201. Jujuboside A ameliorates high fat diet and streptozotocin induced diabetic nephropathy via suppressing oxidative stress, apoptosis, and enhancing autophagy.
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Zhong Y, Luo R, Liu Q, Zhu J, Lei M, Liang X, Wang X, and Peng X
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- Animals, Apoptosis drug effects, Autophagy drug effects, Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental pathology, Diabetic Nephropathies pathology, Diet, High-Fat, Kidney drug effects, Kidney pathology, Male, Rats, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Streptozocin, Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental metabolism, Diabetic Nephropathies metabolism, Oxidative Stress drug effects, Protective Agents pharmacology, Saponins pharmacology
- Abstract
Jujuboside A (JuA) is a triterpenoid saponins isolated from the seed of jujube (semen Ziziphi spinosae) with anti-oxidant, anti-inflammation and anti-apoptosis properties. The present study aimed to investigate the reno-protective effects of JuA on type II diabetes. JuA (20 mg/kg) and Metformin (Met, 300 mg/kg) were administrated to diabetic Sprague Dawley rat for 8 weeks daily. Our results showed that JuA reduced blood glucose and kidney function markers including 24 h urinary protein, urinary β-NAG/urinary creatinine, serum urea nitrogen, serum uric acid and serum creatinine, and relieved renal pathological changes. In addition, JuA decreased O
2 - and H2 O2 level, enhanced SOD, CAT and GPx activities, decreased NOX4 expression and improved mitochondrial respiratory chain function through regulating respiratory chain complex expression. Moreover, JuA downregulated the expressions of mitochondrial apoptosis proteins: Bax, CytC, Apaf-1 and caspase 9. Apoptosis mediated by ER stress also been inhibited by JuA via downregulating p-PERK, p-IRE1, XBP1s, ATF4, p-CHOP and caspase 12 expressions. JuA also enhanced autophagy and mitophagy via regulating CaMKK2-AMPK-p-mTOR and PINK1/Parkin pathways. Collectively, these results indicated that JuA protected against type II diabetic nephropathy through inhibiting oxidative stress and apoptosis mediated by mitochondria and ER stress. In addition, autophagy and mitophagy was enhanced by JuA., (Copyright © 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)- Published
- 2022
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