PMID- 21543205 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120529 LR - 20181201 IS - 1873-4847 (Electronic) IS - 0955-2863 (Linking) VI - 23 IP - 4 DP - 2012 Apr TI - Purple corn anthocyanins dampened high-glucose-induced mesangial fibrosis and inflammation: possible renoprotective role in diabetic nephropathy. PG - 320-31 LID - 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2010.12.008 [doi] AB - Purple corn has been classified as a functional food rich in anthocyanins possessing potential disease-preventive properties. This study examined whether purple corn anthocyanins (PCA) mainly comprised cyanidin 3-glucoside and cyanidin-3-(6''-malonylglucoside) can attenuate high-glucose (HG)-promoted mesangial cell (MC) proliferation and matrix accumulation, major features of diabetic glomerulosclerosis. Human renal MC were cultured for 3 days in media containing 5.5 mM glucose plus 27.5 mM mannitol as osmotic controls or media containing 33 mM glucose in the absence and presence of 1-20 mug/ml PCA. The HG exposure of MC caused substantial increases in connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) expression and collagen IV secretion with mesangial hyperplasia, which were repealed by adding PCA. PCA boosted HG-plummeted membrane type-1 matrix metalloproteinase expression and dampened HG-elevated tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinase-2 expression through disturbing transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta)-SMAD signaling, facilitating extracellular matrix degradation. This study further revealed that PCA ameliorated HG-inflamed mesangial inflammation accompanying induction of intracellular cell adhesion molecule-1 and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) responsible for CTGF expression. The induction of intracellular cell adhesion molecule-1 and MCP-1 was mediated via TGF-beta signaling, which was suppressed by PCA. In addition, the HG-promoted CTGF expression entailed nuclear factor kappaB (NF-kappaB) signaling involved in MCP-1 transcription. The HG-TGF-beta induction was blocked in the presence of a NF-kappaB inhibitor, and the nuclear NF-kappaB translocation was blunted by a TGF-beta receptor 1 inhibitor. PCA dampened NF-kappaB translocation in HG-exposed MC. These results demonstrate that there was a crosstalk between TGF-beta-SMAD and NF-kappaB pathways in the diabetes-associated mesangial fibrosis and inflammation, which appeared to be severed by PCA. CI - Copyright A(c) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Li, Jing AU - Li J AD - Department of Food and Nutrition and the Regional Research Universities Program/Medical & Bio-Materials Research Center, Hallym University, Chuncheon 200-702, Korea. FAU - Lim, Soon Sung AU - Lim SS FAU - Lee, Jae-Yong AU - Lee JY FAU - Kim, Jin-Kyu AU - Kim JK FAU - Kang, Sang-Wook AU - Kang SW FAU - Kim, Jung-Lye AU - Kim JL FAU - Kang, Young-Hee AU - Kang YH LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20110502 PL - United States TA - J Nutr Biochem JT - The Journal of nutritional biochemistry JID - 9010081 RN - 0 (Anthocyanins) RN - 0 (Collagen Type IV) RN - 0 (NF-kappa B) RN - 0 (Transforming Growth Factor beta) RN - 126547-89-5 (Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1) RN - 139568-91-5 (Connective Tissue Growth Factor) RN - EC 3.4.24.24 (Matrix Metalloproteinase 2) RN - IY9XDZ35W2 (Glucose) SB - IM MH - Anthocyanins/*pharmacology MH - Cell Proliferation MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Collagen Type IV/drug effects/metabolism MH - Connective Tissue Growth Factor/metabolism MH - Diabetic Nephropathies/*prevention & control MH - Fibrosis MH - Glomerular Mesangium/drug effects/pathology MH - Glucose/administration & dosage/metabolism MH - Humans MH - Inflammation/*chemically induced/metabolism/pathology MH - Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1/genetics/metabolism MH - Matrix Metalloproteinase 2/genetics/metabolism MH - Mesangial Cells/*drug effects/pathology MH - NF-kappa B/genetics/metabolism MH - Signal Transduction MH - Transforming Growth Factor beta/genetics/metabolism MH - Zea mays/*chemistry EDAT- 2011/05/06 06:00 MHDA- 2012/05/30 06:00 CRDT- 2011/05/06 06:00 PHST- 2010/07/14 00:00 [received] PHST- 2010/11/29 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2010/12/09 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2011/05/06 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/05/06 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/05/30 06:00 [medline] AID - S0955-2863(11)00037-4 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2010.12.008 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Nutr Biochem. 2012 Apr;23(4):320-31. doi: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2010.12.008. Epub 2011 May 2.