Journal
JOURNAL OF ASIAN NATURAL PRODUCTS RESEARCH
Volume 14, Issue 5, Pages 413-423Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/10286020.2012.657180
Keywords
diabetes mellitus; Sirt-1; autophagy; apoptosis; silibinin
Funding
- National Key Scientific Project for New Drug Discovery and Development, China [2009ZX09301-012]
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Improper adjustments of autophagy and silent information regulator 1 (Sirt-1) expression were reported to be closely associated with metabolic disorders. In this study, we examined the roles of Sirt-1 and autophagy in streptozotocin-induced diabetes mellitus, assessed the relationship between autophagy and Sirt-1, and investigated the protective mechanism of silibinin. Diabetes was induced in 6-week-old mice by intravenous injection of streptozotocin (150 mg/kg/day, for 2 weeks). In the treatment groups, silibinin (50 mg/kg/day, intramuscular injection, for 8 weeks) or inhibitors (50 mg/kg/day, subcutaneous injection, for 8 weeks) were given. Diabetic control animals received vehicle for the same time. Compared with diabetic controls, silibinin or autophagy inhibitor, 3-methyladenine, treated mice showed decreased levels of glycosylated hemoglobin A1C (P < 0.01), serum triglyceride (P < 0.01), cholesterol (P < 0.01), blood glucose (P < 0.05), autophagy (P < 0.05), and apoptosis ratio (P < 0.05) of pancreatic beta-cells. Systemic administration of silibinin reversed streptozotocin-induced downregulation of Sirt-1 expression. Sirt-1 may play a role in regulating the physiological level of autophagy and is associated with loss of pancreatic beta-cells and metabolic biochemical disorders. Through promoting Sirt-1 expression and recovering autophagy physiologically, silibinin may reverse hyperglycemia and repair damaged pancreatic beta-cells.
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