title: Huang-Lian-Jie-Du-Tang supplemented with Schisandra chinensis Baill. and Polygonatum odoratum Druce improved glucose tolerance by potentiating insulinotropic actions in islets in 90% pancreatectomized diabetic rats.
abstract: We investigated to determine what effects, if any, the respective water extracts of Radix scutellariae (RS), Fructus schisandrae chinensis (FSC), Huang-Lian-Jie-Du-Tang (HLJDT), and HLJDT supplemented with FSC, and Rhizoma Polygonati odorati (HLJDT-M) would have on glucose tolerance by modulating glucose-stimulated insulin secretion, beta-cell mass, and morphometry in 90% pancreatectomized (Px) diabetic rats fed high-fat diets. Through the elevation of intracellular cAMP levels, FSC RS, HLJDT, and HLJDT-M increased insulin secretion in Min6 cells and GLP-1 secretion in NCI-H716 cells. After an 8-week period of treatment, it was found that HLJDT-M improved glucose tolerance in an oral glucose tolerance test in Px rats. HLJDT-M also potentiated first- and second-phase insulin secretion, but RS and HLJDT elevated only the second phase at hyperglycemic clamp. RS and HLJDT increased beta-cell mass by hyperplasia and hypertrophy, while HLJDT-M increased it only by hyperplasia. The rise in hyperplasia was associated with elevated IRS2 and PDX-1 expression in the islets. In conclusion, HLJDT-M worked as an anti-diabetic prescription by enhancing insulinotropic actions in diabetic rats.
authors.affiliation: Deptartment of Food and Nutrition, College of Natural Science, Hoseo University, Asan-Si, Korea. smpark@hoseo.edu
authors.forename: Sunmin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Sang Mee
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Il Sung
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.forename: Yang Jin
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jung Bok
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D002460:Cell Line; D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002149:Energy Intake / Q000187:drug effects; D004822:Epididymis / Q000187:drug effects; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic / Q000187:drug effects; D052216:Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 / Q000378:metabolism; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D005951:Glucose Tolerance Test; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D000078790:Insulin Secretion; D050417:Insulin-Secreting Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology; D042541:Intracellular Space / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D010180:Pancreatectomy; D031384:Polygonatum / Q000737:chemistry*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D032141:Schisandra / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D007328:Insulin; C045607:huang-lien-chieh-tu-tang; D052216:Glucagon-Like Peptide 1; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D005947:Glucose