CHENG Wenkun, QI Yifei, CHEN Meng, et al. Effect of Huoxue Yiqi Fang (活血益气方) and Its Decomposed Recipes on Proliferation and Apoptosis of Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells in Hypoxia[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine2017, 58(9): 777-781.
CHENG Wenkun, QI Yifei, CHEN Meng, et al. Effect of Huoxue Yiqi Fang (活血益气方) and Its Decomposed Recipes on Proliferation and Apoptosis of Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells in Hypoxia[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine2017, 58(9): 777-781.DOI: 10.13288/j.11-2166/r.2017.09.015.
Objective To discuss the potential mechanism of Huoxue Yiqi Fang( 活血益气方) and its decomposed recipes in promoting angiogenesis. Methods The model of human umbilical vein endothelial cell( HUVEC)in hypoxia was built and divided into the model group
Huoxue Yiqi Fang( HYF) group
Huoxue Fang( HF) group and Yiqi Fang( YF) Group. There was also a control group set in conventional cultivation. The three Chinese medicine groups were cultivated by 10% serum containing corresponding herbs
while the model group and the control group were by serum containing normal saline. They were all intervened for 24 hours. The cell proliferation was detected by CCK-8 method
the HUVEC apoptosis was detected by Annexin V-FITC/PI double staining
and the super oxide dismutase( SOD) activity was detected by WST-1 method
the malondialdehyde( MDA) volume and the lactate dehydrogenase( LDH) volume in cell culture supernatant were detected by microplate test
and the mRNA levels of protein kinase C( PKC)
Ras and Raf-1 were detected by real-time quantitative PCR. Results Compared with the control group
in the model group
the HUVEC proliferation
the SOD activity and the PKC
Ras
Raf-1 mRNA declined significantly
and the apoptosis and MDA and LDH volume increased significantly( P < 0. 05 or P < 0. 01).Compared with the model group
in the HYF group
HF group and YF group
HUVEC proliferation increased significantly
LDH volume decreased significantly; SOD activity in HYF Group improved significantly; the apoptosis in HYF group and HF group descended significantly; the MDA volume in HYF group and YF group reduced significantly
while the RKC
Ras and Raf-1 mRNA volume ascended significantly( P < 0. 05 or P < 0. 01). Conclusion HYF and its decomposed recipes could promote the proliferation of HUVEC in hypoxia and inhibit its apoptosis in varying degrees. The mechanism may be enhancing the cellular antioxidant activity and regulating PKC/Ras/Raf-1 signaling pathway. HQF could protect cells better than HF and YF