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OBJECTIVE: Long non-coding RNA (LncRNA) small nucleolar RNA host gene 4 (SNHG4) has been shown to be aberrantly expressed in a variety of cancers and involved in cancer development, but its role in ovarian cancer (OC) is unclear. The purpose of this study was to explore the biological function of SNHG4 in OC and reveal its potential downstream molecular targets. METHODS: OC tumor tissue and normal tissue were collected; normal human ovarian epithelial cell line (IOSE80) and human ovarian cancer cell line (A2780, SKOV-3, OV-90 and CAOV3) were selected. RT-qPCR was used to detect SNHG4, miR-98-5p, and TMED5, while western blot was used to detect the protein expression levels of TMED5, Ki67, MMP-9, Bcl-2, Bax, Gsk3ß, Wnt3a, and ß-catenin. The subcellular localization of SNHG4 was assessed by nucleocytoplasmic separation assay. CCK-8, colony formation assay, flow cytometry, and Transwell were used to assess the biological behavior of OC cells. The targeting relationship between SNHG4, miR-98-5p and TMED5 was verified by dual luciferase reporter assay and RIP assay. RESULTS: In OC, SNHG4 and TMED5 were highly expressed, and miR-98-5p was underexpressed. Knockdown of SNHG4 inhibited OC cell proliferation, migration and invasion, promoted apoptosis, and prevented Wnt/ß-catenin pathway activation. The effect of knockdown of SNHG4 was reversed by knockdown of miR-98-5p or overexpression of TMED5. Mechanistically, SNHG4 competitively adsorbed miR-98-5p to mediate TMED5 expression, thereby activating the Wnt/ß-catenin pathway. CONCLUSION: SNHG4 accelerates OC development via mediating the miR-98-5p/TMED5 axis and activating the Wnt/ß-Catenin pathway. SNHG4 gene silencing might be a novel option for OC treatment.
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MicroARNs , Neoplasias Ováricas , ARN Largo no Codificante , Humanos , Femenino , MicroARNs/genética , MicroARNs/metabolismo , Neoplasias Ováricas/genética , Neoplasias Ováricas/patología , ARN Largo no Codificante/genética , ARN Largo no Codificante/metabolismo , beta Catenina/genética , beta Catenina/metabolismo , ARN Nucleolar Pequeño/genética , Línea Celular Tumoral , Proliferación Celular/genética , Regulación Neoplásica de la Expresión Génica , Movimiento Celular/genéticaRESUMEN
High fructose is considered a causative factor for oxidative stress and autophagy imbalance that cause kidney pathogenesis. Antioxidant polydatin isolated from Polygonum cuspidatum has been reported to protect against kidney injury. In this study, polydatin was found to ameliorate fructose-induced podocyte injury. It activated mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) and suppressed autophagy in glomeruli of fructose-fed rats and in fructose-exposed conditionally immortalized human podocytes (HPCs). Polydatin also enhanced nuclear factor-E2-related factor 2 (Nrf2)-dependent antioxidant capacity to suppress fructose-induced autophagy activation in vivo and in vitro, with the attenuation of fructose-induced up-regulation of cellular light chain 3 (LC3) II/I protein levels. This effect was abolished by Raptor siRNA in fructose-exposed HPCs. These results demonstrated that polydatin ameliorated fructose-induced autophagy imbalance in an mTORC1-dependent manner via improving Nrf2-dependent antioxidant capacity during podocyte injury. In conclusion, polydatin with anti-oxidation activity suppressed autophagy to protect against fructose-induced podocyte injury.
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Antioxidantes/metabolismo , Autofagia , Conducta Alimentaria , Glucósidos/farmacología , Homeostasis , Factor 2 Relacionado con NF-E2/metabolismo , Podocitos/metabolismo , Estilbenos/farmacología , Adenosina Trifosfato/biosíntesis , Adenilato Quinasa/metabolismo , Animales , Autofagia/efectos de los fármacos , Fructosa , Homeostasis/efectos de los fármacos , Humanos , Masculino , Diana Mecanicista del Complejo 1 de la Rapamicina/metabolismo , Estrés Oxidativo/efectos de los fármacos , Podocitos/efectos de los fármacos , Podocitos/patología , Proteinuria/complicaciones , Ratas Sprague-Dawley , Transducción de Señal/efectos de los fármacos , Proteínas Quinasas p38 Activadas por Mitógenos/metabolismoRESUMEN
In this work, a rapid high-performance liquid chromatography method was developed to efficiently purify anthocyanin from Nitraria tangutorum based on reversed-phase column. A new anthocyanin was purified from N. tangutorum and elucidated on the basis of extensive spectroscopic analysis, including one- and two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance, as well as high-resolution mass spectrometry (HR-MS) data. The new anthocyanin was elucidated as cyanidin 3-[2â³-(6â´-coumaroyl)-glucosyl]-glucoside.
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Antocianinas , Magnoliopsida , Cromatografía Líquida de Alta Presión , Frutas , Estructura MolecularRESUMEN
Excessive fructose consumption induces oxidative stress and myocardial fibrosis. Antioxidant compound pterostilbene has cardioprotective effect in experimental animals. This study is aimed at investigating how fructose drove fibrotic responses via oxidative stress in cardiomyocytes and explored the attenuation mechanisms of pterostilbene. We observed fructose-induced myocardial hypertrophy and fibrosis with ROS overproduction in rats. Paired-like homeodomain 2 (Pitx2c) increase, microRNA-15b (miR-15b) low expression, and p53 phosphorylation (p-p53) upregulation, as well as activation of transforming growth factor-ß1 (TGF-ß1)/drosophila mothers against DPP homolog (Smads) signaling and connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) induction, were also detected in fructose-fed rat hearts and fructose-exposed rat myocardial cell line H9c2 cells. The results from p53 siRNA or TGF-ß1 siRNA transfection showed that TGF-ß1-induced upregulation of CTGF expression and p-p53 activated TGF-ß1/Smads signaling in fructose-exposed H9c2 cells. Of note, Pitx2c negatively modulated miR-15b expression via binding to the upstream of the miR-15b genetic loci by chromatin immunoprecipitation and transfection analysis with pEX1-Pitx2c plasmid and Pitx2c siRNA, respectively. In H9c2 cells pretreated with ROS scavenger N-acetylcysteine, or transfected with miR-15b mimic and inhibitor, fructose-induced cardiac ROS overload could drive Pitx2c-mediated miR-15b low expression, then cause p-p53-activated TGF-ß1/Smads signaling and CTGF induction in myocardial fibrosis. We also found that pterostilbene significantly improved myocardial hypertrophy and fibrosis in fructose-fed rats and fructose-exposed H9c2 cells. Pterostilbene reduced cardiac ROS to block Pitx2c-mediated miR-15b low expression and p-p53-dependent TGF-ß1/Smads signaling activation and CTGF induction in high fructose-induced myocardial fibrosis. These results firstly demonstrated that the ROS-driven Pitx2c/miR-15b pathway was required for p-p53-dependent TGF-ß1/Smads signaling activation in fructose-induced myocardial fibrosis. Pterostilbene protected against high fructose-induced myocardial fibrosis through the inhibition of Pitx2c/miR-15b pathway to suppress p-p53-activated TGF-ß1/Smads signaling, warranting the consideration of Pitx2c/miR-15b pathway as a therapeutic target in myocardial fibrosis.
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Fibrosis/tratamiento farmacológico , Fibrosis/metabolismo , Fructosa/toxicidad , Cardiopatías/tratamiento farmacológico , Cardiopatías/metabolismo , Especies Reactivas de Oxígeno/metabolismo , Estilbenos/uso terapéutico , Animales , Masculino , Estrés Oxidativo/efectos de los fármacos , Ratas , Ratas Sprague-Dawley , Transducción de Señal/efectos de los fármacosRESUMEN
BACKGROUND: Polygonum cuspidatum has been used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat liver disorders associated with oxidative stress, inflammation and lipid accumulation for centuries in patients. PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to examine whether P. cuspidatum extract (PCE) prevented against fructose-induced liver lipid accumulation via regulating Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1 (Keap1)/nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) pathway. METHOD: PCE was administered orally to male Sprague-Dawley rats given 10% fructose drinking water for 6 weeks at 80 and 160â¯mg/kg once daily for 11 weeks. RESULTS: PCE significantly alleviated liver lipid accumulation in fructose-fed rats with metabolic syndrome. It also inhibited Keap1, activated Nrf2 antioxidant pathway, resulting in the suppression of oxidative stress, evidenced by reducing hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), malondialdehyde (MDA) and hydroxy radical (OHâ¢) levels, and increasing glutathione (GSH)/oxidized glutathione (GSSG) ratio as well as superoxidase dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) activity in the liver of fructose-fed rats. Additionally, PCE up-regulated peroxisome proliferator activated receptor-α (PPAR-α), and down-regulated sterol regulatory element binging protein 1 (SREBP-1), fatty acid synthetase (FAS) and stearoyl-CoA desaturase-1 (SCD-1) in this animal model, being consistent with its reduction of triglyceride (TG) levels. CONCLUSION: These results demonstrate that PCE reduces oxidative stress, and prevent lipid accumulation in the liver of fructose-fed rats possibly by targeting the Keap1/Nrf2 pathway. PCE may be a promising therapeutic strategy for fructose-associated liver lipid accumulation.
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Fallopia japonica/química , Proteína 1 Asociada A ECH Tipo Kelch/metabolismo , Metabolismo de los Lípidos/efectos de los fármacos , Hígado/efectos de los fármacos , Factor 2 Relacionado con NF-E2/metabolismo , Extractos Vegetales/farmacología , Animales , Antioxidantes/metabolismo , Fructosa/efectos adversos , Glutatión/metabolismo , Hígado/metabolismo , Masculino , Síndrome Metabólico/tratamiento farmacológico , Síndrome Metabólico/metabolismo , Estrés Oxidativo/efectos de los fármacos , Ratas Sprague-Dawley , Estearoil-CoA Desaturasa/metabolismo , Proteína 1 de Unión a los Elementos Reguladores de Esteroles/metabolismoRESUMEN
High fructose intake is a risk of glomerular podocyte dysfunction. Podocyte apoptosis has emerged as a major cause of podocyte loss, exacerbating proteinuria. Magnesium isoglycyrrhizinate (MgIG) is usually used as a hepatoprotective agent in clinic. Liver and kidney injury often occurs in human diseases. Recent report shows that MgIG improves kidney function. In this study, we found that MgIG significantly alleviated kidney dysfunction, proteinuria and podocyte injury in fructose-fed rats. It also restored fructose-induced podocyte apoptosis in rat glomeruli and cultured differentiated podocytes. Of note, high-expression of miR-193a, downregulation of Wilms' tumor protein (WT1) and RelA, as well as upregulation of C-Maf inducing protein (C-mip) were observed in these animal and cell models. The data from the transfection of miR-193a mimic, miR-193a inhibitor, WT1 siRNA or LV5-WT1 in cultured differentiated podocytes showed that fructose increased miR-193a to down-regulate WT1, and subsequently activated C-mip to suppress RelA, causing podocyte apoptosis. These disturbances were significantly attenuated by MgIG. Taken together, these results provide the first evidence that MgIG restrains fructose-induced podocyte apoptosis at least partly through inhibiting miR-193a to upregulate WT1, supporting the application of MgIG with a novel mechanism-of-action against podocyte apoptosis associated with fructose-induced kidney dysfunction.
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Apoptosis/fisiología , Fructosa/toxicidad , MicroARNs/metabolismo , Podocitos/metabolismo , Saponinas/farmacología , Triterpenos/farmacología , Proteínas WT1/metabolismo , Animales , Apoptosis/efectos de los fármacos , Línea Celular , Relación Dosis-Respuesta a Droga , Medicamentos Herbarios Chinos/farmacología , Humanos , Masculino , MicroARNs/antagonistas & inhibidores , Podocitos/efectos de los fármacos , Ratas , Ratas Sprague-DawleyRESUMEN
Cronobacter spp. are associated with serious infections in neonates with the clinical presentations of necrotizing enterocolitis, bacteraemia and meningitis. Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) was used to identify 203 Cronobacter isolates from imported food during 2006-2015 with an optimized in-house database. The isolates were predominantly C. sakazakii (88.18%), followed by C. malonaticus (8.37%), C. muytjensii (1.48%), C. turicensis (0.99%) and C. dublinensis (0.99%). The result was totally consistent with that of fusA allele sequencing. 12.32% (25/203) of isolates gave inconsistent spectra following separate protein extractions. Sixty C. sakazakii isolates and 24 isolates from the other four species were chosen for multi-locus sequence type analyses (MLST) and PCR-serotyping. Thirty-one sequence types were identified. The common sequence types were ST1 (19/60) and ST4 (13/60) for C. sakazakii and ST7 (12/17) for C. malonaticus. The primary serotypes were Csak O:1 (30/60), Csak O:2 (25/60) and Cmal O:2 (16/17) for C. sakazakii and C. malonaticus isolates, respectively. In conclusion, appropriate in-house database could make MALDI-TOF MS method identifying Cronobacter spp. isolates to the species level. But the spectra data were not sufficiently consistent for subtyping, unlike MLST. The Cronobacter spp. isolates have a high diversity including recognized pathovars.
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Cronobacter/clasificación , Contaminación de Alimentos , Microbiología de Alimentos , Variación Genética , Técnicas de Tipificación Bacteriana , Beijing , Cronobacter/aislamiento & purificación , Tipificación de Secuencias Multilocus , Reacción en Cadena de la Polimerasa , Serogrupo , Serotipificación , Espectrometría de Masa por Láser de Matriz Asistida de Ionización DesorciónRESUMEN
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Excessive fructose consumption is a risk factor for liver fibrosis. Pterostilbene protects against liver fibrosis. Here, we investigated the potential role and the mechanisms underlying the hepatocyte epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in fructose-induced liver fibrosis and protection by pterostilbene. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH: Characteristic features of liver fibrosis in 10% fructose-fed rats and EMT in 5 mM fructose-exposed BRL-3A cells with or without pterostilbene and the change of miR-34a/Sirt1/p53 and transforming growth factor-ß1 (TGF-ß1)/Smads signalling were examined. MiR-34a inhibitor, miR-34a minic, or p53 siRNA were used to explore the role of miR-34a/Sirt1/p53 signalling in fructose-induced EMT and the action of pterostilbene. KEY RESULTS: Pterostilbene prevented fructose-induced liver injury with fibrosis in rats. Fructose caused hepatocyte undergoing EMT, gaining fibroblast-specific protein 1 and vimentin, and losing E-cadherin, effects attenuated by pterostilbene. Moreover, fructose induced miR-34a overexpression in hepatocytes with down-regulated Sirt1, increased p53 and ac-p53, and activated TGF-ß1/Smads signalling, whereas these disturbances were suppressed by miR-34a inhibitor. Additionally, miR-34a inhibitor and p53 siRNA prevented TGF-ß1-driven hepatocyte EMT under fructose exposure. Pterostilbene down-regulated miR-34a, up-regulated Sirt1, and suppressed p53 activation and TGF-ß1/Smads signalling in fructose-stimulated animals and cells but showed no additional effects with miR-34a inhibitor on miR-34a/Sirt1/p53 signalling in fructose-exposed hepatocytes. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: These results strongly suggest that activation of miR-34a/Sirt1/p53 signalling is required for fructose-induced hepatocyte EMT mediated by TGF-ß1/Smads signalling, contributing to liver fibrosis in rats. Pterostilbene exhibits a protective effect against liver fibrosis at least partly through inhibiting miR-34a/Sirt1/p53 signalling activation.
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Transición Epitelial-Mesenquimal/efectos de los fármacos , Hepatocitos/efectos de los fármacos , Cirrosis Hepática/metabolismo , Sustancias Protectoras/farmacología , Estilbenos/farmacología , Animales , Fructosa , Hepatocitos/fisiología , Hígado/efectos de los fármacos , Hígado/metabolismo , Hígado/patología , Cirrosis Hepática/patología , Masculino , MicroARNs/genética , Ratas Sprague-Dawley , Transducción de Señal/efectos de los fármacos , Sirtuina 1/genética , Proteínas Smad/metabolismo , Factor de Crecimiento Transformador beta1/metabolismo , Proteína p53 Supresora de Tumor/genéticaRESUMEN
Increasing evidence has demonstrated that excessive fructose intake induces liver fibrosis. Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) driven by transforming growth factor-ß1 (TGF-ß1)/mothers against decapentaplegic homolog (Smad) signaling activation promotes the occurrence and development of liver fibrosis. Magnesium isoglycyrrhizinate is clinically used as a hepatoprotective agent to treat liver fibrosis, but its underlying molecular mechanism has not been identified. Using a rat model, we found that high fructose intake reduced microRNA (miR)-375-3p expression and activated the janus-activating kinase 2 (JAK2)/signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) cascade and TGF-ß1/Smad signaling, which is consistent with the EMT and liver fibrosis. To further verify these observations, BRL-3A cells and/or primary rat hepatocytes were exposed to high fructose and/or transfected with a miR-375-3p mimic or inhibitor or treated with a JAK2 inhibitor, and we found that the low expression of miR-375-3p could induce the JAK2/STAT3 pathway to activate TGF-ß1/Smad signaling and promote the EMT. Magnesium isoglycyrrhizinate was found to ameliorate high fructose-induced EMT and liver fibrosis in rats. More importantly, magnesium isoglycyrrhizinate increased miR-375-3p expression to suppress the JAK2/STAT3 pathway and TGF-ß1/Smad signaling in these animal and cell models. This study provides evidence showing that magnesium isoglycyrrhizinate attenuates liver fibrosis associated with a high fructose diet.
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Cirrosis Hepática/tratamiento farmacológico , MicroARNs/metabolismo , Saponinas/uso terapéutico , Transducción de Señal/efectos de los fármacos , Triterpenos/uso terapéutico , Animales , Línea Celular , Transición Epitelial-Mesenquimal/efectos de los fármacos , Fructosa , Janus Quinasa 2/metabolismo , Cirrosis Hepática/inducido químicamente , Masculino , Ratas Sprague-Dawley , Factor de Transcripción STAT3/metabolismo , Saponinas/farmacología , Proteínas Smad Reguladas por Receptores/metabolismo , Factor de Crecimiento Transformador beta1/metabolismo , Triterpenos/farmacologíaRESUMEN
High dietary fructose is a key causative factor in the development of renal fibrosis. Pterostilbene has anti-fibrotic effect. Understanding the action mechanism of pterostilbene in fructose-induced renal fibrosis remains as a challenge. Here, fructose feeding was found to promote the progress of epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) of proximal tubule epithelial cells (PTECs) and collagen deposition in renal cortex of rats with tubulointerstitial fibrosis. Simultaneously, it impaired insulin receptor (IR)/insulin receptor substrate-1 (IRS-1)/protein kinase B (Akt) pathway, and increased transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-ß1) and TGF-ß type I receptor to enhance phosphorylation of drosophila mothers against decapentaplegic homolog 2 (Smad2) and Smad3, and Smad4 expression in rat kidney cortex. These changes were also observed in cultured PTECs HK-2 cells exposed to 5â¯mM fructose. The data from fructose-exposed HK-2 cells co-incubated with TGF-ß type I receptor inhibitor further demonstrated that the activation of TGF-ß1/TGF-ß type I receptor/Smads signaling promoted renal tubular EMT and collagen accumulation. Pterostilbene was found to ameliorate fructose-induced renal fibrosis in rats. Importantly, pterostilbene improved IR/IRS-1/Akt pathway impairment and suppressed TGF-ß1/TGF-ß type I receptor/Smads signaling activation in vivo and in vitro, being consistent with its reduction of EMT and collagen deposition. Upregulation of IR/Akt signaling by pterostilbene was also confirmed in Akt inhibitor (MK-2206 2HCl) or IR inhibitor (GSK1904529A)-treated HK-2 cells. Taken together, pterostilbene may be a promising therapeutic agent for the treatment of fructose-induced kidney fibrosis with insulin signaling impairment.
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Células Epiteliales/patología , Fructosa/efectos adversos , Túbulos Renales Proximales/patología , Receptor Tipo I de Factor de Crecimiento Transformador beta/metabolismo , Proteínas Smad/metabolismo , Estilbenos/farmacología , Factor de Crecimiento Transformador beta1/metabolismo , Animales , Línea Celular , Colágeno/metabolismo , Citoprotección/efectos de los fármacos , Células Epiteliales/efectos de los fármacos , Transición Epitelial-Mesenquimal/efectos de los fármacos , Fibrosis , Insulina/metabolismo , Túbulos Renales Proximales/efectos de los fármacos , Túbulos Renales Proximales/metabolismo , Masculino , Ratas , Ratas Sprague-Dawley , Transducción de Señal/efectos de los fármacosRESUMEN
Oxidative stress is a critical factor in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease pathogenesis. MicroRNA-200a (miR-200a) is reported to target Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1 (Keap1), which regulates nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) anti-oxidant pathway. Polydatin (3,4',5-trihydroxy-stilbene-3-ß-D-glucoside), a polyphenol found in the rhizome of Polygonum cuspidatum, have anti-oxidative, anti-inflammatory and anti-hyperlipidemic effects. However, whether miR-200a controls Keap1/Nrf2 pathway in fructose-induced liver inflammation and lipid deposition and the blockade of polydatin are still not clear. Here, we detected miR-200a down-regulation, Keap1 up-regulation, Nrf2 antioxidant pathway inactivation, ROS-driven thioredoxin-interacting protein (TXNIP) over-expression, NOD-like receptor (NLR) family, pyrin domain containing 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome activation and dysregulation of peroxisome proliferator activated receptor-α (PPAR-α), carnitine palmitoyl transferase-1 (CPT-1), sterol regulatory element binging protein 1 (SREBP-1) and stearoyl-CoA desaturase-1 (SCD-1) in rat livers, BRL-3A and HepG2 cells under high fructose induction. Furthermore, the data from the treatment or transfection of miR-200a minic, Keap1 and TXNIP siRNA, Nrf2 activator and ROS inhibitor demonstrated that fructose-induced miR-200a low-expression increased Keap1 to block Nrf2 antioxidant pathway, and then enhanced ROS-driven TXNIP to activate NLRP3 inflammasome and disturb lipid metabolism-related proteins, causing inflammation and lipid deposition in BRL-3A cells. We also found that polydatin up-regulated miR-200a to inhibit Keap1 and activate Nrf2 antioxidant pathway, resulting in attenuation of these disturbances in these animal and cell models. These findings provide a novel pathological mechanism of fructose-induced redox status imbalance and suggest that the enhancement of miR-200a to control Keap1/Nrf2 pathway by polydatin is a therapeutic strategy for fructose-associated liver inflammation and lipid deposition.
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Antiinflamatorios/uso terapéutico , Fructosa/efectos adversos , Glucósidos/uso terapéutico , Inflamación/inducido químicamente , Inflamación/prevención & control , Hígado/efectos de los fármacos , MicroARNs/inmunología , Estilbenos/uso terapéutico , Animales , Antioxidantes/uso terapéutico , Línea Celular , Medicamentos Herbarios Chinos/uso terapéutico , Inflamación/inmunología , Inflamación/patología , Proteína 1 Asociada A ECH Tipo Kelch/inmunología , Lípidos/análisis , Lípidos/inmunología , Hígado/inmunología , Hígado/patología , Masculino , Factor 2 Relacionado con NF-E2/inmunología , Estrés Oxidativo/efectos de los fármacos , Ratas Sprague-Dawley , Transducción de Señal/efectos de los fármacosRESUMEN
The data presented herein are related to the research article entitled "Magnesium isoglycyrrhizinate blocks fructose-induced hepatic NF-κB/NLRP3 inflammasome activation and lipid metabolism disorder" (Zhao et al., 2017) [1]. This article describes the effects of magnesium isoglycyrrhizinate on 24-h food or water intake in fructose-fed rats at 15-week. In addition, this article expands the effect of magnesium isoglycyrrhizinate on the animal body weight change during 1-17 week. The field dataset is made publicly available to enable critical or extended analyzes.
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Molecularly targeted therapeutic and imaging strategies directed at aberrant signaling pathways in pancreatic tumor cells may improve the poor outcome of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA). Therefore, relevant molecular targets need to be identified. Methods: We collected publicly available expression profiles of patient-derived normal pancreatic tissue (n = 77) and PDA samples (n = 103). Functional genomic messenger RNA profiling was applied to predict target upregulation on the protein level. We prioritized these targets based on current status of preclinical therapeutic and imaging evaluation in PDA. Results: We identified 213 significantly upregulated proteins in PDA compared with normal pancreatic tissue. We prioritized mucin-1, mesothelin, γ-glutamyltransferase 5, and cathepsin-E as the most interesting targets, because studies already demonstrated their potential for both therapeutic and imaging strategies in literature. Conclusion: This study can assist clinicians and drug developers in deciding which theranostic targets should be taken for further clinical evaluation in PDA.
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Carcinoma Ductal Pancreático/diagnóstico por imagen , Carcinoma Ductal Pancreático/terapia , Neoplasias Pancreáticas/diagnóstico por imagen , Neoplasias Pancreáticas/terapia , Nanomedicina Teranóstica/métodos , Biomarcadores , Catepsinas/genética , Catepsinas/metabolismo , Sistemas de Liberación de Medicamentos , Proteínas Ligadas a GPI/genética , Proteínas Ligadas a GPI/metabolismo , Regulación Neoplásica de la Expresión Génica , Humanos , Mesotelina , Mucina-1/genética , Mucina-1/metabolismo , Patología Molecular , ARN Mensajero/genética , Regulación hacia Arriba/genética , gamma-Glutamiltransferasa/genética , gamma-Glutamiltransferasa/metabolismoRESUMEN
Rapid and precise identification of Cronobacter species is important for foodborne pathogen detection, however, commercial biochemical methods can only identify Cronobacter strains to genus level in most cases. To evaluate the power of mass spectrometry based on matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF MS) for Cronobacter species identification, 51 Cronobacter strains (eight reference and 43 wild strains) were identified by both MALDI-TOF MS and 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Biotyper RTC provided by Bruker identified all eight reference and 43 wild strains as Cronobacter species, which demonstrated the power of MALDI-TOF MS to identify Cronobacter strains to genus level. However, using the Bruker's database (6903 main spectra products) and Biotyper software, the MALDI-TOF MS analysis could not identify the investigated strains to species level. When MALDI-TOF MS analysis was performed using the combined in-house Cronobacter database and Bruker's database, bin setting, and unweighted pair group method with arithmetic mean (UPGMA) clustering, all the 51 strains were clearly identified into six Cronobacter species and the identification accuracy increased from 60% to 100%. We demonstrated that MALDI-TOF MS was reliable and easy-to-use for Cronobacter species identification and highlighted the importance of establishing a reliable database and improving the current data analysis methods by integrating the bin setting and UPGMA clustering.
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Técnicas de Tipificación Bacteriana/métodos , Cronobacter/aislamiento & purificación , Espectrometría de Masa por Láser de Matriz Asistida de Ionización Desorción/métodos , Análisis por Conglomerados , Cronobacter/clasificación , Cronobacter/genética , ADN Bacteriano/genética , Bases de Datos Genéticas , Microbiología de Alimentos , Humanos , ARN Ribosómico 16S/genética , Análisis de Secuencia de ADN , Programas Informáticos , Estadística como Asunto/métodosRESUMEN
Magnesium isoglycyrrhizinate as a hepatoprotective agent possesses immune modulation and anti-inflammation, and treats liver diseases. But its effects on immunological-inflammatory and metabolic profiles for metabolic syndrome with liver injury and underlying potential mechanisms are not fully understood. In this study, magnesium isoglycyrrhizinate alleviated liver inflammation and lipid accumulation in fructose-fed rats with metabolic syndrome. It also suppressed hepatic inflammatory signaling activation by reducing protein levels of phosphorylation of nuclear factor-kappa B p65 (p-NF-κB p65), inhibitor of nuclear factor kappa-B kinase α/ß (p-IKKα/ß) and inhibitor of NF-κB α (p-IκBα) as well as nucleotide-binding domain (NOD)-like receptor protein 3 (NLRP3), apoptosis-associated speck-like protein (ASC) and Caspase-1 in rats, being consistent with its reduction of interleukin-1ß (IL-1ß), tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and IL-6 levels. Furthermore, magnesium isoglycyrrhizinate modulated lipid metabolism-related genes characterized by up-regulating peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-α (PPAR-α) and carnitine palmitoyl transferase-1 (CPT-1), and down-regulating sensor for fatty acids to control-1 (SREBP-1) and stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1 (SCD-1) in the liver of fructose-fed rats, resulting in the reduction of triglyceride and total cholesterol levels. These effective actions were further confirmed in fructose-exposed BRL-3A and HepG2 cells. The molecular mechanisms underpinning these observations suggest that magnesium isoglycyrrhizinate may inhibit NF-κB/NLRP3 inflammasome activation to reduce immunological-inflammatory response, which in turn may prevent liver lipid metabolic disorder and accumulation under high fructose condition. Thus, blockade of NF-κB/NLRP3 inflammasome activation and lipid metabolism disorder by magnesium isoglycyrrhizinate may be the potential therapeutic approach for improving fructose-induced liver injury with metabolic syndrome in clinic.
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Fructosa/efectos adversos , Inflamasomas/metabolismo , Metabolismo de los Lípidos/efectos de los fármacos , Hígado/efectos de los fármacos , FN-kappa B/metabolismo , Proteína con Dominio Pirina 3 de la Familia NLR/metabolismo , Saponinas/farmacología , Triterpenos/farmacología , Animales , Regulación hacia Abajo/efectos de los fármacos , Células Hep G2 , Humanos , Hígado/metabolismo , Hígado/patología , Masculino , PPAR alfa/metabolismo , Ratas , Ratas Sprague-Dawley , Transducción de Señal/efectos de los fármacos , Proteína 1 de Unión a los Elementos Reguladores de Esteroles/metabolismoRESUMEN
SCOPE: Fructose induces insulin resistance with kidney inflammation and injury. MicroRNAs are emerged as key regulators of insulin signaling. Morin has insulin-mimetic effect with the improvement of insulin resistance and kidney injury. This study investigated the protective mechanisms of morin against fructose-induced kidney injury, with particular focus on miR-330 expression change, inflammatory response, and insulin signaling impairment. METHODS AND RESULTS: miR-330, sphingosine kinase 1 (SphK1)/sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P)/S1P receptor (S1PR)1/3 signaling, nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB)/NOD-like receptor family, pyrin domain containing 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome, and insulin signaling were detected in kidney cortex of fructose-fed rats and fructose-exposed HK-2 cells, respectively. Whether miR-330 mediated inflammatory response to affect insulin signaling was examined using SphK1 inhibitor, S1PR1/3 short interfering RNA, or miR-330 mimic/inhibitor, respectively. Fructose was found to downregulate miR-330 expression to increase SphK1/S1P/S1PR1/3 signaling, and then activate NF-κB/NLRP3 inflammasome to produce IL-1ß, causing insulin signaling impairment. Moreover, morin upregulated miR-330 and partly attenuated inflammatory response and insulin signaling impairment to alleviate kidney injury. CONCLUSION: These findings suggest that morin protects against fructose-induced kidney insulin signaling impairment by upregulating miR-330 to reduce inflammatory response. Morin may be a potential therapeutic agent for the treatment of kidney injury associated with fructose-induced inflammation and insulin signaling impairment.