ABSTRACT
Objective To explore the function of MDA on diabetic nephropathy .Methods Glomerular mesangial cells ( GMC) were pretreated with MDA at a final concentrations of 0μmol/L, 1μmol/L, 5μmol/L, 10μmol/L and 50 μmol/L.MTT assay was used to examine the viability of GMC ) .AnnexinV-FITC was used to evaluate effect of MDA on cell apoptosis .RT-PCR and western blot were used to analyze the expression of Nrf 2, HO-1 andγGCL.Results MDA treatment inhibited GMC viability in a dose-dependent manner .MDA at the concentration of more than 5 μmol/L induced mass production of ROS in GMC ( P<0.05 ) .In addition , antioxygen of tBHQ may relieve MDA-induced reduction of cell viability .MDA inhibited the expression of HO-1 , γGCLand Nrf2 ( P <0.05 ) .Conclusions MDA inhibites GMC viability and promotes the cell apoptosis by ROS production through in-hibiting Nrf2/HO-1-γGCL.