EPO对早期糖尿病大鼠肾脏的保护作用

目的观察亚临床剂量EPO对糖尿病大鼠早期肾损伤的影响,并探讨其作用机制。方法将大鼠随机分为正常对照组(NC)、糖尿病组(DM)及糖尿病EPO干预的两个剂量亚组(DMTA和DMTB)。采用链脲佐菌素诱导1型糖尿病大鼠模型,腹腔注射EPO10周后,测定血糖、血压、血红蛋白、肾功能;光镜及电镜下观察肾组织形态学变化;免疫组化分析肾组织细胞凋亡相关蛋白Bcl-2/Bax及细胞因子VEGF的表达。结果实验剂量EPO干预后,大鼠肾功能及其形态学指标得到显著改善;Bcl-2/Bax比值及VEGF表达升高;均呈剂量依赖性。血糖、血压、血红蛋白值与对照组相比无明显变化。结论亚临床剂量EPO可延缓早期糖尿病肾病发展进程,可能与上调Bcl-2/Bax蛋白表达比值,抑制肾脏细胞凋亡有关;在本实验条件下,肾组织VEGF的表达上调未对糖尿病肾病造成不良影响。

Protective effect of EPO on early diabetic rat's kidney

Objective To study the effect of sub-clinical dosage of EPO on early renal lesions of diabetic rats. Methods The rats were randomly divided into normal control group (NC), diabetic group (DM), diabetic rats treated with A-dosage EPO (DMTA), and diabetic rats treated with B-dosage EPO (DMTB). Diabetic rats induced by STZ were given EPO intraperitoneally for 10 weeks; then blood glucose, blood pressure, renal function indexes, renal morphological parameter, the expression of cell apoptosis associated protein Bcl-2/Bax and VEGF were measured. Results After treatment of EPO, renal functional and morphological indexes were improved significantly and the ratio of Bcl-2/Bax and VEGF increased, both in a dose-dependent manner. Blood sugar, blood pressure and hemoglobin concentration had no significant differences. Conclusion Sub-clinical dosage of EPO could play an advantageous role in diabetic nephropathy. Inhibition of cell apoptosis by upregulation of Bcl-2/Bax expression rate may be responsible for renal protective effects despite the upregulation of VEGF.