PMID- 23180621 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130823 LR - 20161125 IS - 1097-0134 (Electronic) IS - 0887-3585 (Linking) VI - 81 IP - 4 DP - 2013 Apr TI - Salvianolic acid B inhibits the amyloid formation of human islet amyloid polypeptide and protects pancreatic beta-cells against cytotoxicity. PG - 613-21 LID - 10.1002/prot.24216 [doi] AB - The misfolding of human islet amyloid polypeptide (hIAPP) is regarded as one of the causative factors of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Salvia miltiorrhiza (Danshen), one of the most commonly used of traditional Chinese medicines, is often used in Compound Recipes for treating diabetes, however with unclear mechanisms. Since salvianolic acid B (SalB) is the most abundant bioactive ingredient of salvia miltiorrhiza water-extract. In this study, we tested whether SalB has any effect on the amyloidogenicity of hIAPP. Our results clearly suggest that SalB can significantly inhibit the formation of hIAPP amyloid and disaggregate hIAPP fibrils. Furthermore, photo-crosslinking based oligomerization studies suggest SalB significantly suppresses the toxic oligomerization of hIAPP monomers. Cytotoxicity protection effects on pancreatic INS-1 cells by SalB were also observed using MTT-based assays, potentially due to the inhibition on the membrane disruption effects and attenuated mitochondria impairment induced by hIAPP. These results provide evidence that SalB may further be studied on the possible pharmacological treatment for T2DM. CI - Copyright (c) 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. FAU - Cheng, Biao AU - Cheng B AD - Department of Bio-pharmaceutics, Tongji School of Pharmacy, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, People's Republic of China. FAU - Gong, Hao AU - Gong H FAU - Li, Xiaochao AU - Li X FAU - Sun, Yue AU - Sun Y FAU - Chen, Hong AU - Chen H FAU - Zhang, Xin AU - Zhang X FAU - Wu, Qian AU - Wu Q FAU - Zheng, Ling AU - Zheng L FAU - Huang, Kun AU - Huang K LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20121224 PL - United States TA - Proteins JT - Proteins JID - 8700181 RN - 0 (Amyloid) RN - 0 (Benzofurans) RN - 0 (Drugs, Chinese Herbal) RN - 0 (Islet Amyloid Polypeptide) RN - C1GQ844199 (salvianolic acid B) SB - IM MH - Amino Acid Sequence MH - Amyloid/antagonists & inhibitors/chemistry/*metabolism/toxicity MH - Benzofurans/*pharmacology MH - Cell Line MH - Cell Survival/drug effects MH - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/drug therapy/metabolism/pathology MH - Drugs, Chinese Herbal/*pharmacology MH - Erythrocytes/drug effects/pathology MH - Hemolysis/drug effects MH - Humans MH - Insulin-Secreting Cells/*drug effects/metabolism/*pathology MH - Islet Amyloid Polypeptide/antagonists & inhibitors/chemistry/*metabolism/toxicity MH - Mitochondria/drug effects/metabolism/pathology MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Protein Structure, Secondary MH - Salvia miltiorrhiza/chemistry EDAT- 2012/11/28 06:00 MHDA- 2013/08/24 06:00 CRDT- 2012/11/28 06:00 PHST- 2012/08/18 00:00 [received] PHST- 2012/10/22 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2012/11/06 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2012/11/28 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/11/28 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/08/24 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1002/prot.24216 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Proteins. 2013 Apr;81(4):613-21. doi: 10.1002/prot.24216. Epub 2012 Dec 24.