PMID- 36030747 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220926 LR - 20220926 IS - 1618-095X (Electronic) IS - 0944-7113 (Linking) VI - 106 DP - 2022 Nov TI - Polydatin prevents lipotoxicity-induced dysfunction in pancreatic beta-cells by inhibiting endoplasmic reticulum stress and excessive autophagy. PG - 154410 LID - S0944-7113(22)00499-8 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.phymed.2022.154410 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Chronically elevated free fatty acid levels can adversely affect pancreatic beta-cells, leading to insulin resistance and eventually type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Polydatin (PD) from Polygonum cuspidatum has been shown to regulate blood lipid content and lower cholesterol levels. However, there have been no reports on the potential therapeutic effects and actions of PD on lipotoxicity in beta-cells. PURPOSE: This study aimed to investigate the protective effects of PD on palmitate (PA)-treated INS-1 insulinoma cells and diabetic mice. METHODS: Cells were incubated with PA and varying concentrations of PD for 24 h. Viability assays, morphological observations, flow cytometric analysis, western blotting, and reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction were used to assess the effects of PD on PA-induced lipotoxicity. Western blotting was used to measure the endoplasmic reticulum stress (ERS) and the levels of autophagy-related factors after incubation with inducers and inhibitors of ERS and autophagy. Diabetic mice were treated with intragastric PD for 6 weeks followed by the measurement of their physiological and blood lipid indices and assessment of the results of histological and immunofluorescence analyses. RESULTS: Treatment with PD after PA exposure enhanced insulin secretion and the expression of diabetes-associated genes. PD promoted beta-cell function by reducing the levels of proteins associated with ERS and autophagy while also attenuating ERS triggered by tunicamycin. PD also reduced tunicamycin-induced autophagy, indicating that it regulated ERS-mediated autophagy and reduced PA-induced cellular dysfunction. In addition, treatment of db/db mice with PD substantially reduced body weight gain, alleviated dyslipidemia, improved beta-cell function, and reduced insulin resistance. CONCLUSION: These results suggest that PD protects beta-cells from lipotoxicity-induced dysfunction and apoptosis by inhibiting ERS and preventing excessive autophagy. Our study provides a new basis for exploring the potential of PD against beta-cell lipotoxicity and T2DM. CI - Copyright (c) 2022 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved. FAU - Jin, Wenqi AU - Jin W AD - Research Center of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the Affiliated Hospital to Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, China; College of pharmacy, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, China. FAU - Fan, Meiling AU - Fan M AD - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, China. FAU - Zhang, Yuxin AU - Zhang Y AD - Research Center of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the Affiliated Hospital to Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, China. FAU - Zhang, Qi AU - Zhang Q AD - Research Center of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the Affiliated Hospital to Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, China. FAU - Jing, Chenxu AU - Jing C AD - Research Center of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the Affiliated Hospital to Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, China. FAU - Jiang, Rui AU - Jiang R AD - Research Center of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the Affiliated Hospital to Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, China. FAU - Piao, Chunli AU - Piao C AD - Shenzhen Hospital, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine (Futian), Shenzhen, China. Electronic address: pcl2013@sina.cn. FAU - Sun, Liwei AU - Sun L AD - Research Center of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the Affiliated Hospital to Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, China; Jilin Provincial Science and Technology Innovation Cross-regional Cooperation Center of Traditional Chinese Medicine Health Product Research and Development, Changchun, China. Electronic address: sunnylilwei@163.com. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20220820 PL - Germany TA - Phytomedicine JT - Phytomedicine : international journal of phytotherapy and phytopharmacology JID - 9438794 RN - 0 (Fatty Acids, Nonesterified) RN - 0 (Glucosides) RN - 0 (Palmitates) RN - 0 (Stilbenes) RN - 11089-65-9 (Tunicamycin) RN - 97C5T2UQ7J (Cholesterol) RN - XM261C37CQ (polydatin) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Apoptosis MH - Autophagy MH - Cholesterol/metabolism MH - *Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/metabolism MH - *Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/metabolism MH - Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress MH - Fatty Acids, Nonesterified/metabolism MH - Glucosides MH - *Insulin Resistance MH - *Insulin-Secreting Cells MH - Mice MH - Palmitates/metabolism/toxicity MH - Stilbenes MH - Tunicamycin OTO - NOTNLM OT - Autophagy OT - Endoplasmic reticulum stress OT - Lipotoxicity OT - Polydatin OT - beta-Cell function COIS- Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare no competing financial interests. EDAT- 2022/08/29 06:00 MHDA- 2022/09/28 06:00 CRDT- 2022/08/28 18:21 PHST- 2022/03/12 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/08/13 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/08/19 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/08/29 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/09/28 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/08/28 18:21 [entrez] AID - S0944-7113(22)00499-8 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.phymed.2022.154410 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Phytomedicine. 2022 Nov;106:154410. doi: 10.1016/j.phymed.2022.154410. Epub 2022 Aug 20.