Difference in the action mechanism of radon inhalation and radon hot spring water drinking in suppression of hyperuricemia in mice

マウスにおけるラドン吸入と飲泉による高尿酸血症の抑制機序の違い

恵谷 玲央*; 片岡 隆浩*; 神崎 訓枝*   ; 迫田 晃弘   ; 田中 裕史 ; 石森 有  ; 光延 文裕*; 山岡 聖典*

Etani, Reo*; Kataoka, Takahiro*; Kanzaki, Norie*; Sakoda, Akihiro; Tanaka, Hiroshi; Ishimori, Yuu; Mitsunobu, Fumihiro*; Yamaoka, Kiyonori*

本研究では、ラドン療法の適応症である高尿酸血症について、吸入と飲泉による抑制効果を比較検討した。マウスにラドン吸入または飲泉させた後、オキソン酸カリウムを投与して高尿酸血症を誘導した。この結果、吸入と飲泉のいずれもキサンチンオキシダーゼ活性が抑制され、血清尿酸値の上昇も有意に抑えられた。また、ラドン吸入では肝臓と腎臓の抗酸化機能の亢進がみられた。高尿酸血症の抑制効果には、ラドン吸入では抗酸化機能の亢進が、飲泉では温泉水中の化学成分による薬理作用がそれぞれ寄与していることが示唆された。

Although radon therapy is indicated for hyperuricemia, the underlying mechanisms of action have not yet been elucidated in detail. Therefore, we herein examined the inhibitory effects of radon inhalation and hot spring water drinking on potassium oxonate (PO)-induced hyperuricemia in mice. After mice inhaled radon at a concentration of 2000 Bq/m for 24 h or were given hot spring water for 2 weeks, they were administrated PO. Radon inhalation or hot spring water drinking significantly inhibited elevations in serum uric acid levels through the suppression of xanthine oxidase activity in the liver. Radon inhalation activated anti-oxidative functions in the liver and kidney. These results suggest that radon inhalation inhibits PO-induced hyperuricemia by activating anti-oxidative functions, while hot spring water drinking may suppress PO-induced elevations in serum uric acid levels through the pharmacological effects of the chemical compositions dissolved in it.