Journal
PHYTOTHERAPY RESEARCH
Volume 32, Issue 8, Pages 1574-1582Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.6088
Keywords
AGEs/RAGE axis; diabetic nephropathy; NLRP3 inflammasome; sarsasapogenin; serum uric acid
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- Qing Lan Project of Jiangsu Province, China
- Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, China
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Rhizome of Anemarrhena asphodeloides Bunge (AA, family Liliaceae) has been widely used in China for thousands of years to treat febrile diseases and diabetes. Steroidal saponins from AA show good antidiabetes effects and ameliorate diabetic complications. This study was designed to investigate the effects of sarsasapogenin (Sar), a major sapogenin from AA, on diabetic nephropathy (DN) in rats, and to explore the possible mechanisms. Diabetic rats were divided into 3 groups treated orally with Sar (0, 20, or 60mg/kg) and carboxymethylcellulose sodium, whereas normal rats for Sar (0 or 60mg/kg) and carboxymethylcellulose sodium. We found that chronic treatment with Sar for 9weeks significantly ameliorated renal dysfunction of diabetic rats, as evidenced by decreases in albuminuria, kidney weight index, serum uric acid, and morphologic changes such as extracellular matrix expansion and accumulation (fibronectin and collagen IV levels, etc.). Meanwhile, Sar treatment resulted in decreases in interleukin-18, NLRP3, and activated caspase 1 levels as well as advanced glycation endproducts (AGEs) and their receptor (RAGE) levels in the renal cortex of diabetic rats. However, Sar has no effects on the above indices in the normal rats. Therefore, Sar can markedly ameliorate diabetic nephropathy in rats via inhibition of NLRP3 inflammasome activation and AGEs-RAGE interaction.
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