Effects of Yishen tongluo formula on high glucose-induced injury in renal tubular epithelial cells and its impact on the SIRT3-AMPK/PGC-1α/CPT1A pathway
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Effects of Yishen tongluo formula on high glucose-induced injury in renal tubular epithelial cells and its impact on the SIRT3-AMPK/PGC-1α/CPT1A pathway
LI Fengyi,ZHONG Jian.Effects of Yishen tongluo formula on high glucose-induced injury in renal tubular epithelial cells and its impact on the SIRT3-AMPK/PGC-1α/CPT1A pathway[J].ZHONGGUO YAOFANG,2026,37(13):1710-1715.
LI Fengyi,ZHONG Jian.Effects of Yishen tongluo formula on high glucose-induced injury in renal tubular epithelial cells and its impact on the SIRT3-AMPK/PGC-1α/CPT1A pathway[J].ZHONGGUO YAOFANG,2026,37(13):1710-1715.DOI: 10.6039/j.issn.1001-0408.2026.13.09.
Effects of Yishen tongluo formula on high glucose-induced injury in renal tubular epithelial cells and its impact on the SIRT3-AMPK/PGC-1α/CPT1A pathway
To investigate the protective effect of Yishen tongluo formula on high glucose-induced injury in renal tubular epithelial cells and its impact on the silence information regulator 3 (SIRT3)-adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK)/peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ coactivator-1α (PGC-1α)/carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1A (CPT1A) signaling pathway.
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Human renal tubular epithelial cells HK-2 were used as the subject. The cells were divided into a normal glucose group (NC group), a high glucose group (HG group), a high glucose+low-dose Yishen tongluo formula group [HG+L group, 0.5 mg/mL (calculated by crude drugs)], and a high glucose+high-dose Yishen tongluo formula group [HG+H group, 1.0 mg/mL (calculated by crude drugs)]. Except for the NC group, cells in all other groups were cultured under high glucose conditions (30 mmol/L), and cells in the HG+L and HG+H groups were simultaneously treated with the corresponding mass concentrations of medicinal liquid. Cell viability was assessed at 0, 24, and 48 h post-incubation, and reactive oxygen species (ROS) level, adenosine triphosphate (ATP) content, and the expression of molecules related to the SIRT3-AMPK/PGC-1α/CPT1A signaling pathway were measured after 48 h of incubation.
RESULTS
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Compared with the NC group, the HG group showed significantly reduced cell viabilities (at 24 and 48 h) and ATP content, along with significantly elevated ROS levels (
P
<0.05). Additionally, the protein expressions of SIRT3, PGC-1α and CPT1A, as well as the mRNA expressions of PGC-1α and CPT1A, and the phosphorylation level of AMPK protein were all significantly downregulated or decreased(
P
<0.05). Compared with the HG group, the aforementioned indicators were significantly improved in both HG+L and HG+H groups, with the improvement being more pronounced in the HG+H group (
P
<0.05).
CONCLUSIONS
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The Yishen tongluo formula can improve high-glucose-induced damage to renal tubular epithelial cells; its action may be related to activating the SIRT3-AMPK/PGC-1α/CPT1A signaling pathway, improving mitochondrial energy metabolism, and alleviating oxidative stress.
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