Experimental study of benazepril intervene Wnt signaling inhibits renal fibrosis in UUO rats / 中国临床药理学与治疗学

ABSTRACT

AIM:To investigate the antagonism mechanism of benazepril on renal fibrosis of unilateral uretreal obstructire (UUO).METHODS:Fiftyfour Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were randomly divided into three groupssham operation group,model group,benazepril group.All the other groups were treated with surgery method of unilateral ureteral ligation to establish a rat model of renal fibrosis except the sham operation group.The pathological changes were observed by Masson staining;the positive staining expression of TGF-β1,Col-Ⅳ,Wnt1,Wnt4 in frozen sections were observed by immunofluorescence staining;the expressions TGF-β1,Col-Ⅳ,Wnt1 and Wnt4 mRNA in renal tissues were detected by real time fluorescence quantitative PCR.RESULTS:Masson staining results:compared with the sham group,the parts of blue dye collagen fiber and the degree of renal fibrosis increased significantly in all modeled groups;compared with the model group,the parts of blue dye collagen fiber and the degree of renal fibrosis decreased significantly in benazepril group.Immunofluorescence and PCR results:compared with the model group,the positive expression of Wnt1,Wnt4,TGF-β1,Col-Ⅳ and mRNA in the benazepril group decreased significantly.CONCLUSION:Benazepril can improve renal fibrosis by inhibiting the expression of TGF-β1,Col-Ⅴ,Wnt1,Wnt4 and ameliorating the level of renal fibrosis.