Preclinical Investigations on Anti-fibrotic Potential of Long-Term Oral Therapy of Sodium Astragalosidate in Animal Models of Cardiac and Renal Fibrosis

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In traditional Chinese medicine, Radix Astragali has played a vital role in treating progressive fibrotic diseases. One of its main active components, astragaloside IV, is a promising anti-fibrotic treatment despite its extremely low bioavailability. Our study aimed to optimize sodium astragalosidate (SA) by salt formation to improve solubility and oral absorption for anti-fibrotic therapy in vivo. Isoproterenol-induced myocardial fibrosis rat models and obese BKS-db mice presenting diabetic kidney fibrosis were used in this study. Daily oral administration of SA (20 mg/kg) for 14 days ameliorated cardiac fibrosis by reducing collagen accumulation and fibrosis-related inflammatory signals, including TNF-α, IL-1β, and IL-6. In db/db mice, SA (5,10, and 20 mg/kg per day for 8 weeks) dose-dependently alleviated lipid metabolism impairment and renal dysfunction when administered orally. Furthermore, Western blot and immunohistochemistry analyses demonstrated that SA treatment inhibited renal fibrosis by suppressing TGF-β1/Smads signaling. Taken together, our findings provide the oral-route medication availability of SA, which thus might offer a novel lead compound in preclinical trial-enabling studies for developing a long-term therapy to treat and prevent fibrosis.

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2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:7

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ACS pharmacology & translational science - 7(2024), 2 vom: 09. Feb., Seite 421-431

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Englisch

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Chen, Xiao-Yi [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Tian-Tian [VerfasserIn]
Shen, Qing [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Hao [VerfasserIn]
Li, Zhan-Hua [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Xi-Na [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Xiao-Feng [VerfasserIn]
Qing, Lin-Sen [VerfasserIn]
Luo, Pei [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 16.02.2024

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10.1021/acsptsci.3c00264

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