA damage than a low-osmolar agent in HK-2 cells. This could provide an explanation for the nephrotoxicity that also is observed with iodixanol in clinical practice.
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