Journal Article

A comprehensive insight into the molecular and cellular mechanisms of the effects of Propolis on preserving renal function: a systematic review

Anvarifard, Paniz, Ostadrahimi, Alireza, Ardalan, Mohammadreza, Anbari, Maryam, Ghoreishi, Zohreh

2022

Overview

Background The present systematic review is conducted, focusing on the existing evidence of Propolis's effects due to its various health benefits, mainly antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties on preserving renal function. Methods A systematic search of PubMed, Scopus, Embase, ProQuest, and Google Scholar was undertaken for relevant papers published from the start until January 2021. Results This review revealed that Propolis affects fasting blood sugar (FBS), postprandial blood glucose, advanced glycation end products (AGEs) concentrations, malondialdehyde (MDA) levels, urinary concentrations of reactive oxygen metabolites (Tbars), total oxidant status (TOS), oxidative stress index (OSI), and 8-hydroxy-2′-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) formation favorably. The findings on hemoglobin A1C (HbA1C), insulin, homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), β-cell function (HOMA-β), quantitative insulin sensitivity check index (QUICKI), and lipid profile were controversial. Moreover, a significant reduction in renal nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB), serum immunoglobulins, renal ED-1 + cells, and urinary monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) following Propolis supplementation has been reported, while the results on interleukin-6 (IL-6), tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α), nitric oxide (NO), nitric oxide synthetase (NOS), and high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) were controversial. Furthermore, included studies showed its anti- proteinuria and kidney restoring effects. Conclusion In this review, both human and animal studies provide us evidences that Propolis could potentially improve the glycemic status, oxidative stress, renal tissue damage, and renal function. Further studies are needed to determine the underlying mechanisms.

• Publisher: BioMed Central,BioMed Central Ltd,Springer Nature B.V,BMC
• Subject: 8-Hydroxydeoxyguanosine / Acute kidney injury / Advanced glycosylation end products / AKI / Antioxidants / Bees / Beta cells / Bioavailability / Blood glucose / blood serum / C-reactive protein / chemokine CCL2 / Chronic kidney disease / CKD / Clinical Nutrition / Creatinine / Deoxyguanosine / Diabetes / English language / Enzymes / Flavonoids / glycation / glycohemoglobin / Glycosylation / Health aspects / Hemoglobin / Homeostasis / humans / Immunoglobulins / Inflammation / Insulin / Insulin resistance / Interleukin 6 / Kidney diseases / Kidneys / lipid composition / Malondialdehyde / Medicine / Medicine & Public Health / Metabolic Diseases / Metabolism / Monocyte chemoattractant protein / Monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 / Monocytes / Mortality / NF-κB protein / Nitric oxide / Nitric-oxide synthase / Nosocomial infections / Oxidants / Oxidative stress / Physiological aspects / Propolis / Proteinuria / reactive oxygen species / Renal function / Review / Reviews / Sepsis / Systematic review / Testing / Toxicity / transcription factor NF-kappa B / tumor necrosis factors