Lili Li , Zhenghao Shi , Yuxuan Li , Jiacheng Xu , Shuchen Han , Jinyan Chen , Hanyang Xu , Jiemei Jiang , Yan Yang , Yongfang Gong
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Abstract
Salvianolic acid B (Sal B) is a natural compound extracted from the root of Salvia miltiorrhiza, which has multiple biological activities. Targeting Hippo pathway transcriptional coactivators YAP/TAZ combined with Smad3 is an effective strategy against renal fibrosis. However, whether Sal B improves DEN/CCl4/C2H5OH-induced renal fibrosis and regulates YAP/TAZ and Smad3 phospho-isoform, pSmad3C/pSmad3L is unknown. Presently, we used DEN/CCl4/C2H5OH to induce renal fibrosis in mice and TGF-β1 or MST1/2 inhibitor XMU-MP-1 to induce HK-2 cells to investigate the activity and molecular mechanisms of Sal B. The results demonstrated that Sal B ameliorated DEN/CCl4/C2H5OH-induced renal fibrosis, including reducing renal tissue injury, improving renal function, and decreasing collagen synthesis. Furthermore, Sal B downregulated YAP/TAZ and promoted their phosphorylation in vivo and in vitro. Moreover, Sal B upregulated pSmad3C but downregulated pSmad3L in vivo and in vitro. Collectively, this study revealed that Sal B may improve DEN/CCl4/C2H5OH-induced renal fibrosis by regulating YAP/TAZ and pSmad3C/pSmad3L.
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Journal of Functional Foods continues with the same aims and scope, editorial team, submission system and rigorous peer review. We give authors the possibility to publish their top-quality papers in a well-established leading journal in the food and nutrition fields. The Journal will keep its rigorous criteria to screen high impact research addressing relevant scientific topics and performed by sound methodologies.
The Journal of Functional Foods aims to bring together the results of fundamental and applied research into healthy foods and biologically active food ingredients.
The Journal is centered in the specific area at the boundaries among food technology, nutrition and health welcoming papers having a good interdisciplinary approach. The Journal will cover the fields of plant bioactives; dietary fibre, probiotics; functional lipids; bioactive peptides; vitamins, minerals and botanicals and other dietary supplements. Nutritional and technological aspects related to the development of functional foods and beverages are of core interest to the journal. Experimental works dealing with food digestion, bioavailability of food bioactives and on the mechanisms by which foods and their components are able to modulate physiological parameters connected with disease prevention are of particular interest as well as those dealing with personalized nutrition and nutritional needs in pathological subjects.