RSC Advances
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2017
·Vol. 7
·期 86
·54369-54378
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IF 3.108
Mengqiao Lian,Yuchao Sun,Yuan Lin,Jin Wen,Marwan Almoiliqy,Bin Xu,Yanli Li,Ming Xu,Dapeng Chen,Zeyao Tang,Li Wang
Catalpol, an iridoid glucoside isolated from the radix of Rehmannia glutinosa Libosch, is found to have a wide variety of biological activities. Based on our pre-experiments, we proposed that catalpol pretreatment could protect against intestinal ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury and the JAK2/STAT3 signaling pathway might play an important role in the protection. Both in vivo intestinal I/R-injured rats and in vitro hypoxia/reoxygenation (H/R)-injured IEC-6 cells were used in the present study. The results confirmed our proposal. The in vivo results showed that catalpol (25, 50 mg kg−1) significantly attenuated rat intestinal I/R injury by decreasing pro-inflammatory cytokines, reducing oxidative stress, and restoring intestinal barrier function without affecting the corresponding controls. Catalpol pretreatment significantly increased the Bcl-2/Bax ratio, and decreased cleaved caspase3, p-JAK2, and p-STAT3 protein expression without affecting total JAK2 and STAT3 in vivo and in vitro, showing that catalpol inhibited apoptosis through selectively inhibiting p-JAK2 and p-STAT3. In vitro studies indicated that catalpol (40 μM) pretreatment significantly and selectively inhibited p-STAT3 nuclear translocation and transfection of JAK2 siRNA significantly decreased JAK2, p-JAK2, STAT3, p-STAT3, and other apoptosis-related proteins in H/R-injured IEC-6 cells, suggesting that JAK2 siRNA partially simulated the effects of catalpol on apoptosis-related proteins. JAK2 siRNA + catalpol could not further decrease JAK2, p-JAK2, STAT3, p-STAT3, and other apoptosis-related proteins, suggesting that inhibition of the JAK2/STAT3 signaling pathway plays a key role in catalpol-induced protective effects. Our results suggest that p-JAK2 is the key target in catalpol-induced protection against intestinal I/R injury, providing information for further translational studies.
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药理学
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病理生理学
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分子生物学
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
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2024
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IF 7.7
Showkat Ali Ganie,Rayees Ahmad Naik,Ovas Ahmad Dar,Luqman Jameel Rather,Mohammed A. Assiri,Qing Li
We developed a facile method for the fabrication of a biodegradable delivery system composed of two blocks: curdlan and curcumin. This was achieved by chemical functionalization of curdlan through tosylation, amination followed by complexation with curcumin. A comprehensive evaluation of structural characterization and component stability showed that cur-cum complex exhibited better anticancer properties with enhanced thermal properties. The cur-cum complex shows pH sensitive sustained release behaviour with higher release at acidic pH and kinetic data of drug release follows the Korsmeyer-Peppas model. The cur-cum complex has ability to block the proliferation of the MCF-7 cell line as revealed by MTT assay which showed increased toxicity of cur-cum complex against these cell lines. The results obtained from western blot analysis demonstrated that the co-administration of cur and cum effectively induced apoptosis in MCF-7 cells. This effect was observed by a considerable upregulation of the Bcl-2/Bax ratio, a decline in mRNA expression of LDHA, level of lactate and LDH activity. The results clearly depict the role of functionalized curdlan as efficient carrier for curcumin delivery with prolonged, sustained release and enhanced bioavailability, thereby improving the overall anticancer activity.
研究领域:
药学
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生物医学工程
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癌症研究
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药物递送系统
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npj Parkinsons Disease
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2025
·Vol. 11
·期 1
·1-16
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IF 8.2
Chen Wen,Wang Haobo,Ye Xiang,Hao Xingkai,Yan Fujie,Wu Jian,Li Danyang,Wang Yan,Xu Lizhou
Plant-derived extracellular vesicles (EVs) show health benefits. Gardenia jasminoides Ellis, known for its neuroprotective properties, lacks therapeutic investigation on gardenia-derived extracellular vesicles (GDEVs). This study investigated the value of GDEVs in Parkinson’s disease (PD) using rotenone (Rot)-induced Parkinsonism models in dopaminergic PC12 neuron cells and Caenorhabditis elegans . PD features apoptosis in dopaminergic neurons, while GDEVs alleviate PD by mitigating mitochondrial-mediated apoptosis. Specifically, GDEVs improve Rot-induced mitochondrial dysfunction to reduce cytochrome C release and apoptosis. Consequently, GDEVs reduce the risk of PD by lowering α-synuclein levels and regulating dopamine release. RNA sequencing and subsequent studies showed that GDEVs reduce p38 MAPK and p53 phosphorylation levels, and increase the Bcl-2/Bax ratio to prevent apoptosis in PC12 cells. In Caenorhabditis elegans , we verified that GDEVs reduce PD progression by increasing dopaminergic neurons using BZ555 mutants, and enhance dopamine release and motility. This study highlights the therapeutic potential of GDEVs in preventing neurodegenerative diseases.
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神经科学
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植物学
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药理学
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细胞生物学
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分子生物学
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神经退行性疾病
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生物医学研究
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