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Geraniol ameliorates diabetic nephropathy via interference with miRNA-21/PTEN/Akt/mTORC1 pathway in rats.

Yasmin Ahmed Mohamed El-Said, Nada Abdelmoneim Abdelhalium Sallam, Afaf Abdel-Moniem Ain-Shoka, Hekma Abdel-Tawab Abdel-Latif

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Article in Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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Yasmin Ahmed Mohamed El-SaidDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt. Yasmin.ahmed@pharma.cu.edu.eg.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4509-6088
Nada Abdelmoneim Abdelhalium SallamDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
Afaf Abdel-Moniem Ain-ShokaDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
Hekma Abdel-Tawab Abdel-LatifDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
Cairo University · EG

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Abstract

Deregulated activity of protein kinase B/mammalian target of rapamycin complex-1 (Akt/mTORC1) incites crucial pathological characteristics of diabetic nephropathy. The acyclic monoterpene geraniol has been recently reported to possess antidiabetic effects; however, its potential renoprotective effect in diabetes has not yet been elucidated. This study aimed to assess the possible modulatory effect of geraniol on the Akt/mTORC1 pathway in diabetes-induced nephropathy in rats compared to the standard antidiabetic drug gliclazide. Geraniol and gliclazide was administered daily to diabetic rats for 6 weeks starting on the 3rd-day post diabetes induction by streptozotocin (STZ). Geraniol amended the deteriorated renal function (serum creatinine; blood urea nitrogen). It exerted a remarkable antihyperglycemic effect that is comparable to that of gliclazide and suppressed the fibrotic marker, transforming growth factor-β. Geraniol restored redox balance and inhibited lipid peroxidation by reducing nicotine amide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase and enhancing the antioxidant enzyme, superoxide dismutase. These beneficial effects were associated with a robust downregulation of miRNA-21 and consequently, reversion of tumor suppressor protein phosphatase and tension homolog (PTEN)/Akt/mTORC1 cue and its downstream proteins required for mesangial cell proliferation and matrix protein synthesis. The current study indicates that geraniol interfered with miRNA-21/ PTEN/AKT/mTORC1 pathway signaling that contributes largely to the progression of mesangial expansion and extracellular matrix deposition in diabetic nephropathy.

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Acyclic MonoterpenesAnimalsDiabetic NephropathiesHypoglycemic AgentsMaleMechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1MicroRNAsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktPTEN PhosphohydrolaseRatsRats, WistarSignal TransductionAcyclic MonoterpenesgeraniolHypoglycemic AgentsMechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1MicroRNAsmirn21 microRNA, ratProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktPTEN PhosphohydrolasePten protein, ratDiabetic nephropathyGeraniolMesangial expansionmiRNA-21mTORC1

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