Attenuated Effects of Deep-Sea Water on Hepatic Apoptosis in STZ-Induced Diabetic Rats

作者：Hsu Tsai Ching; Chiu Chun Ching; Lin Hsou Lin; Kao Tseng Wei; Chen Li Jeng; Wu Li Yi; Huang Chih Yang; Tzang Bor Show^*

来源：Chinese Journal of Physiology, 2015, 58(3): 197-205.

DOI：10.4077/CJP.2015.BAD308

• apoptosis
• deep-sea-water (DSW)
• diabetes mellitus (DM)
• liver
• magnesium (Mg)
• signaling

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a metabolic disorder and increasing evidences have indicated a connection between DM and hepatic abnormality. Deep-sea water (DSW) has been applied in many fields, especially in medicine; herein, we investigated the influence of DSW on hepatic apoptosis in streptozocin (STZ)-induced diabetes rats. Our experimental results firstly demonstrated the beneficial effects of 1xDSW, 2xDSW and 3xDSW in alleviating hepatic apoptosis in STZ-induced diabetic rats. We demonstrated that 1xDSW, 2xDSW and 3xDSW significantly suppressed the caspase-3 activity and TUNEL-positive cells in livers of STZ-induced diabetic rats. Significant reductions of both Fas-dependent and mitochondrial-dependent apoptotic molecules were also detected in livers of STZ-induced diabetic rats receiving DSW. Additionally, apoptotic signaling molecules such as phosphorylated I kappa B-alpha and NF-kappa B were significantly reduced in livers of DSW-treated STZ-induced diabetic rats. These findings indicate hepatic protective effects of DSW on DM and suggest DSW as a possible ingredient for health food.

• 出版日期2015-6-30
• 单位中国医科大学