Usman, TaofeekAdeyanju, OluwaseunAreola, EmmanuelBadmus, OlufuntoOyeyipo, IbukunOlaniyi KehindeOyabambi, AdewumiOlatunji, Lawrence2025-05-082025-05-082021-01-2112.Usman, T.O., Adeyanju, O.A., Areola, E.D., Badmus, O.O., Oyeyipo, I.P., Olaniyi, K.S., Oyabambi, A.O., Olatunji, L.A. (2021). Acetate causes renoprotection like androgen and mineralocorticoid receptors blockade in testosterone-exposed pregnant rats. Molecular Cell Biochemistry, 476 (4), 1861-1870, Published by Springer. Available online at: Volume 476, Issue 4 | Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry10.1007/s11010-020-04031-yhttps://uilspace.unilorin.edu.ng/handle/123456789/16411The kidney plays a critical role in human health and deviation from its normal function can lead to severe morbidity and mortality. Exposure to excess testosterone in women has been linked to several disorders, including kidney disorder and act ing undoubtedly through androgen receptor (AR), whereas the involvement of mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) is unclear. Likewise, the renal efect of sodium acetate (SAc) during late gestational exposure to testosterone is not well known. We hypothesized that SAc or MR blockade would protect the kidney of testosterone-exposed pregnant rats against glutathione and adenosine depletion. Twenty-fve pregnant Wistar rats were treated (sc) with olive oil, testosterone propionate (0.5 mg/ kg) singly or in combination with SAc (200 mg/kg; p.o.), androgen receptor (AR) blocker, futamide (Flu; 7.5 mg/kg; p.o.) or (MR) blocker, eplerenone (Eple; 0.5 mg/kg) between gestational days 14 and 19. Glutathione, adenosine and nitric oxide were decreased while uric acid (UA), xanthine oxidase (XO), malondialdehyde (MDA), lactate dehydrogenase activity and free fatty acids were increased in the kidneys of gestational rats exposed to testosterone. Also, plasma urea and creatinine were elevated. SAc and Eple reversed tested testosterone-induced efects in gestational rats. The exposure to testosterone impairs renal antioxidant defense via AR and MR during late gestation in pregnant rats. The study also provides evidence that sodium acetate protects the kidneys of gestational testosterone-exposed rats against defective antioxidant defense in like manner as MR or AR antagonist.enMaternal testosterone · Mineralocorticoid receptor · Androgen receptor · Renal anti-oxidant · SCFAMineralocorticoid receptorAndrogen receptorRenal antioxidantSCFAArticle