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ArticleBioengineered2022

miR-188-3p abolishes germacrone-mediated podocyte protection in a mouse model of diabetic nephropathy in type I diabetes through triggering mitochondrial injury.

Yunguang Wang, Fangfang Feng, Wenfang He, Lifang Sun, Qiang He, Juan Jin

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Article in Bioengineered, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It has been retracted, and should not be counted. Cited by 14 papers.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Yunguang WangDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, Affiliated Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, P. R. China.
Fangfang FengDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, Affiliated Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, P. R. China.
Wenfang HeDepartment of Nephrology, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, Affiliated People's Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, P.R China.
Lifang SunDepartment of Tuberculosis, Hangzhou Red Cross Hospital, Hangzhou, P.R China.
Qiang HeDepartment of Nephrology, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, Affiliated People's Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, P.R China.ORCID 0000-0003-3811-8226
Juan JinDepartment of Nephrology, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, Affiliated People's Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, P.R China.
Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital · CNHangzhou First People's Hospital · CNHangzhou Red Cross Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mitochondrial injury-triggered podocyte apoptosis is a major risk factor for diabetic nephropathy (DN). However, the detailed relationship between mitochondrial homeostasis and podocyte apoptosis remains unclear. The present study aimed to explore the role and functional mechanism of germacrone in DN in type I diabetes (type I DN). A mouse model of type I DN was established by injecting streptozocin, and a podocyte injury model was constructed using high glucose (HG) induction. Histopathology was detected by hematoxylin and eosin and periodic acid-Schiff staining. Transmission electron microscopy and flow cytometry were used to evaluate the mitochondrial function. Germacrone simultaneously reduced blood glucose, 24 h proteinuria, and other nephrotic symptoms in a type 1 DN mouse model. Moreover, germacrone protected against mitochondrial damage, limited reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulation, and restored glutathione peroxidase (GPX) activity and GPX4 protein expression, subsequently preventing podocyte apoptosis. Mechanistically, the increased miR-188-3p expression in type I DN mice was reversed in germacrone-challenged DN mice. HG induced miR-188-3p expression and the miR-188-3p antagonist abolished the HG-mediated increase in ROS. Notably, miR-188-3p was found to have a therapeutic effect against DN by aggravating mitochondrial damage and podocyte apoptosis. Germacrone alleviates DN progression in type I diabetes by limiting podocyte apoptosis, which was partly counteracted by miR-188-3p upregulation. The combination of germacrone and miR-188-3p antagonists is expected to be an effective therapeutic strategy for DN.

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AnimalsDiabetes Mellitus, ExperimentalDiabetes Mellitus, Type 1Diabetic NephropathiesMaleMiceMicroRNAsMitochondriaPodocytesMicroRNAsMIRN188 microRNA, mouseDiabetic nephropathygermacronemiR-188-3pmitochondrial damagepodocyte

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PMID34847832
PMCPMC8805940
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