Wen-ying XIE, Jun-yue WANG, Yong-sheng BAO, et al. Effect of Modified Erchentang on VEGF, VEGFR2, IL-4, ET-1 in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Rats[J]. Chinese journal of experimental traditional medical formulae, 2019, 25(23): 48-55.
DOI:
Wen-ying XIE, Jun-yue WANG, Yong-sheng BAO, et al. Effect of Modified Erchentang on VEGF, VEGFR2, IL-4, ET-1 in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Rats[J]. Chinese journal of experimental traditional medical formulae, 2019, 25(23): 48-55. DOI: 10.13422/j.cnki.syfjx.20192336.
Effect of Modified Erchentang on VEGF, VEGFR2, IL-4, ET-1 in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Rats
To observe the effects of Erchen on vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and its receptor R2 (VEGFR2)
interleukin (IL)-4 and endothelin-1 (ET-1) in rats with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Method:
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The 50 SD rats were randomly divided into 5 groups
10 rats in each group
which were normal group
model group
Erchentang low
medium and high dose group (10
20
40 g·kg
-1
·d
-1
). COPD rat model was established by smoking combined with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) intratracheal drip. After successful modeling
the treatment group was given intragastric administration
and the normal group and the model group were given intragastric distilled water of equal volume. The pathological changes of pulmonary vessels in rats were observed by light microscopy
and the thickness of pulmonary vascular wall was measured. The concentration of IL-4 in rat serum
bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) and lung homogenate was measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Real-time fluorescence quantitative polymerase chain reaction (Real-time PCR) was used to detect the expression of ET-1 and immunohistochemistry was used to detect the expression of VEGF
VEGFR2 and ET-1 in lung tissue.
Result:
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Compared with normal group
the concentration of IL-4 in serum
BALF and lung homogenate of model group rats decreased significantly (
P
<
0.05). Compared with model group
the concentration of IL-4 in low
medium and high dose Erchentang group increased in varying degrees (
P
<
0.05). Compared with normal group
the expression of ET-1 in lung tissue of model group was significantly increased (
P
<
0.05) .C ompared with model group
the expression of ET-1 in lung tissue of low
medium and high dose Erchentang group was significantly decreased (
P
<
0.05). Compared with normal group
the expression of VEGF
VEGFR2
ET-1 protein in the lung tissue of model group increased (
P
<
0.05). Compared with model group
the expression of VEGF
VEGFR2 and ET-1 protein in the low
medium and high dose Erchentang group decreased (
P
<
0.05).
Conclusion:
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Modified Erchentang can alleviate the process of pulmonary inflammation and pulmonary vascular remodeling in COPD rats
and slow down the progress of COPD and its complications by increasing the content of IL-4
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