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ischemia reperfusion injury. Our previous studies showed that RB1 could attenuate oxidative stress, which is thought to play the key role in protecting various organs from ischemia-reperfusion injury. Recently, Hwang et al. demonstrated that RB1 augments cellular anti-oxidant defenses through endoplasmic reticulum-dependent HO-1 induction via the Gbeta1/PI3K/GW 501516 chemical information Akt-Nrf2 pathway, thereby protecting cells from oxidative stress. Indeed, induction of HO-1 expression via the PI3K/Akt-Nrf2 has recently been shown to play key roles in antioxidant mediated protection against organ ischemia-reperfusion injury. Therefore, we postulate that activation of the Nrf2 pathway with the subsequent enhancement of HO-1 expression play an important role in attenuating IIR-induced remote organ kidney injury in mice, although this hypothesis needs further validation in both in vitro and in vivo studies. Ischemia-reperfusion enhances Nrf2 dissociation from Keap1, translocation to the nucleus, binding to the ARE, and activation of phase 2 detoxifying and antioxidant genes. The Nrf2/ ARE pathway 22576162 affects cell survival through a variety of substrates, including apoptotic proteins such as Bcl-2 and Bax and phase 2 enzymes such as HO-1. HO-1, which is considered a stress 7884917 protein, is regarded as a sensitive and reliable indicator of cellular oxidative stress. The present study confirmed the adverse effects of IIR on the Bcl-2/Bax ratio and HO-1 expression, the prevention of these effects by RB1, and elimination of that preventive effect of RB1 by ATRA. Hence, activation of the Nrf2/ARE pathway with the subsequent enhancement of HO-1 expression and reduction of IIR-induced renal apoptotic cell death may represent the major or key mechanism whereby RB1 confers its protection against IIR induced renal injury. In conclusion, our present study indicates that treatment of mice with RB1 after IIR reduces renal apoptosis and alleviates renal dysfunction at least in part through the Nrf2/ARE signaling pathway. RB1 may provide a novel therapeutic strategy for treatment of IIR-induced remote organ injury. The kallikrein-kinin system is a conserved set of proteins in vertebrates, which is involved in cardiovascular regulation, inflammation, immune function, pain perception, kidney function, and drinking. The functions of kinins are often antagonistic to those of the renin-angiotensin system and the two systems often crosstalk at cascade, receptor, and signaling levels. Two major cascades, a plasma KKS and a tissue KKS, are the major pathways for the formation of kinins in mammals. In the plasma KKS, high molecular-weight kininogen is cleaved by plasma kallikrein, to form a nonapeptide known as bradykinin. In the tissue KKS, low molecular-weight KNG is cleaved by tissue kallikreins to form a decapeptide called -BK or kallidin. The HMW and LMW KNGs are products of alternative splicing from the same kng1, with the same N- terminal heavy chain but different C-terminal light chains. Tissue kallikreins are serine proteases that were known as glandular kallikreins, but the recent nomenclature system has unified the names and symbols of this protease family. BK and -BK are short-lived peptides and they act on inducible B1 and constitutive B2 receptors, which are G-protein coupled receptors that modulate concentrations of intracellular calcium, nitric oxide, arachidonic acid, prostaglandins, leukotrienes, and endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor. Components of the KKS have been iden