Synthesis and biological evaluation of chalcone analogues as protective agents against cisplatin-induced cytotoxicity in kidney cells.

Chalcone analogues were prepared and evaluated for any renoprotective effects on cisplatin-treated cultured kidney cells (LLC-PK1); two chalcone analogues exhibited a potent renoprotective effect. In an additional study, we demonstrated that the blocking of MAPKs-p53-caspase-3 signaling cascade plays an important role in mediating the protective effect of these compounds against oxidative cytotoxicity in cultured LLC-PK1 cells.