Quantitative Human Physiology 9. The 8-OHdG levels tended sufar be less elevated in forskolin-treated than in untreated group. In addition, Forskolin was found to inhibit kidney AR activity.

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Out of these, 10, 8, 8, 9, and 1 slices were subjected to 8, 9, 12, 16, and 20 mM glucose, respectively. The time period of slice exposure to stimulatory glucose concentration was adjusted to let the beta cells to achieve a stable plateau activity 32 , To statistically compare the data we log transformed them.

The mean value and its standard error has been computed from the mean values from individual islets. A one-way Anova and Bonferroni post hoc correction for multiple tests have been used to evaluate differences between pairs of treatment at significance level below 0.

Using a wide range of adrenaline concentrations, we attempted to completely suppress the activity elicited by glucose. At progressively higher glucose stimulation the densities redistribute in favor of longer events due to more temporal summation.

Figure 1 The effect of physiological adrenaline on beta and alpha cells activity at 8 mM glucose. A-D Beta cells, E-H Alpha cells. A, E , Regions of interest ROIs obtained by our segmentation algorithm. The color indicates the number of events identified in the ROI trace, upon a high-pass filtering at 0.

We discarded ROIs with number of events below the threshold red dashed line in the histogram in the lower panel. Indicated are the ROI numbers whose filtered traces correlate best with the average trace for the whole islet.

Color indicates the statistical significance in terms of z -score as indicated. The treatment protocol is indicated in the bar at the bottom of the pane. Due to a significantly larger number of ROIs corresponding to beta cells in comparison to alpha cells, this representation should not be used to compare the activity of both cell types directly.

C, G , Normalized Gaussian fits through the logarithmic distribution of halfwidth duration, indicated temporal summation producing 3 discrete modes in beta cells and mostly 1 mode in alpha cells. D, H , Time courses from ROIs indicated in A and E, exposed to an increasing concentration of adrenaline, and rebinned to 2 Hz recorded at 20 Hz.

We showed that adrenaline in a concentration-dependent manner and in physiological concentration range differentially affected both pancreatic endocrine cell types Figure 1. This enabled us to readdress the physiological role of sympathoadrenal system in islet cells in situ.

In some islets stimulated with 8 mM glucose, even the lowest measured physiological concentration of adrenaline 0. The effect of adrenaline was reversible and after a washout, cells returned to their normal activity.

To summarize, when beta cells were stimulated with physiological glucose levels, physiological concentration of adrenaline in a low nanomolar range was sufficient to completely inhibit beta cell collective activity and to stimulate the alpha cell activity.

The first question that arose from the high sensitivity of beta cells to adrenaline under physiological conditions was whether this sensitivity is conserved also with increased glucose load. Could low nM range of adrenaline inhibit activation of beta cell collectives stimulated with 12 mM or higher glucose?

Exposure of the islets to progressively higher glucose concentration demanded a progressively higher adrenaline concentration to complete its inhibition Figure 2.

Despite the relatively high variability in inhibitory adrenaline concentration required for inhibition of the dominant time scale events at progressively higher glucose concentration, there was an evident and rather steep concentration-dependence, and progressively higher adrenaline concentrations were needed to stop the activity of beta cell collectives Figure 2.

It is therefore not surprising that isolated beta cells or islets, routinely stimulated with supraphysiological glucose concentration in a range between 15 and 25 mM, were found to have a rather low sensitivity to pharmacological inhibition with adrenaline.

High concentration of adrenaline 5 µM were needed to differentiate between pancreatic alpha and beta cells 16 , Figure 2 The effect of adrenaline on beta cell activity at supraphysiological glucose stimulation. A-D 12 mM glucose stimulation, E-H 20 mM glucose stimulation. C, G , Normalized Gaussian fit through the logarithmic distribution of halfwidth duration, indicated temporal summation producing 3 discrete modes in beta cells.

D, H , Time courses from ROIs indicated in A, E , exposed to an increasing concentration of adrenaline, and rebinned to 2Hz recorded at 20Hz. I , Adrenaline concentration-dependent inhibition of glucose-dependent activation of beta cell collectives.

The number of islets used for the plot was 10, 8, 8, 9, 1 for 8, 9, 12, 16 and 20 mM glucose, respectively. One-way Anova, followed by a Bonferroni correction for multiple tests revealed the differences at the level below 0.

Based on these results, the next question was, if stronger glucose stimulation could reverse adrenaline inhibition? A glucose increase to 12 mM, rather than 9 mM, was sufficient to override the inhibitory effect of adrenaline on beta cells Figures 3A—D.

This reactivation could in turn be inhibited again with an order of magnitude higher adrenaline concentration in comparison to that used to inhibit 8 mM glucose. Following the same pattern, the effect of adrenaline concentration, sufficient to inhibit beta cell activity at 12 mM glucose could be rescued by 16 mM glucose.

Another order of magnitude higher adrenaline concentration has been required to inhibit beta cells activated at 12 mM glucose Figures 3A—D. Figure 3 The rescue of adrenaline inhibition of 8 mM stimulated beta cell collective activity with higher glucose concentration or forskolin.

A-D Rescue with 12 mM glucose, E-H Rescue with nM foskolin. C, G , Normalized Gaussian fit through the logarithmic distribution of halfwidth duration.

D, H , Time courses from ROIs indicated in A, E , exposed to an increasing concentration of adrenaline or forskolin, and rebinned to 2Hz recorded at 20Hz. Our next question has been whether high glucose concentration rescue of adrenaline inhibition of beta cell collectives could be reproduced by directly pharmacological targeting of the cAMP production?

To assess this, we first stimulated islets with physiological levels of glucose, inhibited the response with adrenaline, and finally added forskolin, a direct stimulator of the adenylate cyclase, which has been previously described to raise the cytosolic cAMP concentration over several orders of magnitude in a concentration-dependent manner 33 , To fairly mimic the effect observed with glucose, we had to lower the concentration of forskolin from typically used 10 µM, to the nM range.

Already nM concentration of forskolin namely sufficed to reproduce the effect of higher glucose concentration Figures 3E—H. We have demonstrated that cytosolic cAMP concentration could be strongly influenced by extracellular glucose concentration, increasing cAMP concentration over several orders of magnitude.

The last remaining question was, whether an increase of the cytosolic cAMP in sub-stimulatory glucose concentration would be sufficient to trigger and maintain the coherent activation of beta cells collectives As can be seen in Figure 4 , forskolin at concentrations sufficient to rescue the adrenalin inhibition, failed to trigger cross-correlated activity in beta cell collectives.

Sequent increase of glucose to 7 mM, just above the threshold level triggered a biphasic activation of beta cell collectives Figures 4B-D. In summary, cAMP concentration is an important cytosolic factor to control the activity of beta cell collectives in situ, however it is not sufficient to activate the cross-correlated activity.

Figure 4 The effect of foskolin stimulation of beta at glucose concentrations around the stimulation threshold. A , Regions of interest ROIs obtained by our segmentation algorithm. We discarded ROIs with number of events below the threshold. C , Normalized Gaussian fit through the logarithmic distribution of halfwidth.

D , Time courses from ROIs indicated in A, rebinned to 2Hz recorded at 20Hz. Note the progressive recruitment of beta cells at sub threshold glucose concentration and explosive activation, reactivation and cross-correlation with 7 mM glucose.

The abscissa is shared for all plots on the right side. It has been previously shown that glucose stimulation of beta cells can result in the cytosolic accumulation of cAMP This accumulation has been however found to play only a minor role in direct stimulation of insulin release, but exerted a prominent modulation of the process The currently dominant concept regarding pathways regulating the cytosolic level of this potent second messenger molecule would include metabolic, hormonal and neural, but no direct glucose as ligand inputs to beta cells The evidence for a direct glucose sensing that could significantly contribute to the cytosolic production of cAMP has been provided early on 29 , This concept, following the so-called receptor hypothesis involves G-protein coupled glucose receptor and has recently received a strong molecular support 38 , 39 , 47 — Still, in the last half of a century both concepts regarding glucose-dependent origin of cAMP developed a rather poor intersection.

We therefore decided to readdress the role of cAMP in glucose-dependent activation of beta cell collectives and potential complementarity of the concepts mentioned above. Our results suggest, that glucose alone, similarly to forskolin promotes beta cell activity with generation of cAMP in beta cells.

The dynamic range of intracellular levels of cAMP are conceivably similarly steeply dependent on stimulatory glucose concentration used.

The changes in cytosolic cAMP concentration from any of the possible sources, either directly G-protein mediated, metabolic, hormonal or neural inputs modulate the beta cell activity, possibly leading to changed insulin release. In this study we used the fact that adrenaline exerts its major inhibitory effect on beta cells, likely through α 2 -adrenergic receptors.

Such adrenergic receptor activation leads to a decreased AC activity, lowering of cAMP levels and reduced activity of downstream targets, like PKA. Both receptors represent important targets for PKA 51 , and their phosphorylation is known to destabilize the receptors and increase the opening probability of the channels and increase CICR Evidence for a version of this concept has been previously provided for INS-1 and mouse beta cells Our approach enabled us to have a closer look at this, since it is superior to previous tests, with unprecedented temporal and spatial resolution, combined with automatized detection of both ROIs and events.

To support this latter observation, we provide three lines of evidence. Firstly, at a progressively higher stimulatory glucose concentration, a progressively higher adrenaline stimulation of α 2 -adrenergic receptors was required to inhibit the beta cell activity.

Secondly, subsequent application of a higher glucose concentration could override the inhibitory effect of adrenaline obtained a lower glucose concentration, and this activity could only be inhibited with a non-linearly higher adrenaline concentration.

And thirdly, specific elevation of cAMP level with forskolin could override the inhibitory adrenaline effect in a similar way to glucose. The non-linear relationship between the glucose-concentration and beta cell activity may have significant repercussions.

Firstly, regarding the interpretations of the results of the experiments obtained at acute supraphysiological glucose concentrations, where cAMP levels may be orders of magnitude above the physiological levels and with the downstream effectors maximally activated.

This scenario is realistic in culturing beta cell, where high glucose levels in culture media are common. And secondly, it could provide novel insights regarding the efficiency of the sympathoadrenal system in the pathogenesis of hyperglycemia and diabetes mellitus, as it has been shown early on that the catecholamines are elevated in diabetes.

Long-term hyperglycemia during the prediabetic phases due to progressive insulin resistance could wind up cytosolic cAMP levels and challenge the efficiency of the sympathoadrenal system. In theory, in diabetic context the influence of sympathoadrenal system can either be increased or decreased.

It has been previously demonstrated that in diabetic rats α 2 A-adrenergic receptors get upregulated However, such overexpression could on the long run result in downregulation of downstream proteins involved in cAMP production, and lowering cytosolic cAMP levels and inducing beta cells stress, followed by a reduced function.

This would also be one possible explanation why in type 2 diabetics, the sensitivity to GLP-1 is severely impaired In some previous studies, adrenaline in physiological concentrations has been applied to study insulin release inhibition in beta cells.

Rat isolated islet were susceptible to 0. Similarly, adrenaline concentration dependency on insulin secretion inhibition in mice was also previously described. Adrenaline at 0. Partial inhibition was observed at 1 nM adrenaline and it was almost complete at 1 µM adrenaline These results are in good agreement with our data.

Also glucose dependence of adrenaline inhibition has been previously shown using electrical activity measurements In the present study we confirmed these observations at more physiological and in situ conditions with improved spatial and temporal resolution.

In beta cells in tissue slices we were not able to reproduce PKA-dependent changes in the opening probability of L-type voltage-activated channels, although we did not explore the whole concentration range Variability could also be due to different density in α- and β-adrenergic receptors expressed on beta cells 2.

NA and adrenaline were shown to have also stimulatory effects on insulin secretion, through direct and indirect actions. Firstly, glucagon released by alpha cells activated by the sympathoadrenal system 62 , can stimulate insulin release from beta cells 2. Secondly, it is considered that sympathoadrenal system activates β 2 -adrenoceptors on beta cells directly to stimulate insulin secretion The net effect of physiological actions of catecholamines and NA released by postganglionic sympathetic nerve fibers on insulin secretion is dependent on density of α- and β-adrenergic receptors expressed on beta cells.

For this reason the net effect of sympathoadrenal system on insulin secretion from pancreatic beta cells is likely a mélange of inhibitory and stimulatory effects on insulin secretion 2.

We could readily observe the long-term stimulatory effects of adrenaline on alpha cell function, however under our experimental conditions, only a mild and transient positive effect of low concentration of adrenaline which resulted in an elevated bursting frequency soon after the addition of low adrenalin concentration.

Such transient boost of insulin secretion at the beginning of the stress condition could help to provide faster availability of nutrients to critical tissues. Consequently, cAMP levels could exert a wide range shaping of activation and deactivation patterns of these cells in situ in fresh pancreas tissue slices.

Further inquiries can be directed to the corresponding author. The animal study was reviewed and approved by The Ministry of Education, Science and Research, Republic of Austria Licence No: Conceptualization, NS and MSR. Methodology, NS, SP, JP, LKB, JK, MSK, SS, AS, and DK. Writing-original draft preparation, NS, and MSR.

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Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol 6 — Results of the present study have corroborated with the previous reports [22] in which administration of STZ led to the induction of diabetic nephropathy with a significant decrease in GFR which is evident from the elevated levels of serum creatinine and BUN.

However, administration of CME and FSL for 3 weeks normalized various kidney function parameters such as, creatinine and BUN levels leading to improved GFR in diabetic rats. Treatment with fidarestat led even though did not restore the glucose levels in diabetic rats, it led to a significant decrease in the UFR to normal levels evident from the increased GFR which can be attributed to its potent ARI and antioxidant activity.

Development of protienurea which is regarded as a vital marker in diabetic nephropathy is mainly due to the increased excretion of proteins caused by the decrease in GFR.

The mechanism of increased excretion of these proteins has also been attributed to the decreased tubular reabsorption during diabetes [23]. In consistent with the above findings, the present study exhibited higher urine protein levels in diabetic rats when compared to naïve group.

On the other hand administration of CME and FSL significantly reduced the degree of protienurea. Hyperglycemia accelerates the activity of AR which is a key enzyme in the conversion of glucose to sorbitol with a parallel decrease in NADPH and glutathione.

This loss of antioxidant reducing equivalents results in the increased susceptibility to oxidative stress associated with intracellular reactive oxygen species [24]. Further, accumulation of impermeable sorbitol results in the increased glycation of intracellular proteins leading to the elevated formation of AGEs.

Increased AR activity triggers various signal transduction pathways such as PKC and JNK resulting in the overproduction of cytokines such as TGF-β.

Increasing evidence from several studies reported the elevation of AR in the renal tissue during diabetes and a favourable influence of ARIs in diabetic nephropathy [25]. Thus, the preliminary studies which suggested CME and FSL as a potent ARI in vitro were evaluated for its therapeutic efficacy in diabetic nephropathy.

In the present study, AR activity was significantly increased in diabetic rats, which was inhibited by administration of CME and FSL. Consequently, the in vivo ARI potential of CME and FSL was also established. Further, chronic hyperglycemia leads to accumulation of AGEs in the kidney with consequent loss of membrane integrity [26] and since AGEs play an important role in the progress of diabetic nephropathy, the levels of AGEs formation in the kidneys were estimated.

Administration of CME and FSL to diabetic rats significantly inhibited the formation of AGEs demonstrating its beneficial role in the therapy of the disease.

The results support the earlier report by Lv et al. Further, administration of fidarestat led to an insignificant decrease in the AGEs which can be attributed to the high glucose levels, never the less, the potent AR inhibitory activity of the drug along with its ability to inhibit the oxidative stress in the rats could have contributed to the normalization of the kidney function in the diabetic rats.

Several studies involving both preclinical and clinical studies suggest that oxidative stress play a vital role in the development of diabetic complications.

Hyperglycemia induces free radical generation, combined with AR mediated decrease in NADPH and glutathione leads to oxidative stress [28]. TBARS MDA which is a marker of lipid peroxidation in kidneys, was increased in the diabetic untreated rats and this increase in TBARS was significantly decreased by administration of CME and FSL.

Moreover, nitrate was also considered as an index of oxidative damage [29] since these are oxidation products of NO. In the present investigation, observed that the serum and nitrate levels in CME, FSL or fidarestat treated animals were significantly decreased demonstrating its protective role against STZ-induced diabetic nephropathy.

This effect can be attributed to its antioxidant activity along with its ability to inhibit polyol pathway induced oxidative stress. In conclusion, the therapeutic potential of CME and FSL against STZ induced diabetic nephropathy can be attributed to its combined effect of its ability to inhibit AR and AGEs formation along with its well-known antioxidant and antihyperglycemic effects.

However further studies in diabetic model with knockout AR rats are necessary to confirm the exact mechanism of action along with its effect on various other diabetic complications.

Symed Labs Ltd Hyderabad, India are gratefully acknowledged for the generous gift of fidarestat sample. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Damera S, Ajmera RR and Ciddi V Forskolin alleviates diabetic nephropathy via inhibition of aldose reductase and advanced glycation end products formation.

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Take a look at the Recent articles. Forskolin alleviates diabetic nephropathy via inhibition of aldose reductase and advanced glycation end products formation Damera S. Keywords Coleus forskohlii, Forskolin, Aldose reductase, Advanced glycation end products, and Diabetic nephropathy.

Introduction Diabetes mellitus has assumed epidemic proportions worldwide and such as large burden of diabetes is sure to bring an immense burden of complications with it. Materials and methods Chemicals Steptozotocin STZ was purchased from Sigma Aldrich Bangalore, India and Coleus forskohlii methanolic extract CME and Forskolin FSL were procured from Yucca enterprises,Mumbai, India.

Animals Male Wistar rats g were obtained from Jeeva life sciences Pvt. Animal Treatment Diabetes was induced by i. Biochemical estimations Plasma glucose [10], plasma and urine creatinine [11], blood urea nitrogen BUN [12], and total urine protein [13] were estimated using commercially available diagnostic kits Proton Biologicals Ltd.

Estimation of AGEs in kidneys AGEs levels in the kidneys were determined by the method described by Sensi et al. Kidney AR activity AR activity was measured by spectrophotometrically by the method of Kim and Oh [17]. Oxidative stress parameters Oxidative stress parameters Reduced glutathione levels andMDA levels were estimated according to the method previously described by Hiroshi Okhawa et al.

Estimation of reduced glutathione GSH levels in kidney To the 0. Serum nitrate levels Serum nitrate levels were estimated according to the method described by Miranda et al. Statistical analysis The data were analysed by using analysis of variance ANOVA followed by Bonferroni post-test.

Renal function related parameters Blood urea nitrogen, Urinary protein and plasma creatinine were significantly increased in the diabetic control group when compared to naïve animals. Table 1. Effect of CME and FSL on rat kidney aldose reductase inhibitory activity in vitro All values are expressed as mean ±S.

Conclusion In conclusion, the therapeutic potential of CME and FSL against STZ induced diabetic nephropathy can be attributed to its combined effect of its ability to inhibit AR and AGEs formation along with its well-known antioxidant and antihyperglycemic effects.

However further studies in diabetic model with knockout AR rats are necessary to confirm the exact mechanism of action along with its effect on various other diabetic complications Acknowledgements Symed Labs Ltd Hyderabad, India are gratefully acknowledged for the generous gift of fidarestat sample.

Conflict of interest There is no conflict of interest between any of the authors. References Rossing P Diabetic nephropathy: worldwide epidemic and effects of current treatment on natural history. Curr Diab Rep 6: Nat Clin Pract Endocrinol Metab 4: Thyroid hormone controls metabolism and can enhance metabolic rate, which may translate into more fat loss.

The study, published in the International Journal of Medical Sciences, indicated that regular administration of forskolin over the course of eight weeks decreased fasting blood glucose levels. While this preliminary study shows that this supplement may help diabetic and prediabetic patients, more research must be done in order to prove its level of efficacy.

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The mechanism of increasing and maintaining lean body mass is link to the availability of cyclic AMP. By facilitating hormonal action, cyclic AMP may control the thermogenic response of the body to food, increase the utilization of body fat and enhance the metabolic rate of the body.

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a Forsolin of Bioengineering, Lveels of California, Los Lvels, CAProtein for healthy hair and nails E-mail: guzhen ucla. edulegels g. b California NanoSystems Institute, University suvar California, Los Angeles, CAForskolin and blood sugar levels. c Joint Department of Biomedical Suga, Forskolin and blood sugar levels of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NCUSA. d Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, Los Angeles, CAUSA. e Center for Minimally Invasive Therapeutics, University of California, Los Angeles, CAUSA. Insulin administration for the management of diabetes is accompanied by hypoglycemia, which is expected to be mitigated by glucose-responsive smart insulin that has self-regulation ability in response to blood glucose level BGL fluctuation.

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Following centrifugation at 4°C, x g, the protein pellet obtained was mixed with 1mL methanol twice to remove the lipid fraction. The specimens were then dehydrated with graded ethanol series, cleared in xylene and embedded in paraffin wax.

The blocks were then sectioned into 5 µm thick using rotary microtome. The obtained sections were stained with hematoxylin-eosin and the photomicrographs were obtained under light microscope at a magnification of x and analyzed by double blind analysis and scored by the previous method [16].

To score injured tubules, whole tubule numbers per field were considered as standard. AR activity was measured by spectrophotometrically by the method of Kim and Oh [17]. Briefly, the reaction mixture consisted of µL of 0. The reaction was initiated by addition of µL of 10 mM DL-glyceraldehyde as substrate and absorbance was measured at nm using double beam UV spectrophotometer SL, Elico, India for 1 min at 10 sec interval.

Absorbance was recorded for all the concentrations in triplicate. Oxidative stress parameters. Oxidative stress parameters Reduced glutathione levels andMDA levels were estimated according to the method previously described by Hiroshi Okhawa et al.

To the 0. followed by centrifugation. The reaction mixture contains 0. The mixture was made upto 4mL with distilled water and heats it at 95°C for 60 min.

on oil bath. After cooling under tap water, add 1mL of distilled water and 5mL of mixture of n- butanol: pyridine was added and shaken vigorously.

Then the mixture was centrifuged at rpm for 10 min and separate organic layer and measure absorbance at nm. Serum nitrate levels were estimated according to the method described by Miranda et al. The reaction between nitrite, sulphonamide and N- 1-napthyl ethylenediamine leading to the formation of an azo product was quantified by measuring the absorbance of the product at nm.

The data were analysed by using analysis of variance ANOVA followed by Bonferroni post-test. Blood urea nitrogen, Urinary protein and plasma creatinine were significantly increased in the diabetic control group when compared to naïve animals.

Values are expressed as mean ± SEM. Effect of CME and FSL on kidney AGEs and AR in vitro. Induction of diabetic nephropathy in rats led to a significant increase in kidney AGEs levels when compared to naïve animals.

Similarly, the activity of kidney AR was significantly increased in diabetic rats compared to the normal rats.

Table 2 showed in vitro kidney AR activity. In this CME, FSL and FDST of different concentrations showed dose dependent percentage inhibition with low IC50 values when compared to the standard fidarestat. Figure 1. Effect of CME and FSL on alterations in AGE levels in STZ induced diabetic nephropathy in rats.

RFU: Relative Fluorescence Units. Data was analysed by one way ANOVA followed by Bonferroni post-test. Table 2. Effect of CME and FSL on rat kidney aldose reductase inhibitory activity in vitro. All values are expressed as mean ±S.

Light microscopic study of tissue sections revealed that normal rats consisted of intact glomeruli with normal mesangial matrix.

However, diabetic rats exhibited glomeruli with mesangial expansion which is reflected by the changes in histopathological scoring and loss of some podocyte cells in diabetic rats.

Figure 2. Glomerular morphology changes in different experimental groups HE stain, × magnification. a Naive group. b Control group.

Treatment with CME, FSL or fidarestat significantly reverted the TBARS MDA content in renal tissues. Reduced glutathione GSH levels in kidney tissues were significantly increased in CME and FSL treated groups when compared to that of diabetic control group Table 3.

Figure 3. Effect of CME and FSL on alterations in Serum nitrate levels in STZ induced diabetic nephropathy in rats. Table 3. Effect of CME and FSL on oxidative stress levels in STZ induced diabetic nephropathy in rats.

Data was analyzed by one way ANOVA followed by Bonferroni post-test. A large number of studies have documented the evidence that progression of diabetes leads to various complications among which nephropathy is a serious complication with an increasing prevalence worldwide [20].

The disease is characterized by morphological and ultra-structural changes in the kidney including expansion of the molecular matrix. Even though, the pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy is complex and still not fully elucidated, few biochemical alterations such as increase in polyol pathway flux, increased AGEs formation, have been actively studied for their role in the development of diabetic nephropathy.

Diabetic nephropathy which is characterized by increased matrix proteins leading to decreased GFR is considered as a marker for the progression of the disease. Elevation of serum creatinine and BUN in diabetic rats is used as an index of altered GFR in diabetic nephropathy [21].

Results of the present study have corroborated with the previous reports [22] in which administration of STZ led to the induction of diabetic nephropathy with a significant decrease in GFR which is evident from the elevated levels of serum creatinine and BUN.

However, administration of CME and FSL for 3 weeks normalized various kidney function parameters such as, creatinine and BUN levels leading to improved GFR in diabetic rats.

Treatment with fidarestat led even though did not restore the glucose levels in diabetic rats, it led to a significant decrease in the UFR to normal levels evident from the increased GFR which can be attributed to its potent ARI and antioxidant activity.

Development of protienurea which is regarded as a vital marker in diabetic nephropathy is mainly due to the increased excretion of proteins caused by the decrease in GFR.

The mechanism of increased excretion of these proteins has also been attributed to the decreased tubular reabsorption during diabetes [23]. In consistent with the above findings, the present study exhibited higher urine protein levels in diabetic rats when compared to naïve group.

On the other hand administration of CME and FSL significantly reduced the degree of protienurea. Hyperglycemia accelerates the activity of AR which is a key enzyme in the conversion of glucose to sorbitol with a parallel decrease in NADPH and glutathione. This loss of antioxidant reducing equivalents results in the increased susceptibility to oxidative stress associated with intracellular reactive oxygen species [24].

Further, accumulation of impermeable sorbitol results in the increased glycation of intracellular proteins leading to the elevated formation of AGEs. Increased AR activity triggers various signal transduction pathways such as PKC and JNK resulting in the overproduction of cytokines such as TGF-β.

Increasing evidence from several studies reported the elevation of AR in the renal tissue during diabetes and a favourable influence of ARIs in diabetic nephropathy [25]. Thus, the preliminary studies which suggested CME and FSL as a potent ARI in vitro were evaluated for its therapeutic efficacy in diabetic nephropathy.

In the present study, AR activity was significantly increased in diabetic rats, which was inhibited by administration of CME and FSL.

Consequently, the in vivo ARI potential of CME and FSL was also established. Further, chronic hyperglycemia leads to accumulation of AGEs in the kidney with consequent loss of membrane integrity [26] and since AGEs play an important role in the progress of diabetic nephropathy, the levels of AGEs formation in the kidneys were estimated.

Administration of CME and FSL to diabetic rats significantly inhibited the formation of AGEs demonstrating its beneficial role in the therapy of the disease. The results support the earlier report by Lv et al. Further, administration of fidarestat led to an insignificant decrease in the AGEs which can be attributed to the high glucose levels, never the less, the potent AR inhibitory activity of the drug along with its ability to inhibit the oxidative stress in the rats could have contributed to the normalization of the kidney function in the diabetic rats.

Several studies involving both preclinical and clinical studies suggest that oxidative stress play a vital role in the development of diabetic complications. Hyperglycemia induces free radical generation, combined with AR mediated decrease in NADPH and glutathione leads to oxidative stress [28].

TBARS MDA which is a marker of lipid peroxidation in kidneys, was increased in the diabetic untreated rats and this increase in TBARS was significantly decreased by administration of CME and FSL. Moreover, nitrate was also considered as an index of oxidative damage [29] since these are oxidation products of NO.

In the present investigation, observed that the serum and nitrate levels in CME, FSL or fidarestat treated animals were significantly decreased demonstrating its protective role against STZ-induced diabetic nephropathy.

This effect can be attributed to its antioxidant activity along with its ability to inhibit polyol pathway induced oxidative stress. In conclusion, the therapeutic potential of CME and FSL against STZ induced diabetic nephropathy can be attributed to its combined effect of its ability to inhibit AR and AGEs formation along with its well-known antioxidant and antihyperglycemic effects.

However further studies in diabetic model with knockout AR rats are necessary to confirm the exact mechanism of action along with its effect on various other diabetic complications. Symed Labs Ltd Hyderabad, India are gratefully acknowledged for the generous gift of fidarestat sample. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Damera S, Ajmera RR and Ciddi V Forskolin alleviates diabetic nephropathy via inhibition of aldose reductase and advanced glycation end products formation. Diabetes Updates 5: DOI: Professor of Pharmacy, University College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kakatiya University, Warangal, Telangana, India.

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Keywords Coleus forskohlii, Forskolin, Aldose reductase, Advanced glycation end products, and Diabetic nephropathy. Introduction Diabetes mellitus has assumed epidemic proportions worldwide and such as large burden of diabetes is sure to bring an immense burden of complications with it.

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Stengel D, Guenet L, Desmier M, Insel P, Hanoune J Forskolin requires more than the catalytic unit to activate adenylate cyclase. Mol Cell Endocrinol — Watson EL, Dowd FJ Forskolin: effects on mouse parotid gland function.

Biochem Biophys Res Comm — Wiedenkeller DE, Sharp GWG Effects of forskolin on insulin release and cyclic AMP content in rat pancreatic islets. Endocrinology — Wollheim CB, Sharp GWG Regulation of insulin release by calcium.

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J Neurochem — Google Scholar Darfler FJ, Mahan LC, Koachman AM, Insel PA Stimulation by forskolin of intact S49 lymphoma cells involves the nucleotide regulatory protein of adenylate cyclase.

J Cycl Nucl Res — Google Scholar Hellman B, Idahl L-A, Lernmark A, Täljedahl I-B The pancreatic β-cell recognition of insulin secretagogues: does cyclic AMP mediate the effect of glucose.

Proc Natl Acad Sci USA — Google Scholar Huang R-D, Smith MF, Zahler WL Inhibition of forskolin activated adenylate cyclase by ethanol and other solvents.

J Cycl Nucl Res — Google Scholar Insel PA, Stengel D, Ferry N, Hanoune J Regulation of adenylate cyclase of human platelet membranes by forskolin.

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Diabetes —39 Google Scholar Litosch I, Hudson TH, Mills J, Li S, Fain JN Forskolin as an activator of cyclic AMP accumulation and lipolysis in rat adepocytes. Mol Pharmacol — Google Scholar Metzger H, Linder E a Foskolin — a novel ademylate-cyclase-acitivator. IRCS Med Sci Google Scholar Metzger H, Linder E b The positive inotropic acting forskolin, a potent adenylatecyclase activator.

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J Cyclic Nucl Res — Google Scholar Seamon KB, Padgett W, Daly JW Forskolin: unique diterpene activator of adenylate cyclase in membranes and intract cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA — Google Scholar Sharp GWG The adenylate-cyclase-cyclic AMP system in islets of Langerhans and its role in the control of insulin release.

Diabetologia — Google Scholar Siegl AM, Daly JW, Smith JB Inhibition of aggregation and stimulation of cyclic AMP generation in intact human platelets by the diterpene forskolin.

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Publication types	edu , jinqiang g. b California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, CA , USA. c Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC , USA. d Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, Los Angeles, CA , USA. e Center for Minimally Invasive Therapeutics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA , USA. Insulin administration for the management of diabetes is accompanied by hypoglycemia, which is expected to be mitigated by glucose-responsive smart insulin that has self-regulation ability in response to blood glucose level BGL fluctuation. Here, we have prepared a new insulin analog by modifying insulin with forskolin designated as insulin-F , a glucose-transporter Glut inhibitor. In vitro , insulin-F is capable of binding to Glut on erythrocyte ghosts, which can be inhibited by glucose and cytochalasin B. Moreover, insulin-F also binds to endogenous Gluts. Upon a glucose challenge, the elevated level of glucose competitively replaces and liberates insulin-F that binds to Glut, rapidly restoring BGLs to the normal range. Wang, Z. Wang, J. Yu, Y. Zhang, Y. Zeng and Z. Gu, Biomater. To request permission to reproduce material from this article, please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page. If you are an author contributing to an RSC publication, you do not need to request permission provided correct acknowledgement is given. Under normal circumstances, cAMP forms by adenylate cyclase activation due to hormonal stimulation at the cell receptor site. However, forskolin seems to bypass this reaction and allows for an increase in intracellular cAMP to occur. Well, there are several benefits of this to athletes including relaxation of the arteries and smooth muscles, lowering blood pressure, enhanced insulin secretion which can help drive carbohydrates and protein into muscle cells for energy and recovery , increased thyroid hormone function which can help enhance metabolic rate , and significantly increase lipolysis fat burning. Forskolin also seems to benefit other cellular enzymes as well. The breakdown of fat for fuel lipolysis is actually regulated by cAMP. Forskolin has been shown to not only enhance lipolysis but it may also inhibit fat storage from occurring. This is very good news for individuals trying to lose body fat and get lean. Another way that forskolin may allow for fat loss to occur is by stimulating thyroid hormone production and release. Thyroid hormone controls metabolism and can enhance metabolic rate, which may translate into more fat loss. The study, published in the International Journal of Medical Sciences, indicated that regular administration of forskolin over the course of eight weeks decreased fasting blood glucose levels. While this preliminary study shows that this supplement may help diabetic and prediabetic patients, more research must be done in order to prove its level of efficacy. Coleus also works well in treating asthma, cancer, cardiopathy, congestive heart failure, convulsions, cramp, depression, dermatosis, dyspepsia, dysuria, eczema, glaucoma, high blood pressure, hypothyroidism, infertility, insomnia, ischemia, myocardosis, obesity, psoriasis, respirosis, thrombosis and water retention Duke et al. Here, we evaluated the effects of chronic forskolin administration on blood glucose and oxidative stress in 19 male Wistar rats with streptozotocin-induced diabetes compared to 8 healthy male Wistar rats. Rats were treated with forskolin, delivered daily for 8 weeks. Glucose was assessed by measuring fasting blood glucose in diabetic rats and with an oral glucose tolerance test OGTT in healthy rats. In diabetic rats, without forskolin, fasting blood glucose was significantly higher at the end than at the beginning of the experiment 8 weeks. In both healthy and diabetic rats, forskolin treatment lowered the fasting glucose at the end of the experiment but no effect was found on oral glucose tolerance.
Supplementary files	Table 2 showed in vitro kidney AR activity. In this CME, FSL and FDST of different concentrations showed dose dependent percentage inhibition with low IC50 values when compared to the standard fidarestat. Figure 1. Effect of CME and FSL on alterations in AGE levels in STZ induced diabetic nephropathy in rats. RFU: Relative Fluorescence Units. Data was analysed by one way ANOVA followed by Bonferroni post-test. Table 2. Effect of CME and FSL on rat kidney aldose reductase inhibitory activity in vitro. All values are expressed as mean ±S. Light microscopic study of tissue sections revealed that normal rats consisted of intact glomeruli with normal mesangial matrix. However, diabetic rats exhibited glomeruli with mesangial expansion which is reflected by the changes in histopathological scoring and loss of some podocyte cells in diabetic rats. Figure 2. Glomerular morphology changes in different experimental groups HE stain, × magnification. a Naive group. b Control group. Treatment with CME, FSL or fidarestat significantly reverted the TBARS MDA content in renal tissues. Reduced glutathione GSH levels in kidney tissues were significantly increased in CME and FSL treated groups when compared to that of diabetic control group Table 3. Figure 3. Effect of CME and FSL on alterations in Serum nitrate levels in STZ induced diabetic nephropathy in rats. Table 3. Effect of CME and FSL on oxidative stress levels in STZ induced diabetic nephropathy in rats. Data was analyzed by one way ANOVA followed by Bonferroni post-test. A large number of studies have documented the evidence that progression of diabetes leads to various complications among which nephropathy is a serious complication with an increasing prevalence worldwide [20]. The disease is characterized by morphological and ultra-structural changes in the kidney including expansion of the molecular matrix. Even though, the pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy is complex and still not fully elucidated, few biochemical alterations such as increase in polyol pathway flux, increased AGEs formation, have been actively studied for their role in the development of diabetic nephropathy. Diabetic nephropathy which is characterized by increased matrix proteins leading to decreased GFR is considered as a marker for the progression of the disease. Elevation of serum creatinine and BUN in diabetic rats is used as an index of altered GFR in diabetic nephropathy [21]. Results of the present study have corroborated with the previous reports [22] in which administration of STZ led to the induction of diabetic nephropathy with a significant decrease in GFR which is evident from the elevated levels of serum creatinine and BUN. However, administration of CME and FSL for 3 weeks normalized various kidney function parameters such as, creatinine and BUN levels leading to improved GFR in diabetic rats. Treatment with fidarestat led even though did not restore the glucose levels in diabetic rats, it led to a significant decrease in the UFR to normal levels evident from the increased GFR which can be attributed to its potent ARI and antioxidant activity. Development of protienurea which is regarded as a vital marker in diabetic nephropathy is mainly due to the increased excretion of proteins caused by the decrease in GFR. The mechanism of increased excretion of these proteins has also been attributed to the decreased tubular reabsorption during diabetes [23]. In consistent with the above findings, the present study exhibited higher urine protein levels in diabetic rats when compared to naïve group. On the other hand administration of CME and FSL significantly reduced the degree of protienurea. Hyperglycemia accelerates the activity of AR which is a key enzyme in the conversion of glucose to sorbitol with a parallel decrease in NADPH and glutathione. This loss of antioxidant reducing equivalents results in the increased susceptibility to oxidative stress associated with intracellular reactive oxygen species [24]. Further, accumulation of impermeable sorbitol results in the increased glycation of intracellular proteins leading to the elevated formation of AGEs. Increased AR activity triggers various signal transduction pathways such as PKC and JNK resulting in the overproduction of cytokines such as TGF-β. Increasing evidence from several studies reported the elevation of AR in the renal tissue during diabetes and a favourable influence of ARIs in diabetic nephropathy [25]. Thus, the preliminary studies which suggested CME and FSL as a potent ARI in vitro were evaluated for its therapeutic efficacy in diabetic nephropathy. In the present study, AR activity was significantly increased in diabetic rats, which was inhibited by administration of CME and FSL. Consequently, the in vivo ARI potential of CME and FSL was also established. Further, chronic hyperglycemia leads to accumulation of AGEs in the kidney with consequent loss of membrane integrity [26] and since AGEs play an important role in the progress of diabetic nephropathy, the levels of AGEs formation in the kidneys were estimated. Administration of CME and FSL to diabetic rats significantly inhibited the formation of AGEs demonstrating its beneficial role in the therapy of the disease. The results support the earlier report by Lv et al. Further, administration of fidarestat led to an insignificant decrease in the AGEs which can be attributed to the high glucose levels, never the less, the potent AR inhibitory activity of the drug along with its ability to inhibit the oxidative stress in the rats could have contributed to the normalization of the kidney function in the diabetic rats. Several studies involving both preclinical and clinical studies suggest that oxidative stress play a vital role in the development of diabetic complications. Hyperglycemia induces free radical generation, combined with AR mediated decrease in NADPH and glutathione leads to oxidative stress [28]. TBARS MDA which is a marker of lipid peroxidation in kidneys, was increased in the diabetic untreated rats and this increase in TBARS was significantly decreased by administration of CME and FSL. Moreover, nitrate was also considered as an index of oxidative damage [29] since these are oxidation products of NO. In the present investigation, observed that the serum and nitrate levels in CME, FSL or fidarestat treated animals were significantly decreased demonstrating its protective role against STZ-induced diabetic nephropathy. This effect can be attributed to its antioxidant activity along with its ability to inhibit polyol pathway induced oxidative stress. In conclusion, the therapeutic potential of CME and FSL against STZ induced diabetic nephropathy can be attributed to its combined effect of its ability to inhibit AR and AGEs formation along with its well-known antioxidant and antihyperglycemic effects. However further studies in diabetic model with knockout AR rats are necessary to confirm the exact mechanism of action along with its effect on various other diabetic complications. Symed Labs Ltd Hyderabad, India are gratefully acknowledged for the generous gift of fidarestat sample. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Damera S, Ajmera RR and Ciddi V Forskolin alleviates diabetic nephropathy via inhibition of aldose reductase and advanced glycation end products formation. Diabetes Updates 5: DOI: Professor of Pharmacy, University College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kakatiya University, Warangal, Telangana, India. E-mail : bhuvaneswari. bibleraaj uhsm. Home Contact Us. About us About Us Providing cutting-edge scholarly communications to worldwide, enabling them to utilize available resources effectively Read More. About Us Our Mission Our Vision Strategic Goals and Objectives. Open Access News and events Contact Us. For Authors We aim to bring about a change in modern scholarly communications through the effective use of editorial and publishing polices. Read More. Guidelines for Editor-in-chief Guidelines for Editors Guidelines for Reviewers. Special Issues Frequently Asked Questions. Links Advanced knowledge sharing through global community… Read More. Take a look at the Recent articles. Forskolin alleviates diabetic nephropathy via inhibition of aldose reductase and advanced glycation end products formation Damera S. Keywords Coleus forskohlii, Forskolin, Aldose reductase, Advanced glycation end products, and Diabetic nephropathy. Introduction Diabetes mellitus has assumed epidemic proportions worldwide and such as large burden of diabetes is sure to bring an immense burden of complications with it. Materials and methods Chemicals Steptozotocin STZ was purchased from Sigma Aldrich Bangalore, India and Coleus forskohlii methanolic extract CME and Forskolin FSL were procured from Yucca enterprises,Mumbai, India. Animals Male Wistar rats g were obtained from Jeeva life sciences Pvt. Animal Treatment Diabetes was induced by i. Biochemical estimations Plasma glucose [10], plasma and urine creatinine [11], blood urea nitrogen BUN [12], and total urine protein [13] were estimated using commercially available diagnostic kits Proton Biologicals Ltd. Estimation of AGEs in kidneys AGEs levels in the kidneys were determined by the method described by Sensi et al. Kidney AR activity AR activity was measured by spectrophotometrically by the method of Kim and Oh [17]. Oxidative stress parameters Oxidative stress parameters Reduced glutathione levels andMDA levels were estimated according to the method previously described by Hiroshi Okhawa et al. Estimation of reduced glutathione GSH levels in kidney To the 0. Serum nitrate levels Serum nitrate levels were estimated according to the method described by Miranda et al. Statistical analysis The data were analysed by using analysis of variance ANOVA followed by Bonferroni post-test. Renal function related parameters Blood urea nitrogen, Urinary protein and plasma creatinine were significantly increased in the diabetic control group when compared to naïve animals. Table 1. Effect of CME and FSL on rat kidney aldose reductase inhibitory activity in vitro All values are expressed as mean ±S. Conclusion In conclusion, the therapeutic potential of CME and FSL against STZ induced diabetic nephropathy can be attributed to its combined effect of its ability to inhibit AR and AGEs formation along with its well-known antioxidant and antihyperglycemic effects. However further studies in diabetic model with knockout AR rats are necessary to confirm the exact mechanism of action along with its effect on various other diabetic complications Acknowledgements Symed Labs Ltd Hyderabad, India are gratefully acknowledged for the generous gift of fidarestat sample. Conflict of interest There is no conflict of interest between any of the authors. References Rossing P Diabetic nephropathy: worldwide epidemic and effects of current treatment on natural history. Curr Diab Rep 6: Nat Clin Pract Endocrinol Metab 4: Kidney Int Suppl S Diabet Med 7: N Engl J Med Phytother Res III, Mislankar SG, Paul AG Coleus barbatus C. forskohlii Lamiaceae and the potential new drug forskolin Coleonol. Economic Botany Kashiwagi A, Hueckstaedt TP, Foley JE The regulation of glucose transport by cAMP stimulatory via three different mechanisms in rat and human adipocytes. Lacy PE, Kostianovsky M Method for the isolation of intact islets of Langerhans from the rat pancreas. Diabetes — Litosch I, Hudson TH, Mills J, Li S, Fain JN Forskolin as an activator of cyclic AMP accumulation and lipolysis in rat adepocytes. Mol Pharmacol — Metzger H, Linder E a Foskolin — a novel ademylate-cyclase-acitivator. IRCS Med Sci Metzger H, Linder E b The positive inotropic acting forskolin, a potent adenylatecyclase activator. Robberecht P, Wallbroeck M, Chatelain P, Camus J-C, Christophe J Inhibition of forskolin-stimulated cardiac adenylate cyclase activity by short-chain alcohols. FEBS Letters — Seamon KB, Daly JW a Activation of adenylate cyclase by the diterpene forskolin does not require the guanine nucleotide regulatory protein. Seamon KB, Daly JW b Forskolin: a unique diterpene activator of cyclic AMP-generating systems. J Cyclic Nucl Res — Seamon KB, Padgett W, Daly JW Forskolin: unique diterpene activator of adenylate cyclase in membranes and intract cells. Sharp GWG The adenylate-cyclase-cyclic AMP system in islets of Langerhans and its role in the control of insulin release. Diabetologia — Siegl AM, Daly JW, Smith JB Inhibition of aggregation and stimulation of cyclic AMP generation in intact human platelets by the diterpene forskolin. Soeldner JS, Slone D Critical variables in the radioimmunoassay of seruminsulin using the double antibody technique. Stengel D, Guenet L, Desmier M, Insel P, Hanoune J Forskolin requires more than the catalytic unit to activate adenylate cyclase. Mol Cell Endocrinol — Watson EL, Dowd FJ Forskolin: effects on mouse parotid gland function. Biochem Biophys Res Comm — Wiedenkeller DE, Sharp GWG Effects of forskolin on insulin release and cyclic AMP content in rat pancreatic islets. Endocrinology — Wollheim CB, Sharp GWG Regulation of insulin release by calcium. Physiol Rev — Download references. Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tübingen, D, Tübingen, Germany. You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar. Reprints and permissions. Ammon, H. Effect of forskolin on islet cyclic AMP, insulin secretion, blood glucose and intravenous glucose tolerance in rats. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Arch. Download citation. Received : 13 January Accepted : 05 April Issue Date : December Anyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content:. Sorry, a shareable link is not currently available for this article. Provided by the Springer Nature SharedIt content-sharing initiative. Summary The in vivo effect of forskolin on insulin release, blood glucose and intravenous glucose tolerance test has been studied in the rat. Access this article Log in via an institution. References Bihler J, Sarvh PC, Sloan JG Dual effect of adrenalin on sugar transport in rat diaphragm muscle. Biochim Biophys Acta — Google Scholar Daly JW, Padgett W, Seamon KB Activation of cyclic AMP-generating systems in brain membranes and slices by the diterpen forskolin: aumentation of receptor-mediated responses. J Neurochem — Google Scholar Darfler FJ, Mahan LC, Koachman AM, Insel PA Stimulation by forskolin of intact S49 lymphoma cells involves the nucleotide regulatory protein of adenylate cyclase. J Cycl Nucl Res — Google Scholar Hellman B, Idahl L-A, Lernmark A, Täljedahl I-B The pancreatic β-cell recognition of insulin secretagogues: does cyclic AMP mediate the effect of glucose. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA — Google Scholar Huang R-D, Smith MF, Zahler WL Inhibition of forskolin activated adenylate cyclase by ethanol and other solvents. J Cycl Nucl Res — Google Scholar Insel PA, Stengel D, Ferry N, Hanoune J Regulation of adenylate cyclase of human platelet membranes by forskolin. J Biol Chem — Google Scholar Kashiwagi A, Hueckstaedt TP, Foley JE The regulation of glucose transport by cAMP stimulatory via three different mechanisms in rat and human adipocytes.
Take a look at the Recent articles	Increased AR activity triggers various signal transduction pathways such as PKC and JNK resulting in the overproduction of cytokines such as TGF-β. Increasing evidence from several studies reported the elevation of AR in the renal tissue during diabetes and a favourable influence of ARIs in diabetic nephropathy [25]. Thus, the preliminary studies which suggested CME and FSL as a potent ARI in vitro were evaluated for its therapeutic efficacy in diabetic nephropathy. In the present study, AR activity was significantly increased in diabetic rats, which was inhibited by administration of CME and FSL. Consequently, the in vivo ARI potential of CME and FSL was also established. Further, chronic hyperglycemia leads to accumulation of AGEs in the kidney with consequent loss of membrane integrity [26] and since AGEs play an important role in the progress of diabetic nephropathy, the levels of AGEs formation in the kidneys were estimated. Administration of CME and FSL to diabetic rats significantly inhibited the formation of AGEs demonstrating its beneficial role in the therapy of the disease. The results support the earlier report by Lv et al. Further, administration of fidarestat led to an insignificant decrease in the AGEs which can be attributed to the high glucose levels, never the less, the potent AR inhibitory activity of the drug along with its ability to inhibit the oxidative stress in the rats could have contributed to the normalization of the kidney function in the diabetic rats. Several studies involving both preclinical and clinical studies suggest that oxidative stress play a vital role in the development of diabetic complications. Hyperglycemia induces free radical generation, combined with AR mediated decrease in NADPH and glutathione leads to oxidative stress [28]. TBARS MDA which is a marker of lipid peroxidation in kidneys, was increased in the diabetic untreated rats and this increase in TBARS was significantly decreased by administration of CME and FSL. Moreover, nitrate was also considered as an index of oxidative damage [29] since these are oxidation products of NO. In the present investigation, observed that the serum and nitrate levels in CME, FSL or fidarestat treated animals were significantly decreased demonstrating its protective role against STZ-induced diabetic nephropathy. This effect can be attributed to its antioxidant activity along with its ability to inhibit polyol pathway induced oxidative stress. In conclusion, the therapeutic potential of CME and FSL against STZ induced diabetic nephropathy can be attributed to its combined effect of its ability to inhibit AR and AGEs formation along with its well-known antioxidant and antihyperglycemic effects. However further studies in diabetic model with knockout AR rats are necessary to confirm the exact mechanism of action along with its effect on various other diabetic complications. Symed Labs Ltd Hyderabad, India are gratefully acknowledged for the generous gift of fidarestat sample. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Damera S, Ajmera RR and Ciddi V Forskolin alleviates diabetic nephropathy via inhibition of aldose reductase and advanced glycation end products formation. Diabetes Updates 5: DOI: Professor of Pharmacy, University College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kakatiya University, Warangal, Telangana, India. E-mail : bhuvaneswari. bibleraaj uhsm. Home Contact Us. About us About Us Providing cutting-edge scholarly communications to worldwide, enabling them to utilize available resources effectively Read More. About Us Our Mission Our Vision Strategic Goals and Objectives. Open Access News and events Contact Us. For Authors We aim to bring about a change in modern scholarly communications through the effective use of editorial and publishing polices. Read More. Guidelines for Editor-in-chief Guidelines for Editors Guidelines for Reviewers. Special Issues Frequently Asked Questions. Links Advanced knowledge sharing through global community… Read More. Take a look at the Recent articles. Forskolin alleviates diabetic nephropathy via inhibition of aldose reductase and advanced glycation end products formation Damera S. Keywords Coleus forskohlii, Forskolin, Aldose reductase, Advanced glycation end products, and Diabetic nephropathy. Introduction Diabetes mellitus has assumed epidemic proportions worldwide and such as large burden of diabetes is sure to bring an immense burden of complications with it. Materials and methods Chemicals Steptozotocin STZ was purchased from Sigma Aldrich Bangalore, India and Coleus forskohlii methanolic extract CME and Forskolin FSL were procured from Yucca enterprises,Mumbai, India. Animals Male Wistar rats g were obtained from Jeeva life sciences Pvt. Animal Treatment Diabetes was induced by i. Biochemical estimations Plasma glucose [10], plasma and urine creatinine [11], blood urea nitrogen BUN [12], and total urine protein [13] were estimated using commercially available diagnostic kits Proton Biologicals Ltd. Estimation of AGEs in kidneys AGEs levels in the kidneys were determined by the method described by Sensi et al. Kidney AR activity AR activity was measured by spectrophotometrically by the method of Kim and Oh [17]. Oxidative stress parameters Oxidative stress parameters Reduced glutathione levels andMDA levels were estimated according to the method previously described by Hiroshi Okhawa et al. Estimation of reduced glutathione GSH levels in kidney To the 0. Serum nitrate levels Serum nitrate levels were estimated according to the method described by Miranda et al. Statistical analysis The data were analysed by using analysis of variance ANOVA followed by Bonferroni post-test. Renal function related parameters Blood urea nitrogen, Urinary protein and plasma creatinine were significantly increased in the diabetic control group when compared to naïve animals. Table 1. Effect of CME and FSL on rat kidney aldose reductase inhibitory activity in vitro All values are expressed as mean ±S. Conclusion In conclusion, the therapeutic potential of CME and FSL against STZ induced diabetic nephropathy can be attributed to its combined effect of its ability to inhibit AR and AGEs formation along with its well-known antioxidant and antihyperglycemic effects. However further studies in diabetic model with knockout AR rats are necessary to confirm the exact mechanism of action along with its effect on various other diabetic complications Acknowledgements Symed Labs Ltd Hyderabad, India are gratefully acknowledged for the generous gift of fidarestat sample. Conflict of interest There is no conflict of interest between any of the authors. References Rossing P Diabetic nephropathy: worldwide epidemic and effects of current treatment on natural history. Curr Diab Rep 6: Nat Clin Pract Endocrinol Metab 4: Kidney Int Suppl S Diabet Med 7: N Engl J Med Phytother Res III, Mislankar SG, Paul AG Coleus barbatus C. forskohlii Lamiaceae and the potential new drug forskolin Coleonol. Economic Botany Pateraki I, Andersen-Ranberg J, Hamberger B, Heskes AM, Martens HJ, et al. Plant physiology Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes Used in conjunction with a healthy lifestyle, it can be used to help manage a healthy weight. Another study supporting forskolin for weight management was conducted in The study tested the effects of a topical product that contained tetrahydroxypropyl ethylenediamine, caffeine, carnitine, forskolin and retinol. After 12 weeks, circumference of all treated areas including waist, hips, buttocks and abdomen had decreased, and the appearance of cellulite decreased significantly by week eight. While this does not directly affect fat mass, it may be worth mentioning for those who are concerned about the physical appearance of body fat. Forskolin activates protein phosphatase 2 PP2A , an enzyme that causes rapid rates of cell division. The results of this study indicate that, depending on the type of rectal cancer a patient has, forskolin may have positive effects on slowing or stopping tumor growth. Researchers also discovered that forskolin has the ability to cause apoptosis cell death in multiple myeloma cancer cells. Additionally, when taken with common chemotherapy drugs, it reduced the side effects caused by the treatments. A study done in India found Coleus forskohlii extract to effectively reduce blood pressure in more than 75 percent of the patients tested. The study, published in the International Journal of Medical Sciences , indicated that regular administration of forskolin over the course of eight weeks decreased fasting blood glucose levels. While this preliminary study shows that this supplement may help diabetic and prediabetic patients, more research must be done in order to prove its level of efficacy. Interestingly, the study found no antioxidant activity significant enough to mention. Many champions of forskolin claim it to have significant antioxidant content, but this has not been proven. The evidence does, however, suggest its use to maintain normal blood sugar levels. Asthma , a condition in which airways become inflamed and swollen, is another condition historically treated by forskolin. Forskolin has long been believed to effectively and naturally treat symptoms of glaucoma. Commonly, using it for glaucoma involves an injection directly into the eye, although some recent studies have researched the impact of orally administered supplements as well. One such occasion focused on the control of intraocular pressure, the fluid pressure within the eye. Maintaining stable intraocular pressure is the goal of many common glaucoma treatments for patients with primary open-angle glaucoma, the leading cause of irreversible blindness in the world. Researchers found that taking forskolin orally along with another supplement, rutin had a significant impact on pressure levels and offered an effective treatment for patients who had tried everything else short of surgery. The effects of forskolin are often claimed to be similar to that of garcinia cambogia , another popular weight loss supplement. Like forskolin, garcinia cambogia gives some minor aid in weight loss but is not effective at getting rid of belly fat. You can buy forskolin in various forms. Over-the-counter forskolin powder is available in supplement form. It may also be prescribed in powder form via inhaler for asthma , or injected directly into the eye as part of a glaucoma treatment regimen. Like many supplements that are commonly used for weight loss, there are many disreputable companies selling what they claim to be forskolin extract that are dangerous and contain unnamed ingredients. Regarding forskolin dosage, always follow dosing instructions carefully. If you take medications or have concerns then be sure to take these supplements under the supervision of your healthcare professional. Only doctors can prescribe inhaled or intravenous forskolin. If you believe these treatments may be beneficial to you, please see your healthcare professional for advice on the appropriate forskolin dosage that you should take. What are the dangers of taking forskolin? In both healthy and diabetic rats, forskolin treatment lowered the fasting glucose at the end of the experiment but no effect was found on oral glucose tolerance. The 8-OHdG levels tended to be less elevated in forskolin-treated than in untreated group. Our results showed that chronic administration of forskolin decreased fasting blood glucose levels; however, the reductions of 8-OHdG were not statistically significant. Keywords: 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine; Diabetes; forskolin; glucose.. Abstract Forskolin is a diterpene derived from the plant Coleus forskohlii.
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