RETRACTED: Empagliflozin and neohesperidin mitigate methotrexate hepatotoxicity via Nrf2/PPARγ/HO-1 signalling initiation and suppression of NF-κB/Keap1/HSP70/caspase-3 axis in rats

Life Sci. 2021 Aug 1:278:119638. doi: 10.1016/j.lfs.2021.119638. Epub 2021 May 27.

Abstract

This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/withdrawalpolicy). This article has been retracted at the request of the Editor-in-Chief. A reader reported several mistakes in the paper including duplicated images in Figures 9 and 10, incorrect names of primer sequences and reference gene, as well as unclear description of the statistical analysis. The authors requested that a corrigendum be published, however, due to the large number of corrections applied, it cannot be concluded that these changes would not alter the conclusions of the paper. The scientific community takes a very strong view on this matter and apologies are offered to readers of the journal that this was not detected during the submission process.

Keywords: Empagliflozin; Methotrexate; NF-κB/Keap1/HSP70/caspase-3; Neohesperidin dihydrochalcone; Nrf2/PPARγ/HO-1.

Publication types

  • Retracted Publication

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / adverse effects*
  • Benzhydryl Compounds / therapeutic use*
  • Caspase 3 / metabolism
  • Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury / drug therapy*
  • Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury / metabolism
  • Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury / pathology
  • Glucosides / therapeutic use*
  • HSP72 Heat-Shock Proteins / metabolism
  • Heme Oxygenase (Decyclizing) / metabolism
  • Hesperidin / analogs & derivatives*
  • Hesperidin / therapeutic use
  • Kelch-Like ECH-Associated Protein 1 / metabolism
  • Male
  • Methotrexate / adverse effects*
  • NF-E2-Related Factor 2 / metabolism
  • NF-kappa B / metabolism
  • Oxidative Stress / drug effects
  • Protective Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Rats
  • Signal Transduction / drug effects

Substances

  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
  • Benzhydryl Compounds
  • Glucosides
  • HSP72 Heat-Shock Proteins
  • KEAP1 protein, rat
  • Kelch-Like ECH-Associated Protein 1
  • NF-E2-Related Factor 2
  • NF-kappa B
  • Nfe2l2 protein, rat
  • Protective Agents
  • Hesperidin
  • Heme Oxygenase (Decyclizing)
  • Hmox1 protein, rat
  • Caspase 3
  • empagliflozin
  • neohesperidin
  • Methotrexate