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Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2017;2017:7674240. doi: 10.1155/2017/7674240. Epub 2017 Nov 12.

Effects of Shizhifang on NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation and Renal Tubular Injury in Hyperuricemic Rats.

Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM

Yansheng Wu, Fei He, Yingqiao Li, Huiling Wang, Liqiang Shi, Qiang Wan, Jiaoying Ou, Xiaoying Zhang, Di Huang, Lin Xu, Pinglan Lin, Guanghui Yang, Liqun He, Jiandong Gao

Affiliations

  1. Department of Nephrology, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, TCM Institute of Kidney Disease of Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Clinical Medicine, No. 528 Zhangheng Road, Shanghai 201203, China.
  2. Department of Nephrology, Xiamen Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, No. 1739 Xianyue Road, Xiamen 361009, China.
  3. Department of Nephrology, Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Langfang City, No. 108 North Yinhe Road, Langfang 065000, China.
  4. Department of Internal Medicine, Shanghai TCM-Integrated Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, No. 184 Baoding Road, Shanghai 200082, China.
  5. Department of Laboratory, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, No. 528 Zhangheng Road, Shanghai 201203, China.
  6. Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, No. 528 Zhangheng Road, Shanghai 201203, China.

PMID: 29358971 PMCID: PMC5735790 DOI: 10.1155/2017/7674240

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Uric acid (UA) activates the NLRP3-ASC-caspase-1 axis and triggers cascade inflammatory that leads to hyperuricemic nephropathy and hyperuricemia-induced renal tubular injury. The original study aims to verify the positive effects of the traditional Chinese medicinal formula Shizhifang (SZF) on ameliorating the hyperuricemia, tubular injury, and inflammasome infiltration in the kidneys of hyperuricemic lab rats.

METHOD: Twenty-eight male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into four groups: control group, oxonic acid potassium (OA) model group, OA + SZF group, and OA + Allopurinol group. We evaluated the mediating effects of SZF on renal mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (ROS) and oxidative stress (OS) products, protein expression of NLRP3-ASC-caspase-1 axis, and downstream inflammatory factors IL-1

RESULT: SZF alleviated OA-induced hyperuricemia and inhibited OS in hyperuricemic rats (

CONCLUSION: Our data suggest that SZF alleviates renal tubular injury and inflammation infiltration by inhibiting NLRP3 inflammasome activation triggered by mitochondrial ROS in the kidneys of hyperuricemic lab rats.

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