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Geniposide alleviates diabetic nephropathy of mice through AMPK/SIRT1/NF-κB pathway.

Abstract：

:Geniposide (GE) can effectively inhibit diabetic nephropathy (DN), but its mechanism is unclear. The objective of this study was to explore the antidiabetic nephropathy effects of GE both in high fat diet/streptozotocin-induced DN mice and in high glucose-induced podocyte model. Renal function in DN mice was evaluated by levels of serum creatinine (Scr) and blood urea nitrogen (BUN). Renal inflammation was appraised by pro-inflammatory cytokines: Tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α), Interleukin 6 (IL-6) and IL-1β via ELISA assay. Renal histopathology analysis was conducted via hematoxylin and eosin, Masson and periodic acid-silver metheramine staining. Cellular viability was measured by Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP-biotin nick end labeling assay. Moreover, the related proteins p-NF-κB, ASC, Cleave-IL-1β, NLRP3, Cleave-Caspase-1 and GSDMD-N in AMPK/SIRT1/NF-κB pathway were assayed by Western blotting. In order to further investigate the effects of GE on podocytes, we also assessed these protein levels in AMPK/SIRT1/NF-κB pathway after siRNA-AMPK intervention by Western blotting. GE alleviated renal dysfunction as evidenced by decreased levels of Scr, BUN, TNF-α, IL-6 and IL-1β. Histological examination revealed GE effectively attenuated kidney damage, including glomerular basement membrane thickening and inflammatory cells infiltration. AMPK, p-AMPK and SIRT1 levels were obviously decreased both in DN mice and in podocyte model, but GE reversed these changes. The protein expressions in APMK/SIRT1/NF-κB pathway were significantly decreased by GE treatment. These results suggested that GE could efficiently block oxidative stress and inflammatory responses accompanied with pyroptosis, thus inhibiting the development of DN, and its mechanism might be related to APMK/SIRT1/NF-κB pathway.

journal_name

Eur J Pharmacol

journal_title

European journal of pharmacology

authors

Li F,Chen Y,Li Y,Huang M,Zhao W

doi

10.1016/j.ejphar.2020.173449

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2020-11-05 00:00:00

pages

173449

eissn

0014-2999

issn

1879-0712

pii

S0014-2999(20)30541-0

journal_volume

886

pub_type

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Geniposide alleviates diabetic nephropathy of mice through AMPK/SIRT1/NF-κB pathway.