Effects of Kidney-Tonifying Method on Apoptosis and Expressions of PDGF-A mRNA and MCP-1 mRNA in Aorta Primary Cultured Smooth Muscular Cells of Atherosclerosis in the Ovariectomized Rabbit
He Chunyan, Fu Xiaodong, Chen Weihua, et al. Effects of Kidney-Tonifying Method on Apoptosis and Expressions of PDGF-A mRNA and MCP-1 mRNA in Aorta Primary Cultured Smooth Muscular Cells of Atherosclerosis in the Ovariectomized Rabbit[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine2004, (12): 934-936.
He Chunyan, Fu Xiaodong, Chen Weihua, et al. Effects of Kidney-Tonifying Method on Apoptosis and Expressions of PDGF-A mRNA and MCP-1 mRNA in Aorta Primary Cultured Smooth Muscular Cells of Atherosclerosis in the Ovariectomized Rabbit[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine2004, (12): 934-936.DOI: 10.13288/j.11-2166/r.2004.12.030.
Objective: To observe effects of Bushen Decoction on apoptosis of primary cultured smooth muscular cells and expressions of platelet derived growth factor-A (PDGF-A)mRNA and monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1)mRNA. Methods:New Zealand female rabbits were randomly divided into group A(ovariectomy)
group B(ovary not removed) and group C(ovariectomy plus Bushen Decoction). They were all given high fat forage and injection of bovine serum protein to develop model of atherosclerosis. At the same time
Bushen Decoction was given to group C. The relative indexes were detected 12 weeks later. Results: The apoptosis rate of smooth muscular cells in group C was higher than those in group A and B; The expressions of PDGF-A mRNA and MCP-1 mRNA in group A and C were higher than those in group B(P<0. 01)
and in group C was significantly lower than that in group A(P<0. 01). Conclusion: Bushen Decoction can reduce formation of atherosclerosis in ovariectomized rabbit by increasing apoptosis of vascular smooth muscular cells and down-regulating expressions of PDGF-A mRNA and MCP-1 mRNA.