Journal
EXPERIMENTAL AND THERAPEUTIC MEDICINE
Volume 8, Issue 3, Pages 727-730Publisher
SPANDIDOS PUBL LTD
DOI: 10.3892/etm.2014.1841
Keywords
quercetin; hyperoside; obstructive nephropathy; fibrosis; experimental
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81000311, 81270831]
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Prevention of renal fibrosis is an important therapeutic strategy in the treatment of obstructive nephropathy. The purpose of the present study was to identify whether the combination of two natural plant-derived flavanoids, quercetin and hyperoside (QH), could inhibit renal fibrosis in the model of unilateral ureteral obstruction (UUO) in rats. QH mixtures. (1:1) were fed to Wistar rats, and UUO ligation was performed on all the rats with the exception of the sham group. Masson's trichrome staining was used for interstitial fibrosis, while immunohistochemistry and western blot analysis were used to detect the expression of a-smooth muscle actin (SMA) and fibronectin (FN). In the QH group, the expression of SMA and FN was significantly lower than that in the untreated UUO group. In addition, QH administration significantly inhibited the SMA and FN expression of mesangial cells induced by interleukin-1 beta. Consequently, it was evident that combinational QH therapy prevented UUO-induced renal fibrosis. Based on these findings, the combinatorial intervention of phytomedicine may present an improved treatment strategy for renal fibrotic disease.
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