Affiliation:
1. National Engineering Research Center for Bioengineering Drugs and the Technologies, Institute of Translational Medicine, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, China
2. Precision Medicine Institute, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China
3. School of Public Health and Key Laboratory of Preventive Medicine, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, China
Abstract
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a group of metabolic diseases, and there is an urgent need to develop new therapeutic DM oral drugs with fewer side effects and sound therapeutic efficacy. In this study, a β cell expansion factor A (BefA) production strain of Escherichia coli (BL21-pet 28C-BefA) was constructed, and the antidiabetes effect of BefA was evaluated using type 1 DM (T1DM) and type 2 DM (T2DM) mice models. The T1DM mice results indicated that BefA significantly reduced blood glucose levels; exerted a protective effect on islet β cell morphology; downregulated the expressions of TLR-4, p-NFκB/NFκB, and Bax/Bcl-2, and the secretion levels of IL-1β and TNF-α; increased the expression of PDX-1 protein and insulin secretion in a concentration-dependent manner; and restored the disturbed microbial diversity to normal levels. Similarly with the T1DM mice, BefA obviously increased islet β cells and reduced the inflammatory reaction and apoptosis in T2DM mice, as well as improved liver lipid metabolism by downregulating the expressions of CEBP-α, ACC, and Fasn; inhibited the synthesis of triglycerides; and induced Cpt-1, Hmgcs2, and Pparα in a concentration-dependent manner. In conclusion, BefA alleviates diabetes via increasing the number of islet β cells, reducing the inflammatory reaction and apoptosis, improving liver lipid metabolism, and restoring microbial diversity to normal levels, which provides a new strategy for a DM oral drug.
Funder
“Double 10 Thousand Plan” of Jiangxi Province
Subject
Cell Biology,Aging,General Medicine,Biochemistry
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