[Microdevice for the investigation of high-glucose induced lifespan and the protective effect of polydatin in C. elegans]

Se Pu. 2016 Feb;34(2):140-5. doi: 10.3724/sp.j.1123.2015.10009.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) has been widely used as a model organism for biomedical research due to its sufficient homology with human at molecular or genomic level. In this work, we describe a microfluidic device not only to investigate the response of C. elegans including lifespan and oxidative stress, but also to evaluate the protective effect of polydatin induced by high-glucose condition. It was found that the mean lifespan of worms was significantly reduced and the oxidative stress protein GST-4 was increased in worms that are subjected to high glucose. However, a certain dose of polydatin could weaken the increased oxidative stress induced by high-glucose and extend the lifespan, indicating the protective effect of polydatin against the toxic of high-glucose. The established approach is simple to operate, easy for realtime imaging and multiparatemer evaluations in parallel, providing a potential platform for drug evaluation/screening in a high throughput format at single animal resolution.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Caenorhabditis elegans / growth & development*
  • Glucose / chemistry
  • Glucosides / metabolism*
  • Lab-On-A-Chip Devices*
  • Longevity*
  • Oxidative Stress*
  • Stilbenes / metabolism*

Substances

  • Glucosides
  • Stilbenes
  • Glucose
  • polydatin