Protective Mechanism of Cordyceps sinensis Treatment on Acute Kidney Injury-Induced Acute Lung Injury through AMPK/mTOR Signaling Pathway

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OBJECTIVE: To investigate protective effect of Cordyceps sinensis (CS) through autophagy-associated adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK)/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling pathway in acute kidney injury (AKI)-induced acute lung injury (ALI).

METHODS: Forty-eight male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into 4 groups according to a random number table, including the normal saline (NS)-treated sham group (sham group), NS-treated ischemia reperfusion injury (IRI) group (IRI group), and low- (5 g/kg·d) and high-dose (10 g/kg·d) CS-treated IRI groups (CS1 and CS2 groups), 12 rats in each group. Nephrectomy of the right kidney was performed on the IRI rat model that was subjected to 60 min of left renal pedicle occlusion followed by 12, 24, 48, and 72 h of reperfusion. The wet-to-dry (W/D) ratio of lung, levels of serum creatinine (Scr), blood urea nitrogen (BUN), inflammatory cytokines such as interleukin- β and tumor necrosis factor- α, and biomarkers of oxidative stress such as superoxide dismutase, malonaldehyde (MDA) and myeloperoxidase (MPO), were assayed. Histological examinations were conducted to determine damage of tissues in the kidney and lung. The protein expressions of light chain 3 II/light chain 3 I (LC3-II/LC3-I), uncoordinated-51-like kinase 1 (ULK1), P62, AMPK and mTOR were measured by Western blot and immunohistochemistry, respectively.

RESULTS: The renal IRI induced pulmonary injury following AKI, resulting in significant increases in W/D ratio of lung, and the levels of Scr, BUN, inflammatory cytokines, MDA and MPO (P<0.01); all of these were reduced in the CS groups (P<0.05 or P<0.01). Compared with the IRI groups, the expression levels of P62 and mTOR were significantly lower (P<0.05 or P<0.01), while those of LC3-II/LC3-I, ULK1, and AMPK were significantly higher in the CS2 group (P<0.05 or P<0.01).

CONCLUSION: CS had a potential in treating lung injury following renal IRI through activation of the autophagy-related AMPK/mTOR signaling pathway in AKI-induced ALI.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:29

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Chinese journal of integrative medicine - 29(2023), 10 vom: 26. Okt., Seite 875-884

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wang, Ruo-Lin [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Shu-Hua [VerfasserIn]
Shen, Si-Heng [VerfasserIn]
Jian, Lu-Yong [VerfasserIn]
Yuan, Qi [VerfasserIn]
Guo, Hua-Hui [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Jia-Sheng [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Peng-Hui [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Ren-Fa [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

AMP-Activated Protein Kinases
Acute kidney injury
Acute lung injury
Autophagy
Chinese medicine
Cordyceps sinensis
Cytokines
EC 2.7.1.1
EC 2.7.11.1
EC 2.7.11.31
Ischemic reperfusion injury
Journal Article
MTOR protein, rat
TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases

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Date Completed 10.10.2023

Date Revised 10.10.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s11655-023-3593-4

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM353491802