Affiliation:
1. Department of Respiratory Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan, People’s Republic of China,
Abstract
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has been demonstrated to be implicated in disorder of insulin secretion and diabetes mellitus. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the protective role of tempol, a powerful antioxidant, in chronic intermittent hypoxia
(IH)-induced pancreatic injury. The rat model of OSA was established by IH exposure. The pathological changes, increased blood-glucose level, and raised proinsulin/insulin ratio in pancreatic tissues of rats received IH were effectively relieved by tempol delivery. In addition, the enhanced levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines, TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-6, and inflammatory mediators, PGE2, cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), NO, and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) in pancreatic tissue were suppressed by tempol. Moreover, tempol inhibited IH-induced apoptosis in pancreatic tissue as evidenced by upregulated Bcl-2 level, and downregulated Bax and cleaved caspase-3 levels. Finally, the abnormal activation of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) and nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells (NF-κB) signaling pathways induced by IH was restrained by tempol administration. In summary, our study demonstrates that tempol relieves IH-induced pancreatic injury by inhibiting inflammatory response and apoptosis, which provides theoretical basis for tempol as an effective treatment for OSA-induced pancreatic injury.
Funder
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Publisher
Institute of Physiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Subject
General Medicine,Physiology
Cited by
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