XU Tao,ZHENG Yuhua,LEI Yu,et al.Effects of Liqi Huoxue Dripping Pill (理气活血滴丸) on Integrin-YAP/TAZ Pathway in Aorta of ApoE-/- Mice Model of Atherosclerosis[J].Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2022,63(07):671-678. DOI: 10.13288/j.11-2166/r.2022.07.012.
XU Tao,ZHENG Yuhua,LEI Yu,et al.Effects of Liqi Huoxue Dripping Pill (理气活血滴丸) on Integrin-YAP/TAZ Pathway in Aorta of ApoE-/- Mice Model of Atherosclerosis[J].Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2022,63(07):671-678. DOI: 10.13288/j.11-2166/r.2022.07.012.DOI:
Effects of Liqi Huoxue Dripping Pill (理气活血滴丸) on Integrin-YAP/TAZ Pathway in Aorta of ApoE-/- Mice Model of Atherosclerosis
) mice were fed with high fat diet to prepare the atherosclerosis model. Forty-five successfully modeled mice were randomly divided into model group, atorvastatin group, LHDP low-, medium- and high-dose groups, with 9 mice in each group. Nine C57BL/6J mice were set as normal group. LHDP low-, medium- and high-dose groups were given 75, 150 and 300 mg/(kg·d) of LHDP by gavage, respectively; atorvastatin group was given 2 mg/(kg·d) of atorvastatin calcium tablet by gavage,while the normal group and model group were administered with 0.3 ml distilled water daily by gavage. After four weeks, oil red O staining and HE staining were used to observe the pathological changes of aortic root in each group, and the proportion of lumen plaque area was calculated. Western blotting was used to determine the protein expression of integrin αVβ3 (IntegrinαVβ3), YES-related protein (YAP), PDZ binding sequence-containing transcription activation cofactor, phosphorylated YES-related protein (p-YAP), angiogenesis inducer 61 (CYR61) and connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) in aorta.
Results
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Compared to the normal group, there were obvious atherosclerotic plaque seen in the aorta wall in the model group, and a large number of lipid and willow leaf cholesterol crystals; the proportion of atherosclerotic plaque area and the expression of IntegrinαVβ3, YAP, TAZ, CYR61 and CTGF in aorta significantly increased, while the expression of p-YAP protein decreased (
P
<0.05 or
P
<0.01). Compared to the model group, the thickness of atherosclerotic plaque, the willow-shaped cholesterol crystals and fat vacuoles in plaques, as well as the percentage of atherosclerotic plaque area were reduced with varying degrees; the expression of YAP and TAZ proteins decreased, while the expression of p-YAP protein increased in all three LHDP groups and atorvastatin group; the expression of IntegrinαVβ3 protein was reduced in LHDP medium-dose group and atorvastatin group; CYR61 and CTGF protein expression decreased in LHDP medium- and high-dose groups and atorvastatin group (
P
<0.05 or
P
<0.01). Compared to atorvastatin group, the proportion of plaque area, and the fat vacuoles and cholesterol crystals increased in all three LHDP groups; p-YAP protein expression decreased in LHDP low- and high-dose groups; CYR61 and CTGF protein expression increased in LHDP low- and medium-dose groups; the expression of IntegrinαVβ3 protein increased in LHDP low-dose group (
P
<0.05 or
P
<0.01). Compared to LHDP high-dose group, the fat vacuoles and cholesterol crystals in plaques were reduced, and the structure was relatively dense in LHDP medium-dose group; the expression of CYR61 and CTGF protein significantly increased in LHDP low- and medium-dose groups (
P
<0.05 or
P
<0.01). Compared to LHDP medium-dose group, the fat vacuoles and cholesterol crystals in plaques increased in xxx group; the IntegrinαVβ3 protein expression increased, while the p-YAP protein expression decreased in the LHDP low-dose group (
P
<0.05 or
P
<0.01).
Conclusion
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LHDP has anti-atherosclerosis effect, which may be related to the regulation of the integrin-YAP /TAZ pathway of the aorta. The effect is best at high dose of LHDP.
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