Probucol Inhibited Nox2 Expression and Attenuated Podocyte Injury in Type 2 Diabetic Nephropathy of db/db Mice

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  • Zhou Guangyu
    Department of Nephrology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University
  • Wang Yanqiu
    Department of Nephrology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University
  • He Ping
    Department of Nephrology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University
  • Li Detian
    Department of Nephrology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University

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The present study was conducted to investigate the effects of probucol on the progression of diabetic nephropathy and the underlying mechanism in type 2 diabetic db/db mice. Eight weeks db/db mice were treated with regular diet or probucol-containing diet (1%) for 12 weeks. Non-diabetic db/m mice were used as controls. We examined body weight, blood glucose, and urinary albumin. At 20 weeks, experimental mice were sacrificed and their blood and kidneys were extracted for the analysis of blood chemistry, kidney histology, oxidative stress marker, and podocyte marker. As a result, 24 h urinary albumin excretions were reduced after probucol treatment. There were improvements of extracellular matrix accumulation and fibronectin and collagen IV deposition in glomeruli in the probucol-treated db/db mice. The reduction of nephrin and the loss of podocytes were effectively prevented by probucol in db/db mice. Furthermore, probucol significantly decreased the production of thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances (TBARS), an index of reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation and down-regulated the expression of Nox2. Taken together, our findings support that probucol may have the potential to protect against type 2 diabetic nephropathy via amelioration of podocyte injury and reduction of oxidative stress.

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