ZHANG Zi-yan, ZHANG Xin-xue, YANG Mei-juan, et al. Effect of Wenshen Yisui Shengxue Prescription on BMP/Smad Signaling Pathway in Liver of RA Rats[J]. Chinese journal of experimental traditional medical formulae, 2018, 24(16): 88-95.
DOI:
ZHANG Zi-yan, ZHANG Xin-xue, YANG Mei-juan, et al. Effect of Wenshen Yisui Shengxue Prescription on BMP/Smad Signaling Pathway in Liver of RA Rats[J]. Chinese journal of experimental traditional medical formulae, 2018, 24(16): 88-95. DOI: 10.13422/j.cnki.syfjx.20181620.
Effect of Wenshen Yisui Shengxue Prescription on BMP/Smad Signaling Pathway in Liver of RA Rats
Objective: To explore the effect of Wenshen Yisui Shengxue prescription on anemia in RA rats and bone morphogenetic protein(BMP)/Smad signaling pathway in liver. Method: A total of 42 male SPF grade Wister rats were randomly divided into groups twice according to the body mass stratification:normal group
sham operation group
model group
uremia(2.33 g·kg-1) group and Wenshen Yisui Shengxue(3.5 g·kg-1) group. In the model group and the treatment group
180 mg·kg-1·d-1 adenine was given by gavage in the morning
and the treatment group was treated with the corresponding medicine in the afternoon. The normal group
the sham operation group and the model group were given the equal volume of deionized water. After 12 weeks of treatment
blood and serum were collected after the rats were anesthesia. SCr and urea nitrogen (BUN)
uric acid (UA)
whole blood test red cell (RBC)
hemoglobin (HGB) were detected; kidney tissue and liver tissue were fixed; hematoxylin-eosin(HE) staining was used to observe kidney pathology; immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization technique were used to detect bone morphogenetic protein 6 (BMP6)
Smad4
Smad1/5/8
p-Smad1/5/8
hepcidin (hepcidin) mRNA and protein expressions in rat liver. Result: Compared with normal group and sham operation group
the body mass of the model group decreased obviously (P<0.01)
the levels of serum BUN and SCr increased obviously (P<0.01)
and the pathological damage of kidney was obvious. Compared with model group
the general state of the Wenshen Yisui Shengxue group was obviously improved
and the levels of blood RBC and HGB were increased (P<0.01); compared with the normal group and the sham operation group
the model group showed high expressions of BMP6
Smad4
Smad1/5/8 and hepcidin in liver (P<0.01). Compared with the model group
BMP6
Smad4
Smad1/5/8
p-Smad1/5/8 and hepcidin protein expressions in the Wenshen Yisui Shengxue group were significantly reduced (P<0.01). Conclusion: Wenshen Yisui Shengxue prescription has a certain effect in alliviating anemia in RA rats
which may be realized by intervening BMP/Smad signaling pathway in liver.