ArticleSaudi journal of biological sciences2022
Urolithin A prevents streptozotocin-induced diabetic cardiomyopathy in rats by activating SIRT1.
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- The Therapeutic Relevance of Urolithins, Intestinal Metabolites of Ellagitannin-Rich Food: A Systematic Review of In Vivo Studies.Nutrients · 2022Pooled it
- The microbiome-mitochondria axis: the context-dependent role of urolithin A in aging and cancer via mitophagy.Molecular biology reports · 2026Review
- Urolithin A: A Novel Postbiotic for inflammation, aging, and cancer: A Journey from Dietary ellagitannins to clinical use.Molecular biology reports · 2026Review
- The gut-heart dialogue: an epigenetic perspective on myocardial infarction.NPJ biofilms and microbiomes · 2026Review
- Urolithin A: a multi-target therapeutic candidate derived from the gut microbiota for obesity and metabolic dysfunction.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Review
- Naringenin Attenuates Diabetic Cardiac Injury via SIRT1 Activation in Streptozotocin-Induced Rats.Cardiovascular therapeutics · 2026Article
- Screening of Salivary Biomarkers of Bisphosphonate-Related Osteonecrosis of the Jaw in a Diabetic Rat Model.Current issues in molecular biology · 2025Article
- Microbial Metabolite, Macro Impact: Urolithin A in the Nexus of Insulin Resistance and Colorectal Tumorigenesis.Nutrients · 2025Review
- Urolithin as a Metabolite of Ellagitannins and Ellagic Acid from Fruits and Nuts Produced by the Gut Microbiota: Its Role on Non-Communicable Diseases.Current nutrition reports · 2025Review
- The Protective Effect of Ellagic Acid and Its Metabolites Against Organ Injuries: A Mitochondrial Perspective.Food science & nutrition · 2025Review
- Emerging evidence of Urolithin A in sports nutrition: bridging preclinical findings to athletic applications.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Review
- Urolithin A Modulates PER2 Degradation via SIRT1 and Enhances the Amplitude of Circadian Clocks in Human Senescent Cells.Nutrients · 2024Article
- Urolithin A attenuates bupivacaine-induced neurotoxicity in SH-SY5Y cells by regulating the SIRT1-activated PI3K/AKT pathway.Histology and histopathology · 2024Article
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- Esculeoside A Decreases Diabetic Cardiomyopathy in Streptozotocin-Treated Rats by Attenuating Oxidative Stress, Inflammation, Fibrosis, and Apoptosis: Impressive Role of Nrf2.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Article
- The Protective Effect of 11-Keto-β-Boswellic Acid against Diabetic Cardiomyopathy in Rats Entails Activation of AMPK.Nutrients · 2023Article
- Glutathione system enhancement for cardiac protection: pharmacological options against oxidative stress and ferroptosis.Cell death & disease · 2023Review
- The Impact of Ellagitannins and Their Metabolites through Gut Microbiome on the Gut Health and Brain Wellness within the Gut-Brain Axis.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- YuNü-Jian attenuates diabetes-induced cardiomyopathy: integrating network pharmacology and experimental validation.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Article
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Abstract
This study examined the cardiac anti-cardiomyopathy (DC) protective effect of urolithin A in streptozotocin (STZ)-treated rats and investigated if this protection involves activation of SIRT1 signaling. Diabetes was induced first STZ (65 mg/kg, i.p.) before starting the experiments. Adult male rats (n = 8/group) were treated for 8 weeks as control (non-diabetic), control + urolithin A (2.5 mg/kg/i.p.), STZ, STZ + urolithin A, and STZ + urolithin A + Ex-527 (1 mg/kg/i.p.) (a SIRT1 inhibitor). With no effect on fasting glucose and insulin levels, urolithin A improved left ventricular (LV) function and structure and reduced heart weight and serum levels of cardiac markers in STZ-treated rats. Also, it prevented collagen deposition, reduced mRNA levels of Bax, cleaved caspaspe3, collagen 1A1, transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1), and Smad3 but enhanced those of Bcl2 in the LVs of diabetic rats. However, urolithin A suppressed the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), activated the nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2), and increased the levels of manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD) and total glutathione (GSH) in the LVs of the non-diabetic and diabetic rats, In parallel, it suppressed the cardiac activity of NF-nuclear factor-kappa beta p65 (κB p65) and reduced levels of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), and interleukin-6 (IL-6). Coincided with these events, urolithin A promoted higher activity, mRNA, and total/nuclear protein levels of SIRT1 and lowered the levels of acetyl-FOXO1, Nrf2, NF-κB, and p53. All these benefits of urolithin A were prevented by Ex-527. In conclusion, urolithin A protects against DC by activating SIRT signaling.
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