Objectives of the study were to investigate impact of ischemic preconditioning (Ipre) and sulforaphane (SFN) and combination of them on nuclear factor 2 erythroid related factor 2 (Nrf2) gene and its dependent genes, heme oxygenase-1 (HO1) and NADPHquinone oxidoreductase1 (NQO-1) and inflammatory cytokines TNF-α, IL1β, and intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM1) and caspase-3 in renal ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury. Ninety male Sprague Dawely rats were classified into 5 groups (each consists of 18 rats): sham, control, Ipre, sulforaphane and Sulfo+Ipre. Each group was subdivided into 3 subgroups each containing 6 rats according to time of harvesting kidney and taking blood samples; 24 h, 48 h, and 7 days subgroups. Renal functions including serum creatinine, BUN were measured at basal conditions and by the end of experiment. Expression of Nrf2, HO-1, NQO-1, TNF-α, IL-1β, and ICAM-1 was measured by real time PCR in kidney tissues by the end of experiment. Also, immunohistochemical localization of caspase-3 and chemical assay of malondialdehyde (MDA), GSH and SOD activity were measured in kidney tissues. Both Ipre and SFN improved kidney functions, enhanced the expression of Nrf2, HO-1, and NQO-1, attenuated the expression of inflammatory (TNF-α, IL-1, and ICAM-1) and apoptotic (caspase-3) markers. However, the effect of sulforaphane was more powerful than Ipre. Also, a combination of them caused more improvement in antioxidant genes expression and more attenuation in inflammatory genes but not caspase-3 than each one did separately. Sulforaphane showed more powerful effect in renoprotection against I/R injury than Ipre as well as there might be a synergism between them at the molecular but not at the function level., A. A. Shokeir, N. Barakat, A. M. Hussein, A. Awadalla, A. M. Harraz, S. Khater, K. Hemmaid, A. I. Kamal., and Obsahuje bibliografii