Effects of Ganoderma Lucidum shell-broken spore on oxidative stress of the rabbit urinary bladder using an in vivo model of ischemia/reperfusion

Oxidative stress plays an important role in specific disease pathophysiology and the aging process. In the history of human kind, many herbs were utilized for disease prevention and anti-aging treatment. However, there are few direct evidences provided by modern laboratory technology. The current st...

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Published in:Molecular and cellular biochemistry 2017-11, Vol.435 (1-2), p.25-35
Main Authors: Levin, Robert M., Xia, Li, Wei, Wu, Schuler, Catherine, Leggett, Robert E., Lin, Alpha D.-Y.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aging
Aging (artificial)
Analysis
Animals
Antioxidants
Antioxidants (Nutrients)
Antioxidants - chemistry
Antioxidants - pharmacology
Biochemistry
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Bladder
Cardiology
Contractility
Damage assessment
Disease Models, Animal
Drugs
Etiology
Ganoderma lucidum
Herbs
Humans
Hyperplasia
In vivo methods and tests
Ischemia
Life Sciences
Medical Biochemistry
Medical research
Mushrooms
Oncology
Oxidative stress
Oxidative Stress - drug effects
Pretreatment
Rabbits
Reishi - chemistry
Reperfusion
Reperfusion Injury - drug therapy
Reperfusion Injury - metabolism
Shells
Spores, Fungal
Urinary bladder
Urinary Bladder - metabolism
Urinary Bladder - pathology
Urinary Bladder Diseases - drug therapy
Urinary Bladder Diseases - metabolism
Urinary Bladder Diseases - pathology
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Summary:Oxidative stress plays an important role in specific disease pathophysiology and the aging process. In the history of human kind, many herbs were utilized for disease prevention and anti-aging treatment. However, there are few direct evidences provided by modern laboratory technology. The current study was designed to evaluate Ganoderma Lucidum’s (GL) ability to reduce the damage from in vivo ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) using a rabbit model of I/R that has been effectively utilized to prove the effects of drugs and supplements to reduce oxidative stress. Urinary bladder dysfunction secondary to benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is a major affliction of aging men. One of the major etiologies of obstructive bladder dysfunction (OBD) is oxidative stress induced by I/R. Pharmaceutical studies and clinical research have proven that GL is useful in helping to prevent certain types of pathology and also helpful in prolonging human life in part by acting as an antioxidant. Using an in vivo model of I/R, we have investigated the ability of GL to protect bladder function from oxidative damage mediated by I/R. Our studies demonstrated that ischemia followed by reperfusion resulted in a significant decrease in bladder compliance and decreases in the contractile responses to a variety of forms of contractile stimulation. Pretreatment of rabbits with Ganoderma Lucidum prior to subjecting the rabbits to I/R completely inhibited the negative effects of I/R on both the compliance and contractile responses. These results demonstrate that Ganoderma provides excellent protection of bladder function following I/R (oxidative stress).
ISSN:0300-8177
1573-4919
DOI:10.1007/s11010-017-3053-6