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  • Title: Caffeic acid phenethyl ester ameliorates changes in IGFs secretion and gene expression in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats.
    Author: Park SH, Min TS.
    Journal: Life Sci; 2006 Mar 06; 78(15):1741-7. PubMed ID: 16277997.
    Abstract:
    The protective effect of caffeic acid phenethyl ester (CAPE) against diabetes-induced alteration of IGFs protein and gene expression was investigated in serum, liver, heart, and kidney. In the present study, diabetic rats exhibited the decrease of IGF-I content in serum, liver and heart but the increase of that in kidney and CAPE blocked them. Diabetic rats also manifested the increase of IGF-II content in serum, liver, heart, and kidney and CAPE prevented them. CAPE prevented the diabetes-induced decrease of liver IGF-I mRNA and IGF-II mRNA, which is similar to pattern of IGFs mRNA in kidney. Moreover, diabetic rats exhibited the decrease of heart IGF-I mRNA but the increase of IGF-II mRNA and CAPE blocked them. In conclusion, CAPE, in part, prevented diabetes-induced alteration of IGF-I and IGF-II protein and gene expression in liver, heart, and kidney in rats.
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