Salvianolic acid A alleviates renal injury in systemic lupus erythematosus induced by pristane in BALB/c mice

Yihuang Lin; Yu Yan; Huifang Zhang; Yucai Chen; Yangyang He; Shoubao Wang; Lianhua Fang; Yang Lv; Guanhua Du

doi:10.1016/j.apsb.2016.07.001

Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B (Mar 2017)

Salvianolic acid A alleviates renal injury in systemic lupus erythematosus induced by pristane in BALB/c mice

Yihuang Lin,
Yu Yan,
Huifang Zhang,
Yucai Chen,
Yangyang He,
Shoubao Wang,
Lianhua Fang,
Yang Lv,
Guanhua Du

Affiliations

Yihuang Lin: State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Functions of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
Yu Yan: State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Functions of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
Huifang Zhang: State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Functions of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
Yucai Chen: State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Functions of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
Yangyang He: State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Beijing 100037, China
Shoubao Wang: Beijing Key Laboratory of Drug Targets Identification and Drug Screening, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
Lianhua Fang: State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Functions of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
Yang Lv: Beijing Key Laboratory of Polymorphic Drugs, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
Guanhua Du: Beijing Key Laboratory of Drug Targets Identification and Drug Screening, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsb.2016.07.001
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 2
pp. 159 – 166

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of salvianolic acid A (SAA) in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) induced by pristane in BALB/c mice. Lupus mice were established by confirming elevated levels of autoantibodies and IL-6 after intraperitoneal injection of pristane. Mice were then treated with daily oral doses of SAA for 5 months in parallel with mice treated with prednisone and aspirin as positive controls. The levels of autoantibodies were monitored at monthly intervals and nephritic symptoms observed by hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) and periodic acid–Schiff (PAS) staining. Western blot analysis of renal tissue was also employed. SAA treatment caused a significant reduction in the levels of anti-Sm autoantibodies and reduced renal histopathological changes and pathological effects. SAA treatment also significantly inhibited the phosphorylation of IKK, IκB and NFκB in renal tissues of lupus mice. In conclusion, the results suggest that SAA alleviates renal injury in pristane-induced SLE in BALB/c mice through inhibition of phosphorylation of IKK, IκB and NFκB.

Published in Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B

ISSN: 2211-3835 (Print); 2211-3843 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Therapeutics. Pharmacology
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/acta-pharmaceutica-sinica-b

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