Effects of emodin on autophagy and apoptosis in rats with severe pneumonia caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae by regulating SIRT1/AMPK signaling pathway
10.12092/j.issn.1009-2501.2025.01.005
- VernacularTitle:大黄素调节SIRT1/AMPK信号通路对肺炎克雷伯菌致重症肺炎大鼠细胞自噬和凋亡的影响
- Author:
Xiaoping SONG
1
;
Pingping LIU
;
Xiaolin LIU
;
Yan ZHENG
;
Bin SUN
;
Jian DING
;
Yuanqi ZHU
;
Junfeng LI
Author Information
1. 青岛大学附属青岛市海慈医院(青岛市中医医院)检验科,青岛 266033,山东
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
emodin;
silent information regulator/adenosine monophosphate-activated protein ki-nase signaling pathway;
Klebsiella pneumoniae;
se-vere pneumonia;
rats;
cell autophagy;
apoptosis
- From:
Chinese Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
2025;30(1):42-50
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
AIM:To investigate the effects of emo-din on autophagy and apoptosis in rats with severe pneumonia(KP)caused by K.pneumoniae and its possible mechanism.METHODS:The KP rat model was established by infecting K pneumonia was treat-ed with Emodin.The rats were grouped into Sham surgery group,KP group,low concentration Emodin group,medium concentration Emodin group,high concentration Emodin group,and Emodin+sirtinol(SIRT1 activity inhibitor)group;Arterial partial pres-sure of carbon dioxide(PaCO2),arterial partial pres-sure of oxygen(PaO2)and arterial oxygen saturation(SaO2)were measured by blood gas analyzer;the white blood cells and neutrophils in bronchoalveo-lar lavage fluid(BALF)were measured by Wright-Gi-emsa staining;HE staining was applied to detect pathological changes in lung tissue in each group;ELISA was applied to detect the expression of IL-6,TNF-α,and IL-1β in lung tissues of each group;elec-tron microscopy scanning was applied to observe the autophagy of cells in lung tissues of each group;the expression of LC3B in lung tissues was observed by immunofluorescence staining;TUNEL method was applied to detect changes in cell apoptosis in lung tissue of rats in each group;Western blot was applied to detect the expression of silent informa-tion regulatory factor(SIRT1),adenosine monophos-phate activated protein kinase(AMPK),LC3-Ⅱ,LC3-Ⅰ,c-caspase-3,and caspase-3 proteins in lung tissue.RESULTS:K.pneumoniae caused severe lung tissue damage in rats with pneumonia,increased inflam-matory infiltration and cytokine release in the lungs,arterial blood PaO2 and SaO2 levels de-creased,PaCO2 levels increased,white blood cells and neutrophils count increased in BALF,increased cell apoptosis rate and c-caspase-3/caspase-3 level,and the cell autophagy and the levels of autophagy related proteins LC3-Ⅱ/LC3-Ⅰ were decreased(all P＜0.05),after Emodin treatment,SIRT1/AMPK signal-ing pathway was activated,PaO2 and SaO2 levels in arterial blood were increased,PaCO2 levels was de-creased,inflammatory reaction was inhibited,cell apoptosis in lung tissue was inhibited(all P＜0.05),and cell autophagy level was restored,sirtinol,a SIRT1 inhibitor,partially reversed the therapeutic ef-fect of Emodin on KP rats after inhibiting SIRT1/AMPK signaling pathway(P＜0.05).CONCLUSION:Emodin may enhance autophagy of lung tissue cells and inhibit apoptosis of rat lung tissue cells by acti-vating SIRT1/AMPK pathway,which may provide po-tential therapeutic options for KP.
