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Chinese Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics ›› 2019, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (11): 1249-1255.doi: 10.12092/j.issn.1009-2501.2019.11.006

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Study on the improvement of PI3K/AKT pathway in diabetic rats with neurogenic bladder disease by extract of semen plantannical

ZHANG Heng, WU Haixiao, HU Yang, YANG Qing, HUANG Ting   

  1. Department of Urology, Jinhua Central Hospital of Zhejiang Province, Jinhua 321000, Zhejiang, China
  • Received:2019-05-21 Revised:2019-09-27 Online:2019-11-26 Published:2019-12-02

Abstract:

AIM: To investigate the effects of semen plantain extract on the improvement of neurogenic bladder disease in diabetic rats and the PI3K/AKT pathway. METHODS: Fifty SD rats of the same weight and age were randomly divided into 5 groups, the control group, model group, low dose group, middle dose group and high dose group, 10 in each group. Model group and dosage groups were built of diabetic neurogenic bladder disease model. The blood glucose, food intake, urine volume change, water quantity, and weight were recorded and observed after 4 weeks. After the completion of the model, the low-dose, medium-dose and high-dose groups were treated with plantago extract at the corresponding concentrations from low to high respectively, and the changes in blood glucose from week 5 to 9, metabolism indexes from week 8 and 9, and urodynamic indexes from week 9 were observed. Fluorescence quantitative PCR and Western blot were used to detect the expression of genes related to the PI3K/AKT pathway. RESULTS:Compared with the control group, the blood glucose level in the model group was higher than that in the control group from the first week after modeling (P<0.05), and the blood glucose level in the following three weeks was still higher than those in the control group (P<0.05). At 3th week and 4th week, the food and water intake and urine in the model group was higher than those in the control group (P<0.05), and the body weight of 1st week was lower than that in the control group (P<0.05). At 9th week, the blood glucose level of the middle and high dose groups returned to normal level, and no statistical difference was found between the two groups (P>0.05). The blood glucose level of the high dose group was close to normal level in terms of food and water intake, urine volume and urodynamics, and no statistical difference was observed between the two groups (P>0.05). Compared with the control group, the expressions of PI3K, AKT, p-PI3K and p-AKT in the model group, the low-dose group and the middle-dose group were all significantly decreased (P<0.05), while the differences between the high-dose group and the control group were not significant (P>0.05). CONCLUSION: A certain dose of plantain seed extract can regulate the expression of precursors in the PI3K/AKT pathway, and has significant improvement on neurogenic bladder disease in diabetic rats.

Key words: semen plantaginis extract, PI3K/AKT pathway, diabetic rats, neurogenic bladder disease

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