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Investigation of the Optimum Preparation of Peach Gum Polysaccharides and the In Vivo and In Vitro Therapeutic Effects on Acute Pyelonephritis

BACKGROUND: Acute pyelonephritis (APN), known as stranguria in traditional Chinese medicine, is commonly treated with antibiotics. However, the rise in antibiotic resistance and the high rates of recurrence of APN make its treatment complicated, thus the development of alternative therapies is criti...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Feifei, Bai, Jie, Zheng, Yao, Liang, Shuai, Lei, Lei, Deng, Xin, Li, Weijun, Liu, Peng, Yang, Guangzhong, Ren, Yongshen
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Publicado: Hindawi 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6930766/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31911807
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/2729343
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author Zhang, Feifei
Bai, Jie
Zheng, Yao
Liang, Shuai
Lei, Lei
Deng, Xin
Li, Weijun
Liu, Peng
Yang, Guangzhong
Ren, Yongshen
author_facet Zhang, Feifei
Bai, Jie
Zheng, Yao
Liang, Shuai
Lei, Lei
Deng, Xin
Li, Weijun
Liu, Peng
Yang, Guangzhong
Ren, Yongshen
author_sort Zhang, Feifei
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description BACKGROUND: Acute pyelonephritis (APN), known as stranguria in traditional Chinese medicine, is commonly treated with antibiotics. However, the rise in antibiotic resistance and the high rates of recurrence of APN make its treatment complicated, thus the development of alternative therapies is critical. Peach gum has long been recognized by traditional Chinese medicine as a food with medicinal value of relieving stranguria, but whether and how its primary constituent peach gum polysaccharides (PGPs) contribute to the diuretic function is still not clear. PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to investigate the optimum extraction process of PGPs and to evaluate its therapeutic effect on APN rats and to discover the underlying mechanism. METHODS: In this study, surface design optimization was adopted to optimize the preparation of PGPs and HPLC and FT-IR spectra were used to evaluate the quality of PGPs; APN model rat was established by the Escherichia coli urinary tract infection method; the therapeutic effect and mechanism of PGPs on APN were determined by the visceral index, biochemical indicators, pathological section of the APN rat, and diuretic activity on mice and antibacterial activity in vitro. RESULTS: Compared with an untreated APN group, the results showed that treatment with PGPs increased the APN-induced attenuation of secretory immunoglobulin A (sIgA) and creatinine clearance and decreased the APN-induced enhancement of the number of white blood cell (WBC), neutrophil counts (NC), bacteria load of the kidneys, kidney index, serum creatinine, urine volume, blood urea nitrogen (BUN), and interleukin-2 (IL-2) levels. The mechanism underlying these effects was further elucidated through in vitro experiments of the antibacterial and antiadhesion effects of PGPs. CONCLUSION: Due to the good therapeutic effects and advantages of PGPs, it could be considered as an alternative medicine to treat APN.
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spelling pubmed-69307662020-01-07 Investigation of the Optimum Preparation of Peach Gum Polysaccharides and the In Vivo and In Vitro Therapeutic Effects on Acute Pyelonephritis Zhang, Feifei Bai, Jie Zheng, Yao Liang, Shuai Lei, Lei Deng, Xin Li, Weijun Liu, Peng Yang, Guangzhong Ren, Yongshen Evid Based Complement Alternat Med Research Article BACKGROUND: Acute pyelonephritis (APN), known as stranguria in traditional Chinese medicine, is commonly treated with antibiotics. However, the rise in antibiotic resistance and the high rates of recurrence of APN make its treatment complicated, thus the development of alternative therapies is critical. Peach gum has long been recognized by traditional Chinese medicine as a food with medicinal value of relieving stranguria, but whether and how its primary constituent peach gum polysaccharides (PGPs) contribute to the diuretic function is still not clear. PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to investigate the optimum extraction process of PGPs and to evaluate its therapeutic effect on APN rats and to discover the underlying mechanism. METHODS: In this study, surface design optimization was adopted to optimize the preparation of PGPs and HPLC and FT-IR spectra were used to evaluate the quality of PGPs; APN model rat was established by the Escherichia coli urinary tract infection method; the therapeutic effect and mechanism of PGPs on APN were determined by the visceral index, biochemical indicators, pathological section of the APN rat, and diuretic activity on mice and antibacterial activity in vitro. RESULTS: Compared with an untreated APN group, the results showed that treatment with PGPs increased the APN-induced attenuation of secretory immunoglobulin A (sIgA) and creatinine clearance and decreased the APN-induced enhancement of the number of white blood cell (WBC), neutrophil counts (NC), bacteria load of the kidneys, kidney index, serum creatinine, urine volume, blood urea nitrogen (BUN), and interleukin-2 (IL-2) levels. The mechanism underlying these effects was further elucidated through in vitro experiments of the antibacterial and antiadhesion effects of PGPs. CONCLUSION: Due to the good therapeutic effects and advantages of PGPs, it could be considered as an alternative medicine to treat APN. Hindawi 2019-12-12 /pmc/articles/PMC6930766/ /pubmed/31911807 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/2729343 Text en Copyright © 2019 Feifei Zhang et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Zhang, Feifei
Bai, Jie
Zheng, Yao
Liang, Shuai
Lei, Lei
Deng, Xin
Li, Weijun
Liu, Peng
Yang, Guangzhong
Ren, Yongshen
Investigation of the Optimum Preparation of Peach Gum Polysaccharides and the In Vivo and In Vitro Therapeutic Effects on Acute Pyelonephritis
title Investigation of the Optimum Preparation of Peach Gum Polysaccharides and the In Vivo and In Vitro Therapeutic Effects on Acute Pyelonephritis
title_full Investigation of the Optimum Preparation of Peach Gum Polysaccharides and the In Vivo and In Vitro Therapeutic Effects on Acute Pyelonephritis
title_fullStr Investigation of the Optimum Preparation of Peach Gum Polysaccharides and the In Vivo and In Vitro Therapeutic Effects on Acute Pyelonephritis
title_full_unstemmed Investigation of the Optimum Preparation of Peach Gum Polysaccharides and the In Vivo and In Vitro Therapeutic Effects on Acute Pyelonephritis
title_short Investigation of the Optimum Preparation of Peach Gum Polysaccharides and the In Vivo and In Vitro Therapeutic Effects on Acute Pyelonephritis
title_sort investigation of the optimum preparation of peach gum polysaccharides and the in vivo and in vitro therapeutic effects on acute pyelonephritis
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6930766/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31911807
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/2729343
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