MA Wenxin,ZHU Xiaoyun,WANG Chengna,et al.Effect of Huatan Sanjie Formula (化痰散结方) on Thyroid Angiogenesis and VEGFA/VEGFR2 Signaling Pathway in Graves' Disease Model Mice[J].Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2024,65(19):2025-2031.
MA Wenxin,ZHU Xiaoyun,WANG Chengna,et al.Effect of Huatan Sanjie Formula (化痰散结方) on Thyroid Angiogenesis and VEGFA/VEGFR2 Signaling Pathway in Graves' Disease Model Mice[J].Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2024,65(19):2025-2031.DOI: 10.13288/j.11-2166/r.2024.19.012.
Effect of Huatan Sanjie Formula (化痰散结方) on Thyroid Angiogenesis and VEGFA/VEGFR2 Signaling Pathway in Graves' Disease Model Mice
(化痰散结方, HSF) in treating Graves' disease (GD) from the perspective of thyroid angiogenesis.
Methods
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Thirty-six BALB/c female mice were randomly divided into a normal control group (n=9) and a modeling group (n=27). Mice in the modeling group were injected with 2.0×10
9
PFU/ml of Ad-TSHR289 adenovirus into the tibialis anterior muscle to build GD model. Nine weeks after immunization, the successfully modeled mice were randomly divided into model group, methimazole (MMI) group and HSF group, with 9 mice in each group. The MMI group was given 5.2 mg/(kg·d) of methimazole tablets by gavage, while the HSF group was given HSF at a relative crude drug dosage of 7.02 g/(kg·d) by gavage. The normal control group and the model group were given 0.1 ml/10 g of pure water by gavage. All groups were administered intragastrically once a day for a total of 4 weeks. The levels of thyroxine (T4) and thyrotropin receptor autoantibodies (TRAb) in serum were detected by radioimmunoassay, while the pathological changes of the thyroid gland were assessed by HE staining. The vascular morphology of thyroid tissue was observed by CD34 immunohistochemical staining, and the microvessel density (MVD) was counted. The protein expression of vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGFA) and vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 (VEGFR2) in thyroid was detected by Western-blot.
Results
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Compared to those in the normal control group, the thyroid volume of the mice in the model group significantly increased with excessive congestion
, and the pathology showed significant thyroid follicular hyperplasia, columnar and proliferated epithelial cells, and enlarged follicle size; serum T4 and TRAb significantly increased, as well as the count of thyroid MVD, and the protein expressions of thyroid VEGFA and VEGFR2 (
P
<0.01). Compared to those in the model group, the thyroid glands of the mice in the MMI group and the HSF group were significantly reduced, and the congestion was improved; pathology showed that thyroid follicular hyperplasia and epithelial cell proliferation were reduced, with smooth edges of the follicles and the significantly reduced inward protrusion; serum T4 and TRAb significantly decreased, as well as the thyroid MVD, thyroid VEGFA and VEGFR2 protein expressions (
P
<0.05 or
P
<0.01). There was no significant difference in all indicators between the MMI group and the HSF group (
P
>0.05).
Conclusion
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HSF may inhibit thyroid angiogenesis by down-regulating thyroid VEGFA/VEGFR2 signaling pathway, thereby improving goitre and hyperfunction in GD mice.
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