scholarly journals Inhibitory Effects of a Water-Soluble Extract from Culture Medium of Ganoderma lucidum (Rei-shi) Mycelia on Postprandial Blood Glucose Elevation in Type 2 Diabetic Mice and Additional Effect with α-Glucosidase Inhibitors

2011 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yukiko KAWAHARA ◽  
Shinya KAMIUCHI ◽  
Mari OKAZAKI ◽  
Naohiro IWATA ◽  
Tatsuhiro USUI ◽  
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2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meiyan Xuan ◽  
Mari Okazaki ◽  
Naohiro Iwata ◽  
Satoshi Asano ◽  
Shinya Kamiuchi ◽  
...  

Type 2 diabetes mellitus has been known to increase systemic oxidative stress by chronic hyperglycemia and visceral obesity and aggravate cerebral ischemic injury. On the basis of our previous study regarding a water-soluble extract from the culture medium ofGanoderma lucidummycelia (designed as MAK), which exerts antioxidative and neuroprotective effects, the present study was conducted to evaluate the preventive effects of MAK on apoptosis and necroptosis (a programmed necrosis) induced by hypoxia/ischemia (H/I) in type 2 diabetic KKAy mice. H/I was induced by a combination of unilateral common carotid artery ligation with hypoxia (8% O2for 20 min) and subsequent reoxygenation. Pretreatment with MAK (1 g/kg, p.o.) for a week significantly reduced H/I-induced neurological deficits and brain infarction volume assessed at 24 h of reoxygenation. Histochemical analysis showed that MAK significantly suppressed superoxide production, neuronal cell death, and vacuolation in the ischemic penumbra, which was accompanied by a decrease in the numbers of TUNEL- or cleaved caspase-3-positive cells. Furthermore, MAK decreased the expression of receptor-interacting protein kinase 3 mRNA and protein, a key molecule for necroptosis. These results suggest that MAK confers resistance to apoptotic and necroptotic cell death and relieves H/I-induced cerebral ischemic injury in type 2 diabetic mice.


Author(s):  
Hirokazu Matsuzaki ◽  
Yuta Shimizu ◽  
Naohiro Iwata ◽  
Shinya Kamiuchi ◽  
Fumiko Suzuki ◽  
...  

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