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Background  Aiweixin (AWX) is a traditional Uyghur medicine prescription, and has been mainly used to treat heart and brain diseases for a long time. Previous studies indicated that AWX had therapeutic effects in a rat model of myocardial ischemia reperfusion injury. In this study, we investigate whether AWX has protective effects against chromium toxicity in  Caenorhabditis elegans  ( C. elegans ).    Methods  The AWX decoction was the conventional product for clinical use. It was added into M9 buffer in a certain volume for the treatment to the wild-type  C. elegans  and mutational worms,  daf-16, glp-1(notch), daf-2, rsks-1 and eat-2.  Assays for hexavalent chromium {Cr(VI)} stress and reactive oxygen species (ROS) production were used.    Results  We found that AWX at moderate contents (0.083, 0.1, 0.125 volume of AWX/total volume) increased resistance of  C. elegans  to Cr(VI) exposure, although higher contents of AWX are toxic for  C. elegans.  The protective effect of AWX was DAF-16-dependent, but independent on the DAF-2, GLP-1, RSKS-1 and EAT-2. AWX (0.1 volume of AWX/total volume) significantly reduced ROS production of  C. elegans  induced by Cr(VI) exposure.    Conclusion  These results indicated the AWX protected against the toxicity of Cr(VI) in  C. elegans,  and the oxidative stress protective mechanism in worms should be involved.

Aiweixin, a traditional Uyghur medicinal formula, protects against chromium toxicity in caenorhabditis elegans