Nephro-Protective Effect of Kangqianling Decoction on Chronic Renal Failure Rats
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Wei Jia, Professor and Co-Director of the UNCG Center for Research Excellence in Bioactive Food Components (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: Ethnopharmacological relevance: Kangqianling decoction (KQL), the modified formulation of a classical Chinese prescription named Taohongsiwu decoction, was clinically employed to treat renal fibrosis in chronic renal failure.
Aim of the study: The present study was designed to examine whether KQL has a protective effect on renal function in association with transforming growth factor-ß (TGF-ß), angiotensin II (Ang II), tumor necrosis factor-a (TNF-a), nuclear factor-?B (NF-?B) in rats with 5/6 renal ablation (Nx)-induced chronic renal failure.
Results: In renal function deterioration progression, the high expression of serum creatinine (Scr), 24-h urine protein and systolic blood pressure were markedly (P < 0.05 or P < 0.01) restored by KQL, respectively, at 4 and 8 weeks. The increasing expressions of renal Ang II (P < 0.05), angiotensin II1-receptor (AT1R) (P < 0.05), TNF-a (P < 0.05), NF-?B (P < 0.001) and urine TGF-ß1 (P < 0.05) were reduced by the treatment of KQL. Immunohistochemical study further confirmed the nephro-protective activity of KQL as compared to the control and Sham group.
Conclusions: The results indicate that KQL is able to protect renal function via ameliorating experimental rat renal failure as found in these renal functional parameters.
Nephro-Protective Effect of Kangqianling Decoction on Chronic Renal Failure Rats
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 122, 367-373
- Language: English
- Date: 2009
- Keywords
- Kangqianling decoction, 5/6 renal ablation, chronic renal failure, renal fibrosis