WAN Qiang, LIU Zhong-yong. Effect of Dingxin Recipe in Inhibiting Atherosclerosis Induced by PM2.5 by Up-regulating CD4 CD25 Foxp3 Regulatory T Cells Expression[J]. Chinese journal of experimental traditional medical formulae, 2018, 24(17): 139-144.
WAN Qiang, LIU Zhong-yong. Effect of Dingxin Recipe in Inhibiting Atherosclerosis Induced by PM2.5 by Up-regulating CD4 CD25 Foxp3 Regulatory T Cells Expression[J]. Chinese journal of experimental traditional medical formulae, 2018, 24(17): 139-144. DOI: 10.13422/j.cnki.syfjx.20181732.
Objective:To investigate the effect of Dingxin recipe (DXR) on the expression of CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ regulatory T cells (CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ Tregs) in mice during atherogenesis induced by PM2.5. Method:Fifty western-diet apolipoprotein E knockout (ApoE-/-) mice were exposed to PM2.5 and randomly divided into five groups:model group
low-dose DXR group (9.29 mg·kg-1·d-1)
medium-dose DXR group (18.59 mg·kg-1·d-1)
high-dose DXR group (37.18 mg·kg-1·d-1) and simvastatin group (5 mg·kg-1·d-1). Ten normal-diet C57BL/6J mice were exposed to filtered air and included into control group. Serum levels of lipid
interleukin-6(IL-6)
tumor necrosis factor-α(TNF-α)
IL-10 and transforming growth feactor-β(TGF-β) were detected by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA)
CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ Tregs number in the spleen
atherosclerotic lesion was detected by htoxylin eosin(HE) and Foxp3 protein expression was detected by Western blot in aorta were measured after 16 weeks. Result:Compared with the control group
atherosclerotic lesion
serum levels of lipid
IL-6 and TNF-α were significantly increased
while serum levels of IL-10 and TGF-β
CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ Tregs number and Foxp3 protein expression were significantly decreased in the model group (P<0.05). Compared with the model group
atherosclerotic lesion
serum levels of lipid
IL-6 and TNF-α were significantly decreased
while serum levels of IL-10 and TGF-β
CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ Tregs number and Foxp3 protein expression were significantly increased in the simvastatin group
medium-dose DXR group and high-dose DXR group(P<0.05). Conclusion:DXR inhibits atherosclerosis induced by PM2.5 by up-regulating CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ Tregs expression.