title: Effect of Jindangwon on streptozotocin-induced diabetes.
abstract: The inhibitory effects of the traditional herbal medicine Jindangwon (JDW) on streptozotocin (ST)-induced diabetic mellitus were studied using the ST-treated diabetic model. Glucokinase activity of pancreatic islets was severely impaired by ST treatment. However, when ST-treated islets were treated with 1 mg/ml of JDW, the enzyme activities of glucokinase and hexokinase were protected, glucose-6-phosphatase was not. When the effects of JDW on ST-induced ATP/ADP ratio of islets were assayed, JDW was effective in restoring of ATP/ADP ratio. In addition, ST decreased the enzyme activities of PDH, while JDW had a protective effect on the enzyme. ST-induced cGMP accumulation was significantly inhibited by JDW treatment. Furthermore, ST-induced nitrite formation was significantly inhibited by JDW treatment. JDW also showed the suppressed nitrite production in ST-treated pancreatic islet cells. When the islets (200/condition) were treated with ST (5 mM for 30 min), and then JDW was added to the ST-treated cells, 1.0 mg/ml of JDW showed the activated and recovered aconitase activity in pancreatic islet cells. When the effect of ST on the gene expression of pancreatic GLUT2 and glucokinase were examined, the level of GLUT2 and glucokinase mRNA in pancreatic islets was significantly decreased. However, JDW protected and improved the expression of protein and genes, indicating that JDW is effective on ST-induced inhibition of gene expression of GLUT2, glucokinase and proinsulin in islets. These results suggested that JDW is effective in this model to treat ST-induced diabetes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Internal Medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Dongguk University, Kyung-Ju City, Korea.
authors.forename: S Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Y G
authors.initials: YG
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Y C
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D006152:Cyclic GMP / Q000378:metabolism; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism; D004798:Enzymes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D051273:Glucose Transporter Type 2; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism; D000078790:Insulin Secretion; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D009004:Monosaccharide Transport Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D013311:Streptozocin
chemical_list: D004798:Enzymes; D051273:Glucose Transporter Type 2; D007328:Insulin; D009004:Monosaccharide Transport Proteins; D013311:Streptozocin; D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D006152:Cyclic GMP