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Treffer: Pterostilbene, a Bioactive Component of Blueberries, Alleviates Renal Interstitial Fibrosis by Inhibiting Macrophage-Myofibroblast Transition.

Title:
Pterostilbene, a Bioactive Component of Blueberries, Alleviates Renal Interstitial Fibrosis by Inhibiting Macrophage-Myofibroblast Transition.
Authors:
Feng, Yanhuan, Guo, Fan, Mai, Hongxia, Liu, Jing, Xia, Zijing, Zhu, Guonian, Zhang, Jinhang, Ma, Liang, Fu, Ping
Source:
American Journal of Chinese Medicine; 2020, Vol. 48 Issue 7, p1715-1729, 15p
Subject Terms:
BLUEBERRIES, ANIMAL experimentation, BIOLOGICAL models, BONE marrow, CELL physiology, STATISTICAL correlation, CYTOKINES, FIBROBLASTS, FLOW cytometry, GENE expression, IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY, KIDNEY diseases, MACROPHAGES, MICE, MUSCLE proteins, ORGANIC compounds, POLYMERASE chain reaction, STATISTICAL hypothesis testing, STATISTICS, T-test (Statistics), TRANSCRIPTION factors, TRANSFORMING growth factors-beta, URETERIC obstruction, WESTERN immunoblotting, PHYTOCHEMICALS, DATA analysis, FIBROSIS, RESVERATROL, REVERSE transcriptase polymerase chain reaction, DATA analysis software, GENE expression profiling, FLUOROIMMUNOASSAY, IN vitro studies, ONE-way analysis of variance, IN vivo studies
Database:
Complementary Index

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Pterostilbene (PTB) is a derivative of resveratrol present in grapes and blueberries. PTB is structurally similar to resveratrol, possessing properties such as being analgesic, anti-aging, antidiabetic, anti-inflammatory, anti-obesity, anti-oxidation, cholesterol-reductive, and neuroprotective. However, there have not been reports on the effect of PTB on macrophage-myofibroblast transition (MMT) induced fibrosis in kidney. In this study, we investigated the antifibrotic effects of PTB on the in vivo mouse unilateral ureteral obstruction (UUO) model and in vitro MMT cells. Kidneys subjected to UUO with PTB treatment were collected for the investigation of PTB mediating MMT derived renal interstitial fibrosis. We conducted kidney RNA-seq transcriptomes and TGF- β 1-induced bone marrow-derived macrophages assays to determine the mechanisms of PTB. We found that PTB treatment suppressed the interstitial fibrosis in UUO mice. PTB also attenuated the number of MMT cells in vivo and in vitro. The transcriptomic analysis showed that CXCL10 may play a central role in the process of PTB-treated renal fibrosis. The siRNA-mediated CXCL10 knockdown decreased the number of MMT cells in TGF- β 1-induced bone marrow-derived macrophages. Our results suggested that PTB attenuated renal interstitial fibrosis by mediating MMT by regulating transcriptional activity of CXCL10. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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