Protective Mechanism of Cordyceps sinensis Treatment on Acute Kidney Injury-Induced Acute Lung Injury through AMPK/mTOR Signaling Pathway
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Protective Mechanism of Cordyceps sinensis Treatment on Acute Kidney Injury-Induced Acute Lung Injury through AMPK/mTOR Signaling Pathway
Protective Mechanism of Cordyceps sinensis Treatment on Acute Kidney Injury-Induced Acute Lung Injury through AMPK/mTOR Signaling Pathway
中国结合医学杂志(英文版)2023年29卷第10期 页码:875-884
Affiliations:
1.Nephropathy Department, Shenzhen Hospital (Futian)of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province (518034), China
2.The Third Clinical Medical School, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou (510006), China
Author bio:
Prof. HUANG Ren-fa, E-mail: huangrenfa1972@163.com
Funds:
the National Natural Science Foundation of China(81460682);the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province(2020A1515010566);the Shenzhen Foundation of Science and Technology Research and Development(JCYJ20190809102413156)
Protective Mechanism of Cordyceps sinensis Treatment on Acute Kidney Injury-Induced Acute Lung Injury through AMPK/mTOR Signaling Pathway[J]. 中国结合医学杂志(英文版), 2023,29(10):875-884.
WANG Ruo-lin, LIU Shu-hua, SHEN Si-heng, et al. Protective Mechanism of Cordyceps sinensis Treatment on Acute Kidney Injury-Induced Acute Lung Injury through AMPK/mTOR Signaling Pathway[J]. Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine, 2023,29(10):875-884.
Protective Mechanism of Cordyceps sinensis Treatment on Acute Kidney Injury-Induced Acute Lung Injury through AMPK/mTOR Signaling Pathway[J]. 中国结合医学杂志(英文版), 2023,29(10):875-884. DOI: 10.1007/s11655-023-3593-4.
WANG Ruo-lin, LIU Shu-hua, SHEN Si-heng, et al. Protective Mechanism of Cordyceps sinensis Treatment on Acute Kidney Injury-Induced Acute Lung Injury through AMPK/mTOR Signaling Pathway[J]. Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine, 2023,29(10):875-884. DOI: 10.1007/s11655-023-3593-4.
Protective Mechanism of Cordyceps sinensis Treatment on Acute Kidney Injury-Induced Acute Lung Injury through AMPK/mTOR Signaling Pathway
摘要
Abstract
Objective:
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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:
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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:
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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:
2
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.
关键词
Keywords
autophagyischemic reperfusion injuryacute kidney injuryacute lung injuryCordyceps sinensisChinese medicine