Original article (Basic research)

Effect of Lycium barbarum polysaccharides on inflammatory cytokines in type 2 diabetes mellitus model mice without myeloid differentiation factor 88 gene

  • WANG Ling-xiao ,
  • LIU Ting-ting ,
  • YANG Xiao-hui ,
  • YAO Zhi-qing ,
  • CAI Hui-zhen
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  • School of Public Health & Management, NingXia Medical University, Yinchuan 750004, China

Online published: 2019-03-19

Supported by

National Natural Science Foundation of China,81460494;Scientific Research Project of Higher Schools in NingXia,NGY2013072;Project for Youth Academic Backbone of NingXia Medical University in 2017

Abstract

Objective · To investigate the effect of Lycium barbarum polysaccharides on inflammatory cytokines in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) mice without myeloid differentiation factor 88 gene (MyD88-/-). Methods · Levels of interleukin 1β (IL-1β), IL-6, IL-8, transforming growth factor β1 (TGF-β1), and IL-10 in serum were assessedELISA in the MyD88-/-T2DM mice which had been administered with different doses of LBP (20, 40, and 80 mg/kg). Momacrophages Raw264.7 were stimulatedlipopolysaccharide (LPS) after treatment with different concentrations of LBP (25, 50, and 100 μg/mL). Then Western blotting was used to detect nuclear translocation level of nuclear factor κB (NF-κB) and protein s of inhibitor of NF-κB (IκB) and p-IκB. Results · Serum levels of IL-1β and TGF-β1 in MyD88-/-T2DM mice were down-regulatedLBP (P<0.05). Cell experiment proved that nuclear migration of NF-κB was dose-dependently inhibitedLBP, and the level of p-IκB was reducedhigh dose of LBP. Conclusion · LBP can reduce some proinflammatory cytokines in the MyD88-/-T2DM mice, which may be related with its inhibitive effect on the phosphorylation of IκB and nuclear migration of NF-κB in the macrophages.

Cite this article

WANG Ling-xiao , LIU Ting-ting , YANG Xiao-hui , YAO Zhi-qing , CAI Hui-zhen . Effect of Lycium barbarum polysaccharides on inflammatory cytokines in type 2 diabetes mellitus model mice without myeloid differentiation factor 88 gene[J]. Journal of Shanghai Jiao Tong University (Medical Science), 2019 , 39(2) : 136 . DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1674-8115.2019.02.006

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