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Efficacy and safety of daprodustat versus darbepoetin alfa in the treatment of anemia in chronic renal failure: Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

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Journal of pharmacological sciences Pub Date : 2025-03-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphs.2025.03.006

Shuyue Pang , Zhongtian Wang , Yanyan Fu , Xu Huang

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Ca2+ microdomains in vascular smooth muscle cells: Roles in vascular tone regulation and hypertension

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Journal of pharmacological sciences Pub Date : 2025-03-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphs.2025.03.008

Yoshiaki Suzuki

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Wireless recording and autoencoder denoising of intestinal activity in freely moving rats

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Journal of pharmacological sciences Pub Date : 2025-03-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphs.2025.03.005

Yamato Ishii , Nobuyoshi Matsumoto , Yuji Ikegaya , Tetsuhiko Kashima

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The anti-angiogenic effects of arctigenin on choroidal neovascularization pathogenesis

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Journal of pharmacological sciences Pub Date : 2025-03-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphs.2025.03.003

Aimi Shirakawa , Hiroto Yasuda , Shinsuke Nakamura , Yuichi Takajo , Satoshi Inamasu , Satoshi Yomoda , Shimpei Watanabe , Yoshiki Kuse , Masamitsu Shimazawa

{"title":"The anti-angiogenic effects of arctigenin on choroidal neovascularization pathogenesis","authors":"Aimi Shirakawa , Hiroto Yasuda , Shinsuke Nakamura , Yuichi Takajo , Satoshi Inamasu , Satoshi Yomoda , Shimpei Watanabe , Yoshiki Kuse , Masamitsu Shimazawa","doi":"10.1016/j.jphs.2025.03.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jphs.2025.03.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) is an ocular disease characterized by choroidal neovascularization (CNV), resulting in severe visual impairment. Arctigenin is a natural lignan compound from <em>Arctium lappa</em> L. and has anti-inflammatory and vascular normalizing effects. Here, we investigated the anti-angiogenic effects of arctigenin on CNV formation. Laser-induced CNV model mice were orally administered arctigenin at 100 mg/kg once a day for 5 days before laser irradiation. Oral administration of arctigenin suppressed CNV formation, vascular leakage, and the proliferation of endothelial cells in the CNV lesions. Treatment with arctigenin at 30 μM attenuated vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-induced cell proliferation of human retinal microvascular endothelial cells (HRMECs). Moreover, arctigenin suppressed the phosphorylation of Src, which is involved in VEGF signaling. Arctigenin also inhibited VEGF-induced mitochondrial respiratory activation. These findings suggested that daily intake of arctigenin may have beneficial effects on nAMD.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":16786,"journal":{"name":"Journal of pharmacological sciences","volume":"158 1","pages":"Pages 42-51"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143601510","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Puerarin improves MASLD by remodeling intestinal microenvironment to promote mitochondrial fusion and autophagy

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Journal of pharmacological sciences Pub Date : 2025-03-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphs.2025.03.001

Chunbin Sun , Mei Du , Shuang Sha , Si Wang , Lei Li , Jiong Hou , Li Li , Jiali Yuan , Jinyuan Yan , Zhongshan Yang

{"title":"Puerarin improves MASLD by remodeling intestinal microenvironment to promote mitochondrial fusion and autophagy","authors":"Chunbin Sun , Mei Du , Shuang Sha , Si Wang , Lei Li , Jiong Hou , Li Li , Jiali Yuan , Jinyuan Yan , Zhongshan Yang","doi":"10.1016/j.jphs.2025.03.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jphs.2025.03.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Pueraria Mirifica (Willd. Ohwi) is a medicine with anti-inflammatory and lipid-lowering properties. Puerarin is one of the main active components of Pueraria. The aim of this study was to investigate the possible mechanisms of Pueraria in the treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. The therapeutic effect of the drug was demonstrated by serum and liver pathology indicators. The mechanism of action of puerarin was demonstrated by intestinal microbial changes and short-chain fatty acid content tests. The mechanism of puerarin alleviating Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) by regulating intestinal flora was predicted by bioinformatics. The relationship between flora and liver was revealed by q-PCR detection of mRNA expression level of liver metabolic genes. And the mechanism of puerarin action was further verified by intestinal microbial clearance experiments. Puerarin reduced vacuolar-like changes, lipid deposition, and inflammatory cell infiltration in the livers of high-fat diet (HFD) model mice. The gut microbiota abundance and diversity were remodeled, short-chain fatty acid content was increased, and the intestinal mucosal barrier was repaired, accompanied by a reduction in inflammatory cytokines. Puerarin regulated mRNA expression of hepatic lipid metabolism genes to alleviate MASLD. These results suggested that puerarin treats MASLD by treating altering bacterial metabolism and anti-inflammation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":16786,"journal":{"name":"Journal of pharmacological sciences","volume":"158 1","pages":"Pages 27-41"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143578355","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Retraction notice to "Polyphyllin I inhibits growth and invasion of cisplatin-resistant gastric cancer cells by partially inhibiting CIP2A/PP2A/Akt signaling axis" [J Pharmacol Sci 137 (2018) 305-312].

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Journal of pharmacological sciences Pub Date : 2025-03-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphs.2025.02.009

Yunfei Zhang, Ping Huang, Xuewen Liu, Yuchen Xiang, Te Zhang, Yezi Wu, Jiaxin Xu, Zhiting Sun, Weiguo Zhen, Liang Zhang, Yuan Si, Ying Liu

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Specnuezhenide and ecliptasaponin A from Ligustrum lucidum Ait and Ecliptae Herba improved premature ovarian failure by targeting the ESR1

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Journal of pharmacological sciences Pub Date : 2025-02-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphs.2025.02.011

Jia Xu , Lei Lei , Ping Li , Zi-Chun Huang , Ying Meng , Bing He , Ji-Lin Kuang

{"title":"Specnuezhenide and ecliptasaponin A from Ligustrum lucidum Ait and Ecliptae Herba improved premature ovarian failure by targeting the ESR1","authors":"Jia Xu , Lei Lei , Ping Li , Zi-Chun Huang , Ying Meng , Bing He , Ji-Lin Kuang","doi":"10.1016/j.jphs.2025.02.011","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jphs.2025.02.011","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study was designed to investigate the role of <em>Ligustrum lucidum Ait</em> and <em>Ecliptae Herba</em> on premature ovarian failure (POF) and the underlying mechanisms. In the POF mouse model constructed using cyclophosphamide (CTX), <em>Ligustrum lucidum Ait</em> and <em>Ecliptae Herba</em> increased ovarian index and estradiol (E2) levels and curtailed motility and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH). <em>Ligustrum lucidum Ait</em> and <em>Ecliptae Herba</em> alleviated ovarian pathological damage in POF mice and promoted the expression of ovarian CD31 and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A (VEGFA). Through high-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS) and network pharmacology, Specnuezhenide and ecliptasaponin A were identified as the key components of <em>Ligustrum lucidum Ait</em> and <em>Ecliptae Herba</em> in anti-POF action. The important target associated with these components is Estrogen Receptor (ESR) 1. Molecular docking and <em>in vitro</em> experiments showed that Specnuezhenide and ecliptasaponin A can both bind to the ESR protein; knocking down ESR1 inhibited the anti-apoptotic effect of Specnuezhenide and ecliptasaponin A on CTX-induced POF cells. In conclusion, the key components of <em>Ligustrum lucidum Ait</em> and <em>Ecliptae Herba</em> that alleviate POF are Specnuezhenide and ecliptasaponin A, which improve the condition by upregulating ESR1.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":16786,"journal":{"name":"Journal of pharmacological sciences","volume":"158 1","pages":"Pages 13-26"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143578354","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Possible involvement of α, β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds in ferroptosis induced by the cigarette smoke extract of heated tobacco products in vascular smooth muscle cells

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Journal of pharmacological sciences Pub Date : 2025-02-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphs.2025.02.010

Takahiro Horinouchi , Yuichi Mazaki , Soichi Miwa

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Senescent cardiac fibroblasts-derived extracellular vesicles induced autophagy in cardiac fibroblasts via suppression of ras homolog enriched in brain like 1 衰老的心脏成纤维细胞衍生的细胞外囊泡通过抑制富集在大脑中的类ras同源物1诱导心脏成纤维细胞自噬

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Journal of pharmacological sciences Pub Date : 2025-02-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphs.2025.02.007

Yusei Fujioka, Kosuke Otani, Muneyoshi Okada, Hideyuki Yamawaki

{"title":"Senescent cardiac fibroblasts-derived extracellular vesicles induced autophagy in cardiac fibroblasts via suppression of ras homolog enriched in brain like 1","authors":"Yusei Fujioka, Kosuke Otani, Muneyoshi Okada, Hideyuki Yamawaki","doi":"10.1016/j.jphs.2025.02.007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jphs.2025.02.007","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Cardiac fibroblasts (CFs) play roles in the maintenance of myocardial tissue structure. Cellular senescence is a state of stable cell cycle arrest. We previously reported that extracellular vesicles (EV) secreted by doxorubicin (DOX, 1000 nM)-induced senescent CFs (D10<sup>3</sup>-EV) caused autophagy in CFs. EV mediate cell-to-cell communication through the transfer of microRNA (miRNA). In this study, we focused on miRNA contained in EV and aimed to elucidate mechanisms underlying the autophagy induction by D10<sup>3</sup>-EV in CFs. Neonatal rat CFs (NRCFs) were treated with DOX for the induction of cellular senescence. EV were isolated from culture media of NRCFs. miRNA was extracted from the EV and miRNA profiles were analyzed using miRNA-seq. Seven miRNAs were significantly decreased, whereas 14 miRNAs were significantly increased in D10<sup>3</sup>-EV compared with the vehicle-treated NRCFs-derived EV. Among the target genes of 14 miRNAs, <em>Rhebl1</em> was identified. D10<sup>3</sup>-EV significantly increased microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3 (LC3)-II/LC3-I and decreased protein expression of Ras homolog enriched in brain like 1 (RHEBL1) in NRCFs. Small interfering RNA against <em>Rhebl1</em> tended to increase LC3-II/LC3-I. In conclusion, we for the first time revealed that the senescent NRCFs-derived EV induced autophagy in NRCFs via the suppression of RHEBL1 protein.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":16786,"journal":{"name":"Journal of pharmacological sciences","volume":"158 1","pages":"Pages 1-7"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143529791","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Midnolin gene expression is enhanced by Gq-coupled muscarinic acetylcholine receptor stimulation in SH-SY5Y human neuroblastoma cells

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Journal of pharmacological sciences Pub Date : 2025-02-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphs.2025.02.006

Ikuo Norota , Yusuke Zuiki , Ayano Chiba , Mikako Nagashima , Jiro Ogura , Hiroaki Yamaguchi , Kuniaki Ishii , Yutaro Obara

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