Aim Ethnopharmacological relevance： Ribes diacanthum Pall. （Saxifragaceae） , a Mongolian folk me- dicinal plant, was used to treat urinary system diseases. The present work aims to investigate the protective effect...Aim Ethnopharmacological relevance： Ribes diacanthum Pall. （Saxifragaceae） , a Mongolian folk me- dicinal plant, was used to treat urinary system diseases. The present work aims to investigate the protective effects of Ribes diacanthum Pall （RDP） against cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity. Methods The renal injury was mod- eled by intraperitoneal injection of cisplatin for 5 consecutive days （5 mg·kg^-1 ）. Nephroprotection of RDP was investigated by oral administration of RDP aqueous extract at a daily dose of 40 mg · kg^- 1 for 14 consecutive days, starting 7 days prior to cisplatin administration. Results We demonstrated that pretreatment with RDP aqueous ex- tract protected the mice from death induced by cisplatin administration. RDP treatment also significantly reduced blood urea nitrogen （BUN） and serum creatinine （Cr） levels observed in cisplatin-administrated mice. Histopatho- logical analysis demonstrated that RDP administration protected cisplatin-induced renal tubular cell apoptosis. Fur- ther western blotting analysis revealed that RDP significantly reversed cisplatin-increased expression levels of cleaved-Caspase-3, Bax and cisplatin-decreased expression level of Bcl-2 in renal tissue. Finally, RDP markedly enhanced enzyme activities of reduced superoxide dismutase （SOD）, Heine oxygenase 1 （HO-1） and catalase （CAT）, suppressed lipid peroxidation as well as reactive oxygen species （ROS） production. Conclusion We concluded that RDP displayed nephroprotective effects against cisplatin-induced renal tubular cell apoptosis, possi- bly associated with both enhanced antioxidase activity and suppressed ROS generation. Given the major nephrotox- icity of cisplatin cancer chemotherapy, RDP might be a potential candidate for neoadjuvant chemotherapy.展开更多
Ribes plants,like most of other fruit trees,are characterized by their large number but small size of somatic chromosomes.In the light of these special characteristics,we have examined several factorial combinations o...Ribes plants,like most of other fruit trees,are characterized by their large number but small size of somatic chromosomes.In the light of these special characteristics,we have examined several factorial combinations of material, pretreatment,slide preparing method and stain to identify the most promising techique for studying the chromosomes and further analyzing the karyotypes and chromosome banding of Ribes plants. The resuts indicated that the combination of root tip with pretreatment of 2 m molL-1 8-hydroxyquinoline plus 0.05% colchicine or 0.3% balm for 3～5 hours at 14℃,pre-hypotonic trcarment of 0.07mol L-1 KCl for 30 min, fixation in Carnoy's fluid,hydrolysis in 5% cellulase and 5% pectinase mixture for 4～5 hours at 25℃, post-hypotonic treatment in distilled water for half an hour and staining in Giemsa could make the chromosome prepa ration superior to other treatment combinations.展开更多
文摘Aim Ethnopharmacological relevance： Ribes diacanthum Pall. （Saxifragaceae） , a Mongolian folk me- dicinal plant, was used to treat urinary system diseases. The present work aims to investigate the protective effects of Ribes diacanthum Pall （RDP） against cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity. Methods The renal injury was mod- eled by intraperitoneal injection of cisplatin for 5 consecutive days （5 mg·kg^-1 ）. Nephroprotection of RDP was investigated by oral administration of RDP aqueous extract at a daily dose of 40 mg · kg^- 1 for 14 consecutive days, starting 7 days prior to cisplatin administration. Results We demonstrated that pretreatment with RDP aqueous ex- tract protected the mice from death induced by cisplatin administration. RDP treatment also significantly reduced blood urea nitrogen （BUN） and serum creatinine （Cr） levels observed in cisplatin-administrated mice. Histopatho- logical analysis demonstrated that RDP administration protected cisplatin-induced renal tubular cell apoptosis. Fur- ther western blotting analysis revealed that RDP significantly reversed cisplatin-increased expression levels of cleaved-Caspase-3, Bax and cisplatin-decreased expression level of Bcl-2 in renal tissue. Finally, RDP markedly enhanced enzyme activities of reduced superoxide dismutase （SOD）, Heine oxygenase 1 （HO-1） and catalase （CAT）, suppressed lipid peroxidation as well as reactive oxygen species （ROS） production. Conclusion We concluded that RDP displayed nephroprotective effects against cisplatin-induced renal tubular cell apoptosis, possi- bly associated with both enhanced antioxidase activity and suppressed ROS generation. Given the major nephrotox- icity of cisplatin cancer chemotherapy, RDP might be a potential candidate for neoadjuvant chemotherapy.
文摘Ribes plants,like most of other fruit trees,are characterized by their large number but small size of somatic chromosomes.In the light of these special characteristics,we have examined several factorial combinations of material, pretreatment,slide preparing method and stain to identify the most promising techique for studying the chromosomes and further analyzing the karyotypes and chromosome banding of Ribes plants. The resuts indicated that the combination of root tip with pretreatment of 2 m molL-1 8-hydroxyquinoline plus 0.05% colchicine or 0.3% balm for 3～5 hours at 14℃,pre-hypotonic trcarment of 0.07mol L-1 KCl for 30 min, fixation in Carnoy's fluid,hydrolysis in 5% cellulase and 5% pectinase mixture for 4～5 hours at 25℃, post-hypotonic treatment in distilled water for half an hour and staining in Giemsa could make the chromosome prepa ration superior to other treatment combinations.
