Schisandrin A alleviates renal fibrosis by inhibiting PKCβ and oxidative stress

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BACKGROUND: Renal fibrosis is a common pathway that drives the advancement of numerous kidney maladies towards end-stage kidney disease (ESKD). Suppressing renal fibrosis holds paramount clinical importance in forestalling or retarding the transition of chronic kidney diseases (CKD) to renal failure. Schisandrin A (Sch A) possesses renoprotective effect in acute kidney injury (AKI), but its effects on renal fibrosis and underlying mechanism(s) have not been studied.

STUDY DESIGN: Serum biochemical analysis, histological staining, and expression levels of related proteins were used to assess the effect of PKCβ knockdown on renal fibrosis progression. Untargeted metabolomics was used to assess the effect of PKCβ knockdown on serum metabolites. Unilateral Ureteral Obstruction (UUO) model and TGF-β induced HK-2 cells and NIH-3T3 cells were used to evaluate the effect of Schisandrin A (Sch A) on renal fibrosis. PKCβ overexpressed NIH-3T3 cells were used to verify the possible mechanism of Sch A.

RESULTS: PKCβ was upregulated in the UUO model. Knockdown of PKCβ mitigated the progression of renal fibrosis by ameliorating perturbations in serum metabolites and curbing oxidative stress. Sch A alleviated renal fibrosis by downregulating the expression of PKCβ in kidney. Treatment with Sch A significantly attenuated the upregulated proteins levels of FN, COL-I, PKCβ, Vimentin and α-SMA in UUO mice. Moreover, Sch A exhibited a beneficial impact on markers associated with oxidative stress, including MDA, SOD, and GSH-Px. Overexpression of PKCβ was found to counteract the renoprotective efficacy of Sch A in vitro.

CONCLUSION: Sch A alleviates renal fibrosis by inhibiting PKCβ and attenuating oxidative stress.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:126

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Phytomedicine : international journal of phytotherapy and phytopharmacology - 126(2024) vom: 29. März, Seite 155372

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Liu, Hui-Ling [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Zhou [VerfasserIn]
Li, Qing-Zhen [VerfasserIn]
Cao, Yi-Zhi [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Han-Yu [VerfasserIn]
Alolgab, Raphael N [VerfasserIn]
Deng, Xue-Yang [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Zhi-Hao [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

74XQL5DO3S
Chronic kidney disease
Cyclooctanes
Journal Article
Lignans
Oxidative stress
PKCβ
Polycyclic Compounds
Renal fibrosis
Sch A
Schizandrin A
Transforming Growth Factor beta1

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Date Completed 11.03.2024

Date Revised 11.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.phymed.2024.155372

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NLM36872297X