Bio-Screening and Preclinical Trial Lab, Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.
Sci Rep. 2022 Oct 19;12(1):17431. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-21568-8.
Berberine (BBR) is an isoquinoline alkaloid with several clinical therapeutic applications. Its low water solubility, absorption, and cellular bioavailability diminish BBR's therapeutic efficacy. In this study, BBR was encapsulated into bovine serum albumin nanoparticles (BSA NPs) core to reduce BBR limitations and enhance its clinical therapeutic properties. Several physicochemical characterization tools, such as Dynamic Light Scattering and Ultraviolet-Visible spectroscopic measurements, field emission transmission electron microscopy surface morphology, Fourier transforms infrared spectroscopy, thermal stability analysis, and releasing studies, were used to evaluate the BBR-BSA NPs. Compared to BBR, BBR-BSA nanoparticles demonstrated superior free radical scavenging and antioxidant capacities, anti-hemolytic and anticoagulant efficacies, and antimicrobial activities, as demonstrated by the findings of the in vitro studies. Furthermore, a stressed pancreatic rat model was induced using a high-fat, high-sucrose diet plus carbon tetrachloride injection. The in vivo results revealed that BBR-BSA NPs substantially restored peripheral glucose metabolism and insulin sensitivity. Oral administration of BBR-BSA NPs also improved pancreatic β-cells homeostasis, upregulated pancreatic antioxidant mechanisms, inhibited oxidants generation, and attenuated oxidative injury in the stressed pancreatic tissues. In conclusion, our in vitro and in vivo results confirmed that BBR-BSA NPs demonstrated more potent antioxidant properties and restored pancreatic homeostasis compared to BBR.
小檗碱(BBR)是一种具有多种临床治疗应用的异喹啉生物碱。其低水溶性、吸收性和细胞生物利用度降低了 BBR 的治疗效果。在本研究中,将 BBR 包封到牛血清白蛋白纳米颗粒(BSA NPs)核心中,以减少 BBR 的局限性并增强其临床治疗特性。使用几种物理化学特性分析工具,如动态光散射和紫外可见光谱测量、场发射透射电子显微镜表面形态、傅里叶变换红外光谱、热稳定性分析和释放研究,来评估 BBR-BSA NPs。与 BBR 相比,BBR-BSA 纳米颗粒在体外研究中表现出优越的自由基清除和抗氧化能力、抗溶血和抗凝功效以及抗菌活性。此外,使用高脂肪、高蔗糖饮食加四氯化碳注射诱导应激性胰腺大鼠模型。体内结果表明,BBR-BSA NPs 可显著恢复外周葡萄糖代谢和胰岛素敏感性。口服 BBR-BSA NPs 还改善了胰腺β细胞的稳态,上调了胰腺抗氧化机制,抑制了氧化剂的产生,并减轻了应激胰腺组织的氧化损伤。总之,我们的体外和体内结果证实,与 BBR 相比,BBR-BSA NPs 表现出更强的抗氧化特性并恢复了胰腺稳态。
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