Objective To investigate the improving effect of Bushenhuoxue recipe on diabetic osteoporosis (DOP) rats by regulating the peroxi-some proliferator-activated receptor gamma co-activator 1α (PGC-1α) signaling pathway. Methods Male SD rats were divided into the control group, model group, metformin group (100 mg/kg metformin), Bushen Huoxue recipe group (55 mg/kg Bushen Huoxue recipe), and Bushen Huoxue recipe+SR-18292 group (55 mg/kg Bushen Huoxue recipe and 45 mg/kg SR-18292). In addition to the control group, the DOP model was established by high-fat and high-sugar diet feeding combined with intraperitoneal injection of streptozotocin, and the corresponding drug intervention was given to each group after osteogenic modeling. After 12 weeks of intervention, the femoral bone mineral density (BMD), fasting blood glucose (FBG), fasting insulin (FIns), osteocalcin (OPG), bone alkaline phosphatase (BALP), tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP), femur biomechanical indexes maximum load and stiffness, bone microstructure index trabecular number (Tb.N), trabecular space (Tb.Sp) and trabecular thickness (Tb.Th), protein expression levels of p-AMPK and PGC-1α in femur were measured. Results Compared with the control group, the levels of BMD, OPG, BALP, maximum load, stiffness, Tb.N, Tb.Th, and the protein expression of p-AMPK and PGC-1α decreased, while the levels of FBG, FIns, TRAP and Tb.Sp increased in model group (P<0.05). Compared with model group, the levels of BMD, OPG, BALP, maximum load, stiffness, Tb.N, Tb.Th, and the protein expression of p-AMPK and PGC-1α increased, while the levels of FBG, FIns, TRAP and Tb. Sp decreased in metformin group and Bushen Huoxue recipe group (P<0.05). Compared with Bushen Huoxue recipe group, the levels of BMD, OPG, BALP, maximum load, stiffness, Tb.N, Tb.Th, and the protein expression of PGC-1α decreased, while the levels of FBG, FIns, TRAP and Tb.Sp increased (P<0.05), while the protein expression of p-AMPK did not change significantly (P>0.05) in Bushen Huoxue recipe+SR-18292 group. Conclusion Bushen Huoxue recipe improves DOP of rats by activating AMPK/PGC-1α pathway. |