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Provedor de dados: | Biological Research
País: | Chile
Título: | Alpinia oxyphylla Miq. extract changes miRNA expression profiles in db-/db- mouse kidney
Autores: | Du,Guankui; Xiao,Man; Zhang,Xuezi; Wen,Maoyu; Pang,Chi; Jiang,Shangfei; Sang,Shenggang; Xie,Yiqiang.
Data: | 2017-01-01
Ano: | 2017
Palavras-chave: | MiRNA; Db-/db- mice; Alpinia oxyphylla Miq; Kidney; Diabetic nephropathy.
Resumo: | Abstract  Background A number of dysregulated miRNAs have been identified and are proposed to have significant roles in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes mellitus or renal pathology. Alpinia oxyphylla has shown significant anti-inflammatory properties and play an anti-diabetes role. The objective of this study was to detect the alteration of miRNAs underlying the anti-diabetes effects of A. oxyphylla extract (AOE) in a type II diabetic animal model (C57BIKsj db-/db-).  Results Treatment with AOE for 8 weeks led to lower concentrations of blood glucose, urine albumin, and urine creatinine. 17 and 13 miRNAs were statistically identified as differentially regulated in the DB/DB and db-/db- AOE mice, respectively, compared to the untreated db-/db- mice. Of these, 7 miRNAs were identified in both comparison groups, and these 7 miRNAs were verified by quantitative real-time PCR. Functional bioinformatics showed that the putative target genes of 7 miRNAs were associated with several diabetes effects and signaling pathways.  Conclusions These founding suggest that the potential of AOE as a medicinal anti-diabetes treatment through changes in the expressions of specific miRNAs. The results provide a useful resource for future investigation of the role of AOE-regulated miRNAs in diabetes mellitus.
Tipo: | Journal article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-97602017000100206
Editor: | Sociedad de Biología de Chile
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Biological Research  v.50 2017