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ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2018

QiDiTangShen Granules Reduced Diabetic Kidney Injury by Regulating the Phosphorylation Balance of the Tyrosine and Serine Residues of Insulin Receptor Substrate 1.

Xue Gao, Hongfang Liu, Zhichao An, Qiying He

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Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Xue GaoDongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100700, China.ORCID 0000-0003-1522-7761
Hongfang LiuDongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100700, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5353-1580
Zhichao AnDongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100700, China.
Qiying HeDongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100700, China.
Dongzhimen Hospital Affiliated to Beijing University of Chinese Medicine · CN

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Abstract

backgroundDiabetic nephropathy (DN) is a microvascular complication induced by diabetes mellitus (DM), which can affect life quality and long-term prognosis of patients with DM. Angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitors (ACEI)/angiotensin receptor blockers (ARB) are currently recommended for treating DN proteinuria, but patients receiving ACEI/ARB are at risk of elevated serum creatinine or potassium levels. Based on the "yin-yang" theory of traditional Chinese medicine, the present study explored the effect of QiDiTangShen (QDTS) granules on DN and the phosphorylation balance of tyrosine and serine residues of IRS-1.

methodsIn this experiment, db/db mice were used as an animal model for type 2 diabetic nephropathy. The intervention (QDTS granules and valsartan) started when the mice were 12 weeks old. C57BL/6 mice were used as normal control. The urine albumin excretion ratio (UAER) was measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) before and after the intervention. The IRS-1, PI3K, Akt, and MAPK proteins expression and the phosphorylation levels were detected by western blot.

resultsQDTS granules reduced the 24-h urinary albumin excretion rate (UAE) in db/db mice with type 2 DM and attenuated the pathological changes of the kidney. QDTS granules also increased the activation level of the PI3K/Akt signaling pathway and reduced insulin resistance. In addition, QDTS granules inhibited the activation of ERK and p38MAPK and decreased the phosphorylation ratio of Ser307/Tyr896 of IRS-1 in renal tissue.

conclusionsQDTS granules reduced DM-induced renal injury by improving insulin sensitivity via suppressing MAPK signaling and restoring the phosphorylation balance of tyrosine/serine of IRS-1.

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