Affiliation:
1. Department of Critical Care Medicine, Union Jiangbei Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology , Wuhan, Hubei Province, China
Abstract
Abstract
Acute kidney injury (AKI) represents a prevailing complication of sepsis, and its onset involves ferroptosis. Ginsenoside Rg1 exerts a positive effect on kidney diseases. This study explored the action of ginsenoside Rg1 in sepsis-induced AKI (SI-AKI) by regulating ferroptosis in renal tubular epithelial cells (TECs). Sepsis rat models were established using cecal ligation and puncture (CLP) and cell models were established by treating human renal TECs (HK-2) with LPS to induce ferroptosis. Serum creatinine (SCr) and blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and urine KIM1 contents in rats were determined by ELISA kits. Kidney tissues were subjected to immunohistochemical and H&E stainings. Iron concentration, malondialdehyde (MDA), glutathione (GSH), and ferroptosis-related protein (ferritin light chain [FTL], ferritin heavy chain [FTH], GSH peroxidase 4 [GPX4], and Ferroptosis suppressor protein 1 [FSP1]) levels in kidney tissues and HK-2 cells were measured using ELISA kits and Western blotting. HK-2 cell viability was detected by cell counting kit-8, and cell death was observed via propidium iodide staining. Reactive oxygen species accumulation in cells was detected using C11 BODIPY 581/591 as a molecular probe. In CLP rats, ginsenoside Rg1 reduced SCr, BUN, KIM1, and NGAL levels, thus palliating SI-AKI. Additionally, ginsenoside Rg1 decreased iron content, FTL, FTH, and MDA levels, and elevated GPX4, FSP1, and GSH levels, thereby inhibiting lipid peroxidation and ferroptosis. Moreover, FSP1 knockdown annulled the inhibition of ginsenoside Rg1 on ferroptosis. In vitro experiments, ginsenoside Rg1 raised HK-2 cell viability and lowered iron accumulation and lipid peroxidation during ferroptosis, and its antiferroptosis activity was dependent on FSP1. Ginsenoside Rg1 alleviates SI-AKI, possibly resulting from inhibition of ferroptosis in renal TECs through FSP1.
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Subject
Cell Biology,Immunology,Immunology and Allergy
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