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ArticleRenal failure2018

Protective potential of Angelica sinensis polysaccharide extract against ethylene glycol-induced calcium oxalate urolithiasis.

Shengbao Wang, Xiaoran Li, Junsheng Bao, Siyu Chen

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Article in Renal failure, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Shengbao Wanga The Emergency Center, Gansu Nephro-Urological Clinical Center, Lanzhou University Second Hospital , Lanzhou China.
Xiaoran Lia The Emergency Center, Gansu Nephro-Urological Clinical Center, Lanzhou University Second Hospital , Lanzhou China.
Junsheng Baoa The Emergency Center, Gansu Nephro-Urological Clinical Center, Lanzhou University Second Hospital , Lanzhou China.
Siyu Chena The Emergency Center, Gansu Nephro-Urological Clinical Center, Lanzhou University Second Hospital , Lanzhou China.
Lanzhou University · CNLanzhou University Second Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo evaluate a Angelica sinensis polysaccharide aqueous extract as a preventive agent in experimentally induced urolithiasis using in- vitro and vivo models. MATERIAL AND

methodsAngelica sinensis polysaccharide was investigated in vitro to determine its antilithiatic effects on the formation and morphology of calcium oxalate (CaOx) crystals and was analyzed in vivo to determine its ability to prevent CaOx urolithiasis in rats subjected to ethylene glycol-induced urolithiasis. Potassium citrate administration was used in the positive control group. The urolithiasis-related biochemical parameters were evaluated in the rats urine, serum and kidney homogenates. Kidney sections were subjected to histopathological and immunohistochemical analyses, and urolithiasis-related phospho-c-Jun NH2-terminal protein kinase and kidney injury molecule-1proteins were evaluated by Western blot analyses.

resultsAngelica sinensis polysaccharide exhibited concentration-dependent inhibition of CaOx crystal formation. The in vitro assay revealed significant inhibition of crystal formation (6.99 ± 1.07) in the group treated with 4.0 mg/mL Angelica sinensis polysaccharide extract compared with the control group (58.38 ± 5.63; p < .05). In vivo, after treatment with ethylene glycol for 28 days, urinary oxidative stress, oxalate, creatinine, urea and urolithiasis-related protein were significantly increased (p < .05), except for serum oxidative stress (p > .05). The rats administered the extract of Angelica sinensis polysaccharide showed significantly decreased pathological change and CaOx deposition (p < .05) compared with the urolithiatic rats. Significantly reduced levels of urinary oxidative stress, oxalate, creatinine, urea and urolithiasis-related protein were observed in the Angelica sinensis polysaccharide treatment groups (p < .05) compared with the nephrolithic rats.

conclusionThe results presented here suggest that Angelica sinensis polysaccharide has the potential to inhibit CaOx crystallization in vitro and may present anti-urolithiatic effects in vivo.

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Angelica sinensisAnimalsCalcium OxalateCreatinineEthylene GlycolKidneyMaleNephrolithiasisOxidative StressPhytotherapyPlant ExtractsRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyUreaCalcium OxalateCreatinineEthylene GlycolPlant ExtractsUreaAngelica sinensis polysaccharideethylene glycolkidney injury molecule-1reactive oxygen speciesUrolithiasis

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