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- Title
Protective effect of the curcumin-baicalein combination against macrovascular changes in diabetic angiopathy.
- Authors
Chenxiang Wang; Yibin Sun; Wenjing Liu; Yang Liu; Afzal, Sualiha; Grover, Jahnavi; Chang, Dennis; Münch, Gerald; Chun Guang Li; Shiling Lin; Jianyu Chen; Yiping Zhang; Zaixing Cheng; Yanxiang Lin; Yanfang Zheng; Mingqing Huang; Xian Zhou
- Abstract
Endothelial dysfunction is an early pathological event in diabetic angiopathy which is the most common complication of diabetes. This study aims to investigate individual and combined actions of Curcumin (Cur) and Baicalein (Bai) in protecting vascular function. The cellular protective effects of Cur, Bai and Cur+Bai (1:1, w/w) were tested in H2O2 (2.5 mM) impaired EA. hy926 cells. Wistar rats were treated with vehicle control as the control group, Goto-Kakizaki rats (n=5 each group) were treated with vehicle control (model group), Cur (150 mg/kg), Bai (150 mg/kg), or Cur+Bai (75 mg/kg Cur + 75 mg/kg Bai, OG) for 4 weeks after a four-week high-fat diet to investigate the changes on blood vessel against diabetic angiopathy. Our results showed that Cur+Bai synergistically restored the endothelial cell survival and exhibited greater effects on lowering the fasting blood glucose and blood lipids in rats comparing to individual compounds. Cur+Bai repaired the blood vessel structure in the aortic arch and mid thoracic aorta. The network pharmacology analysis showed that Nrf2 and MAPK/JNK kinase were highly relevant to the multi-targeted action of Cur+Bai which has been confirmed in the in vitro and in vivo studies. In conclusion, Cur+Bai demonstrated an enhanced activity in attenuating endothelial dysfunction against oxidative damage and effectively protected vascular function in diabetic angiopathy rats.
- Subjects
BLOOD sugar; THORACIC aorta; ENDOTHELIUM diseases; LABORATORY rats; BLOOD vessels
- Publication
Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2022, Vol 13, p1
- ISSN
1664-2392
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3389/fendo.2022.953305