ZHANG Deng-qing, YUAN Qin, YUAN Cheng-fu, et al. Effect of Panax Notoginseng Saponins on Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Mediated Inflammatory Response in Livers of Aging Rats[J]. Chinese journal of experimental traditional medical formulae, 2017, 23(19): 140-144.
ZHANG Deng-qing, YUAN Qin, YUAN Cheng-fu, et al. Effect of Panax Notoginseng Saponins on Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Mediated Inflammatory Response in Livers of Aging Rats[J]. Chinese journal of experimental traditional medical formulae, 2017, 23(19): 140-144. DOI: 10.13422/j.cnki.syfjx.2017190140.
Objective: To investigate the effects of Panax Notoginseng saponins (PNS) on endoplasmic reticulum stress factors of glucose regulated protein 78 ku (GRP78)
phosphorylated PKR like endoplasmic reticulum regulating kinase (p-PERK) and inflammatory factors of phosphorylated nuclear factor-Kappa B (p-NF-κB)
tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α)
and interleukin-1 beta(IL-1β) in liver tissues of natural aging rats
and explore the protective mechanism of PNS on the endoplasmic reticulum stress mediated inflammatory response in aging rats' livers. Method: The 50 SPF SD rats were randomly divided into youth group (9 months)
natural aging groups (24 months)
low-
medium-and high-dose PNS groups
n=10 in each group. PNS was given at 10
30
60 mg·kg-1 respectively in PNS groups from 18 months old to 24 months old
6 days a week by intragastric administration. The rats were executed 12 hours after the last medication(food fasting
but water was given)
and their livers were taken out immediately and storedat -80℃refrigerator aftertreatment by liquid nitrogen. Hematoxylin-eosin (HE) staining was used to observe the morphological changes of liver tissues in different groups
and Western blot was used to detect the protein changes of endoplasmic reticulum stress related factors GRP78
p-eIF2α
p-PERK and inflammatory related factors p-NF-κB
TNF-α
IL-1β in liver tissues. Result: As compared with the young rats' livers
the contents of GRP78
p-eIF2α
p-PERK
p-NF-κB
TNF-α
and IL-1β in the natural aging rats' livers were increased (P<0.01); the liver changes were not obvious in low-dose PNS group;the protein expression levels of endoplasmic reticulum stress related factors and inflammatory related factorsin livers were decreased significantly in middle-and high-dose PNS groups (P<0.01
P<0.05). Conclusion: PNS can protect the naturally aging rats from inflammation induced by endoplasmic reticulum stress related factors and inflammatory related factors in livers.