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Red Pine Bark Extract Alleviates Akt/GSK-3β Signaling Disruption in the Hippocampus of Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Sprague-Dawley Rats

  • Kwan Joong Kim (Graduate School of Biotechnology, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Zukhra Akhmedova (Graduate School of Biotechnology, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Ho Jin Heo (Division of Applied Life Science (BK21), Institute of Agriculture and Life Science, Gyeongsang National University) ;
  • Dae-Ok Kim (Graduate School of Biotechnology, Kyung Hee University)
  • Received : 2024.03.19
  • Accepted : 2024.04.19
  • Published : 2024.06.28
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Abstract

This study investigates whether red pine (Pinus densiflora Sieb. et Zucc.) bark extract (PBE) can alleviate diabetes and abnormal apoptosis signaling pathways in the hippocampus of streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats. Two dosages of PBE (15 and 30 mg/kg of body weight/day) were administered orally to STZ-induced diabetic SD rats for 20 days. Blood glucose level and body weight were measured once per week. After 20 days of oral administration of PBE, the rat hippocampus was collected, and the production of Akt, p-Akt, GSK-3β, p-GSK-3β, tau, p-tau, Bax, and Bcl-2 proteins were determined by western blot analysis. A decrease in blood glucose level and recovery of body weight were observed in PBE-treated diabetic rats. In the Akt/GSK-3β/tau signaling pathway, PBE inhibited diabetes-induced Akt inactivation, GSK-3β inactivation, and tau hyperphosphorylation. The protein production ratio of Bax/Bcl-2 was restored to the control group level. These results suggest that PBE, rich in phenolic compounds, can be used as a functional food ingredient to ameliorate neuronal apoptosis in diabetes mellitus.

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This work was supported by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Korea and the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF-2020R1F1A1060767).

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