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10738027 1046678 2011 11 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Epigallocatechin-3-gallate prevents lupus nephritis development in mice via enhancing the Nrf2 antioxidant pathway and inhibiting NLRP3 inflammasome activation
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری بیوشیمی، ژنتیک و زیست شناسی مولکولی سالمندی
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Epigallocatechin-3-gallate prevents lupus nephritis development in mice via enhancing the Nrf2 antioxidant pathway and inhibiting NLRP3 inflammasome activation
چکیده انگلیسی
Patients with lupus nephritis show an impaired oxidative status and increased levels of interleukin (IL)-1β and IL-18, which are closely linked to inflammation and correlated with disease activity. Although epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), the major bioactive polyphenol present in green tea with antioxidant and free radical scavenging activities, has been reported to have anti-inflammatory effects by inhibiting nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB)-mediated inflammatory responses in vivo, its effectiveness for the treatment of lupus nephritis is still unknown. In the present study, 12-week-old New Zealand black/white (NZB/W) F1 lupus-prone mice were treated daily with EGCG by gavage until sacrificed at 34 weeks old for clinical, pathological, and mechanistic evaluation. We found that the administration (1) prevented proteinuria, renal function impairment, and severe renal lesions; (2) increased renal nuclear factor E2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) and glutathione peroxidase activity; (3) reduced renal oxidative stress, NF-κB activation, and NLRP3 mRNA/protein expression and protein levels of mature caspase-1, IL-1β, and IL-18; and (4) enhanced splenic regulatory T (Treg) cell activity. Our data clearly demonstrate that EGCG has prophylactic effects on lupus nephritis in these mice that are highly associated with its effects of enhancing the Nrf2 antioxidant signaling pathway, decreasing renal NLRP3 inflammasome activation, and increasing systemic Treg cell activity.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Free Radical Biology and Medicine - Volume 51, Issue 3, 1 August 2011, Pages 744-754
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