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ArticleUrolithiasis2019

Protective effect of salvianolic acid B against oxidative injury associated with cystine stone formation.

Zhang Yifan, Xu Luwei, Liang Kai, Zhou Liuhua, Ge Yuzheng, Jia Ruipeng

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Article in Urolithiasis, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Zhang YifanDepartment of Urology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, 68 Changle Road, Nanjing, 210006, China.
Xu LuweiDepartment of Urology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, 68 Changle Road, Nanjing, 210006, China.
Liang KaiDepartment of Urology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, 68 Changle Road, Nanjing, 210006, China.
Zhou LiuhuaDepartment of Urology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, 68 Changle Road, Nanjing, 210006, China.
Ge YuzhengDepartment of Urology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, 68 Changle Road, Nanjing, 210006, China.
Jia RuipengDepartment of Urology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, 68 Changle Road, Nanjing, 210006, China. ruipengj@163.com.
Nanjing Medical University · CN

Funding

Nanjing Medical University 2017NJMUZD106
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the role of oxidative stress in cystine crystal formation and whether salvianolic acid B, a natural antioxidant, could prevent cystine-mediated oxidative injury in vivo and in vitro. The levels of oxidative stress and antioxidase activity in cystine stone patients were assessed. Then, the oxidative stress exerted by cystine on human kidney-2 (HK-2) cell viability and biochemical parameters including antioxidase activity and antioxidant protein expression were evaluated, and the protective action of salvianolic acid B was also examined. Finally, salvianolic acid B was tested to determine whether it could prevent or reduce renal crystal formation in Slc7a9 knockout mice. The activity levels of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and glutathione peroxidase (GPx) were decreased, and the amount of malondialdehyde (MDA) was increased in patients with cystine stones compared with people without cystine stones (p < 0.05). Significant reductions in cell viability, antioxidase activity and antioxidant protein expression levels were found in the cystine group compared with controls. However, such oxidative injuries were prevented by salvianolic acid B. In the animal study, loose crystals with white spots were seen in the renal parenchyma, bilateral renal pelvis and bladders in the Slc7a9 knockout group. In contrast, no renal crystals were seen in the control group, and markedly fewer crystals with significantly higher antioxidase activity and diminished oxidative stress were detected in the salvianolic acid B group. Cystine cytotoxicity in vitro and cystine stone formation in vivo were associated with oxidative stress, and salvianolic acid B could protect against cystine stone-induced injury.

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AnimalsBenzofuransCells, CulturedCystineDepsidesHumansKidney CalculiMaleMiceMice, KnockoutOxidative StressBenzofuransCystineDepsidessalvianolic acid BOxidative injurySalvianolic acid BUrolithiasis, cystine stones

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