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  2. Dietary prenylated flavonoid xanthohumol alleviates oxidative damage and accelerates diabetic wound healing via Nrf2 activation

Dietary prenylated flavonoid xanthohumol alleviates oxidative damage and accelerates diabetic wound healing via Nrf2 activation

  • Food Chem Toxicol. 2022 Feb;160:112813. doi: 10.1016/j.fct.2022.112813.
Xuxiu Lu 1 Mingfei Liu 1 Hui Dong 1 Jinlai Miao 2 Dimitrios Stagos 3 Ming Liu 4
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Affiliations

  • 1 Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Ministry of Education, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, China.
  • 2 Laboratory for Marine Drugs and Bioproducts of Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266237, China; Key Laboratory of Marine Bioactive Substances, First Institute of Oceanography, MNR, Qingdao, 266061, China.
  • 3 Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Biopolis, 41500, Larissa, Greece.
  • 4 Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Ministry of Education, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, China; Laboratory for Marine Drugs and Bioproducts of Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266237, China. Electronic address: lmouc@ouc.edu.cn.
Abstract

Diabetic skin ulcer is one of the most common complications in patients suffering diabetes mellitus. Xanthohumol (XN), a hop-derived prenylated dietary flavonoid, has multiple health beneficial bioactivities. In the present study, we reported XN alleviates oxidative damage and accelerates diabetic wound healing via Nrf2 activation. In vitro, XN attenuated hydrogen peroxide (H2O2)-induced cytotoxicity, ROS production, cell Apoptosis, as well as high glucose-induced cell damage. Mechanistic studies further demonstrated that XN could stabilize nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) and promote its nuclear translocation, which was associated with AMPKα activation and covalent modification of Keap1 by XN. In vivo, XN increased Nrf2 expression and accelerated diabetic wound healing. Our study revealed a novel function of XN in diabetic wound healing as well as the underlying molecular mechanisms, suggesting XN is a promising lead compound and a potential food and/or drug candidate for the treatment of diabetic skin ulcers.

Keywords

AMPKα; Diabetic wound healing; Nrf2; Oxidative stress; XN.

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