Chuying Huo, Huayi Yang, W. Ning, Lin-zhong Yu, Chunlin Fan, Jingyu Quan, L. Deng, Zhi-Ling Yu, Junshan Liu, Huihui Cao
{"title":"Niaoduqing Granules Inhibits TGF-β1-induced Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition in Human Renal Tubular Epithelial HK-2 Cells","authors":"Chuying Huo, Huayi Yang, W. Ning, Lin-zhong Yu, Chunlin Fan, Jingyu Quan, L. Deng, Zhi-Ling Yu, Junshan Liu, Huihui Cao","doi":"10.21203/rs.3.rs-34640/v1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-34640/v1","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Background: Chronic renal failure (CRF) is a worldwide public health burden. Niaoduqing granules (NDQ) is widely used for CRF treatment in China. However, the underlying mechanism of NDQ is not fully studied. This study is aimed to investigate whether NDQ ameliorate CRF by inhibiting TGF-β1-induced EMT in human renal tubular epithelial HK-2 cells.Methods: MTT assay and colony formation assay were used to investigate the cytotoxicity of NDQ in HK-2 cells. Morphological changes of HK-2 cells after TGF-β1 or/and NDQ treatment were observed under a microscope. Wound-healing, migration and invasion assays were performed to determine the cell movement, migratory and invasive abilities, respectively. Western blot analysis was carried out to examine the protein levels of TGF-β type I receptor (TβRI) and EMT-associated factors. Fluorescence confocal microscopy was applied to observe the organization of F-actin.Results: NDQ suppressed TβRI expression dose-dependently. NDQ inhibited TGF-β1-stimulated EMT in HK-2 cells, supported by the evidences that NDQ prevented morphology change, attenuated cell migration and invasion, downregulated EMT factors and reorganized F-actin distribution in TGF-β1-stimulated HK-2 cells.Conclusions: NDQ attenuates chronic renal failure which may be associated with inhibition of TβRI expression and EMT process.","PeriodicalId":23141,"journal":{"name":"TMR Modern Herbal Medicine","volume":"41 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77748159","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effects of theophylline/chitosan/β-cyclodextrin microspheres for oral drug delivery on an asthmatic rat model","authors":"Saisai Wang, Haijing Zhang, Xiaoming Cui, Liping Zhao, Mingxia Jiang, Zhilu Xu, Dong-zhen Mu, Weifen Zhang","doi":"10.12032/TMRMHM202003071","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12032/TMRMHM202003071","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23141,"journal":{"name":"TMR Modern Herbal Medicine","volume":"21 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75477742","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The roles of traditional Chinese herbal medications in regulating mitochondrial activity to reverse cancer","authors":"Lichao Sun, Guihua Tian, H. Shang","doi":"10.12032/TMRMHM202003076","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12032/TMRMHM202003076","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23141,"journal":{"name":"TMR Modern Herbal Medicine","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88617943","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rui Zheng, Chengyu Li, Ping Wang, Min Li, Pengqian Wang, Changming Zhong, Jian-xun Wang, H. Shang
{"title":"The research idea of Xuebijing injection in influencing severe pneumonia-pulmonary fibrosis with blood stasis syndrome evolution by inhibiting inflammation, endotoxin and dispersing blood stasis","authors":"Rui Zheng, Chengyu Li, Ping Wang, Min Li, Pengqian Wang, Changming Zhong, Jian-xun Wang, H. Shang","doi":"10.12032/TMRMHM202003070","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12032/TMRMHM202003070","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23141,"journal":{"name":"TMR Modern Herbal Medicine","volume":"33 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78335265","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Su Wu, Yao Yujian, Mang Xiao, Meiling Yan, Xie Yiqiang, Ni Yali
{"title":"The functional components and mechanism of Linderae Radix in treating diabetic nephropathy based on the network pharmacology","authors":"Su Wu, Yao Yujian, Mang Xiao, Meiling Yan, Xie Yiqiang, Ni Yali","doi":"10.12032/TMRMHM202003063","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12032/TMRMHM202003063","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23141,"journal":{"name":"TMR Modern Herbal Medicine","volume":"156 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82923345","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Prospects for the future of clinical efficacy evaluation of traditional Chinese medicine——Emphasis on original theory and clinical practice","authors":"Chen Zhao, Wei-qiang Mu, H. Shang","doi":"10.12032/TMRMHM202003057","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12032/TMRMHM202003057","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23141,"journal":{"name":"TMR Modern Herbal Medicine","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81327480","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effects of Alpinia oxyphylla on oxidative stress and expression of p47phox in diabetic nephropathy rats","authors":"Xian Wang, Chang Liu, Mi Li, Yiqiang Xie, Kai Li","doi":"10.12032/TMRMHM202003061","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12032/TMRMHM202003061","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23141,"journal":{"name":"TMR Modern Herbal Medicine","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90793517","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}