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Timosaponin BII improved osteoporosis caused by hyperglycemia through promoting autophagy of osteoblasts via suppressing the mTOR/NFκB signaling pathway

Journal

FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
Volume 171, Issue -, Pages 112-123

Publisher

ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2021.05.014

Keywords

Diabetic osteoporosis; Timosaponin BII; mTOR; NF kappa B; Autophagy

Funding

  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China [81973447, 81774329]
  2. Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China [LY21H28001]
  3. China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2020M681364]
  4. Zhejiang Provincial Medicine Foundation [2021ZQ018]
  5. Essential Drug Research and Development from Ministry of Science and Technology of China [2019ZX09201004003032]
  6. Program of Shanghai Academic Research Leader [19XD1423800]
  7. Hundred Talents Program from Shanghai Municipal Commission of Health and Family Planning [2018BR03]

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Timosaponin BII alleviates high glucose-induced oxidative stress and apoptosis in osteoblasts by activating autophagy through inhibiting the mTOR/NF kappa B signaling pathway.
Defective autophagy occurred in osteoblasts under stress induced by high glucose and played an essential role in the development of diabetic osteoporosis. Timosaponin BII, a steroidal saponin isolated from the rhizomes of Anemarrhena asphodeloides Bunge, possessed anti-osteoporosis properties. In this study, we investigated the efficacy and mechanism of timosaponin BII on diabetic osteoporosis. Timosaponin BII attenuated the deterioration in the microarchitecture of the tibias in diabetic rats. Furthermore, treatment with timosaponin BII dose-dependently reduced hyperglycemia-induced cell apoptosis in primary osteoblasts from rat calvaria. High glucose-exposed osteoblasts exhibited increased mitochondrial superoxide level, decreased mitochondrial membrane potential and impaired autophagic flux, which was attenuated by timosaponin BII, as evidenced by the upregulation of autophagosome numbers, LC3B puncta formation and Beclin1 expression. The antiapoptotic and antioxidative effect of timosaponin BII were repressed by the autophagy inhibitor 3-methyladenine and enhanced by the autophagy inducer rapamycin. Further studies showed that timosaponin BII suppressed the phosphorylation of mTOR and S6K, as well as the downstream factors NF kappa B and I kappa B, consequently activating autophagy and decreasing apoptosis. Of note, coincubation of timosaponin BII with MHY1485, a pharmacological activator of mTOR, diminished the protein expression of Bc12 induced by timosaponin BII, which was in parallel with decreased autophagy and increased phosphorylation of NF kappa B and I kappa B. Overexpression of NF kappa B reduced timosaponin BII-evoked autophagy and promoted apoptosis. The in vivo results showed that oral administration of timosaponin BII downregulated the phosphorylation of mTOR and NF kappa B and upregulated Beclinl expression in the proximal tibias of diabetic rats. These results suggested that timosaponin BII attenuated high glucose-induced oxidative stress and apoptosis through activating autophagy by inhibiting mTOR/NF kappa B signalling in osteoblasts.

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