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MEDICINE
Volume 96, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000005879
Keywords
cytoglobin; diabetic nephropathy; Liuwei Dihuang pill; MAPK; SMADS; TGF-beta
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81173406]
- Key subjects of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission (5th) [J50301]
- Training and construction project of traditional Chinese Medicine in Pudong area [PDZYXK-4-2014002]
- Shanghai further accelerate the development of traditional Chinese medicine three years of action [ZY3-CCCX-2-1001]
- Traditional Chinese medicine clinical demonstration subject construction project in Pudong area [PDZYXK-3-2013005]
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Liuwei Dihuang pill (LDP) was assessed for its effects on renal deficiency. 90 STZ induced DN rats were divided into groups (n=22) without treatment (STZ) and LDP treated (STZ-L) (n=23), Zhenwu decoction treated (STZ-Z) (n=22), and valsartan treated (STZ-V) (n=23) groups, with 16 normal control rats. Total urine protein (TP), blood urea nitrogen (BUN), and serum creatinine (Cr) were measured. Superoxide dismutase (SOD), nitric oxide synthase (NOS), and malondialdehyde (MDA) concentrations as well as expression/phosphorylation of SMAD3, SMAD2, and alpha-SMA, TGF-beta, RI /II, P38, ERK, and NF-kB in renal tissues were determined. In vitro experiments analyzed the effect of enhanced TGF-beta containing rat serums of the STZ groups on mesangial cells with and without transient transfection with a cytoglobin-containing plasmid. LDP treatment reduced the kidney coefficient, serum creatinine, blood urea nitrogen, and urine protein and prevented pathological changes. Expression of SOD and NOS in kidney tissue was increased but MDA expression reduced. LDP modulated multiple pathways, and its administration inhibited the phosphorylation of SMADS, ERK, p38, and the expression of NF-kB, alpha-SMA, and TGF-beta RI/II, and upregulated the expression of cytoglobin. In vitro studies revealed that overexpression of cytoglobin suppressed phosphorylation of Smad2, ERK, and p38 induced by TGF-beta and expression of NF-kB, alpha-SMA, and TGF-beta RI. LDP prevented renal fibrosis and protected glomerular mesangial cells by upregulation of cytoglobin and suppression of multiple pathways involving TGF-b/SMADS, MAPK, NF-kB signaling.
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