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pH-Responsive Carboxymethyl Cellulose-Encapsulating Hesperidin–Selenium Nanoparticles Attenuate Paracetamol-Induced Acute Kidney Injury via Keap-1/Nrf2, NF-κB, and Mitochondrial Apoptosis Modulation

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Mohamed H. A. Gadelmawla *
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Khaled M. Alam-ElDein
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Afnan Saleh
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Sama Adel
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Haneen Ali
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Shaza Ayman
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Esraa Tarek
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Nievin Ahmed Mahran
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Ahmed M. Ashour
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Nasser M. Alorfi
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Fahad S. Alshehri
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W.N. El-Sayed *
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Ahmed Hassan Ibrahim Faraag
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Ali Khames
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Salma M. Selim
DOI:10.3390/ijms27157049delete
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Paracetamol overdose is a major cause of drug-induced acute kidney injury (AKI), driven by oxidative stress, inflammation, mitochondrial dysfunction, and tubular apoptosis. This study evaluated the nephroprotective efficacy of pH-responsive carboxymethyl cellulose-encapsulated hesperidin-stabilized selenium nanoparticles (CMC@HES-SeNPs) against paracetamol-induced AKI in rats. HES-SeNPs were synthesized using hesperidin as a reducing/stabilizing agent and further coated with CMC. The nanoparticles were characterized by DLS, zeta potential, TEM, and in vitro release kinetics at pH 7.4 and 5.5. 42 Male rats were allocated into groups of control, paracetamol (PAR), paracetamol treated with sodium selenite (PAR&Se), paracetamol treated with hesperidin (PAR&HES), paracetamol treated with hesperidin-loaded selenium nanoparticles (PAR&HES-SeNPs), and paracetamol treated with carboxy methyl cellulose-coated hesperidin-loaded selenium nanoparticles (PAR&CMC@HES-SeNPs). Paracetamol markedly impaired renal function, increasing creatinine, urea, NGAL, KIM-1, and cystatin-C, and induced oxidative/nitrosative stress, Keap-1 upregulation, Nrf2 suppression, NF-κB-mediated inflammation, cytochrome-C release, Bax/Bcl-2 imbalance, caspase-3 activation, and severe renal histopathological injury. CMC@HES-SeNPs displayed sustained, pH-enhanced hesperidin release and produced the strongest renoprotective response, restoring renal biomarkers, associated with restoration of Keap-1/Nrf2-related antioxidant markers, reduction in TNF-α, IL-6, NF-κB, and caspase-3, increased IL-10, and preservation of renal architecture. Collectively, these results indicate that CMC@HES-SeNPs represent a promising multifunctional nanoplatform for mitigating paracetamol-induced AKI in association with coordinated modulation of redox, inflammatory, and mitochondrial apoptotic markers, and highlight CMC encapsulation as a rational strategy to enhance selenium–flavonoid delivery and efficacy for future drug-induced AKI management and translation.
Keywords:
paracetamol
selenium nanoparticles
hesperidin
carboxymethyl cellulose
pH-responsive drug delivery
Nrf2/NF-κB signaling

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