Zheng Lijie, Bai Yuanmei, Wan Yan, Liu Feifan, Xie Yuhuan, He Jinglin, Guo Peixin
College of Ethnic Medicine, Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine, Yunnan, Kunming, China.
College of Basic Medical Sciences, Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine, Yunnan, Kunming, China.
Front Pharmacol. 2024 Jun 25;15:1300131. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2024.1300131. eCollection 2024.
This study aimed to investigate the potential mechanisms involved in the therapeutic effects of daitongxiao (DTX) on hyperuricemia (HUA). DTX was administered to two animal models of HUA via gavage feeding: HUA quail model (a uricotelic animal with urate oxidase deficiency), treated continuously for 35 days post-HUA induction, and HUA rats (an animal with active urate oxidase), treated continuously for 28 days post-HUA induction. HUA was induced in quail by administering a solution of sterile dry yeast powder via gavage feeding, while in rats, it was induced by intragastric gavage feeding of a solution of adenine and ethambutol hydrochloride. DTX improved overall health; increased bodyweight; reduced renal index, serum urate levels, serum xanthine oxidase activity, blood urea nitrogen, and creatinine; and enhanced urinary and fecal uric acid (UA) excretion in these two animal models. The results of hematoxylin and eosin and hexamine silver staining of kidney sections revealed that DTX significantly mitigated HUA-induced renal structural damage and inflammatory response. The results of quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction, Western blotting, and immunofluorescence analyses revealed that DTX downregulated the renal expression levels of glucose transporter 9 (GLUT9) and upregulated the renal expression levels of organic anion transporters (OAT1 and OAT3) in both HUA models. Thus, the findings of this study suggest that DTX suppresses the progression of HUA by modulating the expression of the UA transporter group members.
本研究旨在探讨大痛风消(DTX)对高尿酸血症(HUA)治疗作用的潜在机制。通过灌胃给药将DTX应用于两种HUA动物模型:HUA鹌鹑模型(一种缺乏尿酸氧化酶的排尿酸动物),在诱导HUA后连续治疗35天;以及HUA大鼠(一种具有活性尿酸氧化酶的动物),在诱导HUA后连续治疗28天。通过灌胃给予无菌干酵母粉溶液诱导鹌鹑发生HUA,而在大鼠中,通过灌胃给予腺嘌呤和盐酸乙胺丁醇溶液诱导HUA。DTX改善了整体健康状况;增加了体重;降低了肾指数、血清尿酸水平、血清黄嘌呤氧化酶活性、血尿素氮和肌酐;并增强了这两种动物模型中尿和粪便尿酸(UA)的排泄。肾脏切片的苏木精-伊红和六胺银染色结果显示,DTX显著减轻了HUA诱导的肾脏结构损伤和炎症反应。定量实时聚合酶链反应、蛋白质免疫印迹和免疫荧光分析结果显示,在两种HUA模型中,DTX均下调了肾脏葡萄糖转运蛋白9(GLUT9)的表达水平,并上调了肾脏有机阴离子转运体(OAT1和OAT3)的表达水平。因此,本研究结果表明,DTX通过调节UA转运体组成员的表达来抑制HUA的进展。