QI Yujie,HE Zhanzhan,YANG Zhen,et al.Mechanism of Renshentang in Treatment of Atherosclerosis Based on Autophagic Effect of TRPV1 on Arterial Smooth Muscle[J].Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae,2023,29(12):55-62.
QI Yujie,HE Zhanzhan,YANG Zhen,et al.Mechanism of Renshentang in Treatment of Atherosclerosis Based on Autophagic Effect of TRPV1 on Arterial Smooth Muscle[J].Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae,2023,29(12):55-62. DOI: 10.13422/j.cnki.syfjx.20230903.
Mechanism of Renshentang in Treatment of Atherosclerosis Based on Autophagic Effect of TRPV1 on Arterial Smooth Muscle
To investigate the mechanism of Renshentang, recorded
in
Synopsis of Golden Chamber
, in the treatment of atherosclerosis (AS) based on the autophagic effect of transient receptor potential vanilloid subtype 1 (TRPV1) on arterial smooth muscle.
Method
2
Fourteen SPF-grade 8-week-old male C57BL/6J mice were assigned to the normal group and 70 8-week-old apolipoprotein E knockout (ApoE
-/-
) mice were assigned to the experimental group. The AS model was induced by a high-fat diet in the mice in the experimental group for eight weeks. The model mice were then randomly divided into model group, low-, medium-, and high-dose Renshentang groups (2.715, 5.43, and 10.68 g·kg
-1
·d
-1
), and simvastatin group (0.02 g·kg
-1
·d
-1
). Drug treatment lasted eight weeks. Serum was taken and serum total cholesterol (CHO), triglyceride (TG), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) levels were measured by assay kits to observe the changes in lipid levels in mice. The aorta was stained with hematoxylin-eosin (HE) to observe the overall pathology of the aortic root and oil red O staining was used to detect the lipid deposition in the aortic plaque and calculate the percentage of the aortic root area to the lumen area. The protein expression of TRPV1, adenylate-activated protein kinase (AMPK), phosphorylated AMPK (p-AMPK), autophagy effector-1 (Beclin-1), and microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3 (LC3Ⅱ) in mouse aortic tissues was determined by Western blot.
Result
2
Compared with the normal group, the model group showed increased serum CHO, TG, and LDL-C levels, decreased HDL-C, and increased aortic root plaque area (
P
<
0.01). Compared with the model group, the Renshentang groups showed decreased levels of CHO, TG, and LDL-C in serum (
P
<
0.05,
P
<
0.01), especially in the low- and medium-dose Renshentang groups (
P
<
0.01). Compared with the normal group, the simvastatin group and the Renshentang groups showed reduced aortic root plaque area (
P
<
0.05), especially in the high-dose Renshentang group (
P
<
0.01). Compared with the normal group, the model group showed decreased relative expression levels of TRPV1, p-AMPK/AMPK, Beclin-1, and LC3Ⅱ/LC3Ⅰ(
P
<
0.05,
P
<
0.01). Compared with the model group, the medium- and high-dose Renshentang groups showed increased relative expression levels of TRPV1, p-AMPK/AMPK, Beclin-1, and LC3Ⅱ/LC3Ⅰ(
P
<
0.05,
P
<
0.01).
Conclusion
2
The anti-AS effect of Renshentang recorded
in
Synopsis of Golden Chamber
may be achieved by up-regulating TRPV1 expression to restore the level of autophagy mediated by AMPK.
关键词
《金匮要略》人参汤动脉粥样硬化香草酸受体亚型1自噬载脂蛋白E基因敲除小鼠
Keywords
Renshentang recorded in Synopsis of Golden Chamberatherosclerosis (AS)transient receptor potential vanilloid subtype 1 (TRPV1)autophagyapolipoprotein E knockout (ApoE-/-) mice
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