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Effect of Chinese Herbal Drug-Containing Serum for Activating- Blood and Dispelling-Toxin on ox-LDL-Induced Inflammatory Factors' Expression in Endothelial Cells

Objective: To investigate the effects of drug-containing serum of Chinese herbal compound, Xiongshao Capsule (芎芍胶囊, XS, for activating-blood) and Huanglian Capsule (黄连胶囊, HL, for dispellingtoxin) on the oxidized low-density lipoprotein (ox-LDL)-induced inflammatory factors in human umbilical vein en...

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Published in:Chinese journal of integrative medicine 2012, Vol.18 (1), p.30-33
Main Authors: Jiang, Yue-rong, Miao, Yu, Yang, Lin, Xue, Mei, Guo, Chun-yu, Ma, Xiao-juan, Yin, Hui-jun, Shi, Da-zhuo, Chen, Ke-ji
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Summary:Objective: To investigate the effects of drug-containing serum of Chinese herbal compound, Xiongshao Capsule (芎芍胶囊, XS, for activating-blood) and Huanglian Capsule (黄连胶囊, HL, for dispellingtoxin) on the oxidized low-density lipoprotein (ox-LDL)-induced inflammatory factors in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs). Methods: Thirty-two rats were randomly divided into four groups: the blank control group treated with distilled water, the positive control group treated with simvastatin (1.8 mg/kg), the test group I treated with Chinese herbal compound of XS (0.135 g/kg), and the test group 1T treated with Chinese herbal compound of XS (0.135 g/kg) and HL (0.135 g/kg). All the treatments were administered for 7 successive days by gastrogavage. Rats' blood serum was harvested 1 h after the last administration to prepare respective drug- containing serum. HUVECs were exposed to ox-LDL (100 μg/mL) to induce cell injury model and incubated with corresponding drug-containing serum for 24 h. Untreated HUVECs were set for blank control. Levels of interleukin-6 (IL-6), tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), and soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (slCAM-1) in supematant of cultured HUVECs were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). HUVEC surface expressions of ICAM-1 and E-selectin were determined by flow cytometry. Results: Levels of IL-6, TNF-α, and sICAM-1 in the supernatant of HUVECs as well as the cell surface expressions of ICAM-1 and E-selectin significantly increased after 24-h ox-LDL stimulation (P〈0.01), while the abnormal elevations, except slCAM-1 in the test group Ⅰ, were all reduced in the treated groups (the positive control and the two test groups) significantly (P〈0.01 or P〈0.05). Besides, the effect in the test group Ⅱ seemed somewhat higher than that in the test group Ⅰ but with no statistical significance (P〉0.05). Conclusion: Drug-containing serum of XS plus HL has a certain inhibitory effect on the vascular endothelial inflammation response induced by ox-LDL.
ISSN:1672-0415
1993-0402
DOI:10.1007/s11655-011-0849-1