Effect of Different Combined Administrations of Gentianae Macrophyllae Radix on Rheumatoid Factor, C-reactive Protein and Nuclear Factor-B in Rheumatoid Arthritis Rats with Wind-cold-dampness Arthralgia
SU Shan, WANG Rong, ZHAO Min, et al. Effect of Different Combined Administrations of Gentianae Macrophyllae Radix on Rheumatoid Factor, C-reactive Protein and Nuclear Factor-B in Rheumatoid Arthritis Rats with Wind-cold-dampness Arthralgia[J]. Chinese journal of experimental traditional medical formulae, 2018, 24(19): 159-165.
SU Shan, WANG Rong, ZHAO Min, et al. Effect of Different Combined Administrations of Gentianae Macrophyllae Radix on Rheumatoid Factor, C-reactive Protein and Nuclear Factor-B in Rheumatoid Arthritis Rats with Wind-cold-dampness Arthralgia[J]. Chinese journal of experimental traditional medical formulae, 2018, 24(19): 159-165. DOI: 10.13422/j.cnki.syfjx.20181933.
Objective: To observe the effects of differences combined administrations of Gentianae Macrophyllae Radix (GMR) on serum rheumatoid factor (RF)
C-reactive protein (CRP) and ankle nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) model rats with wind-cold-dampness arthralgia. Method: Eighty healthy SD rats were randomly divided into blank control group
collage Ⅱ model group
wind-cold-dampness syndrome model group
positive control group
single-taste GMR group
GMR-Clematidis Radix et Rhizoma(CRR) group (GC group)
GMR-Taxilli Herba group (GT group)
GMR-Stephaniae Tetrandrae Radix group (GS group)
with 10 rats in each group. Wind-cold-dampness Arthralgia model rats was induced in each group except for the blank group; collage Ⅱ model group was injected with collage Ⅱ and exposed to a wind-cold-dampness environment to prepare the wind-cold-dampness RA model of rats. After the establishment of the model
blank control group
collage Ⅱ model group and wind-cold-dampness syndrome model group were given normal saline
and the corresponding liquid medicines were given to each administration group. In the experiment
the thickness of the left posterior metatarsal of rats was measured every 3 days
and the swelling degree of the metatarsal was calculated. The arthritis index (AI) was evaluated on the 38th day of the experiment. The serum RF and CRP contents of rats were detected by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The expression of NF-κB in ankle joint was detected by Western blot. The NF-κB mRNA expression in ankle joint was detected by Real-time fluorescence quantitative PCR. Result: Compared with the blank group
the swelling degree
AI score of foot
serum RF and CRP levels
of NF-κB protein and mRNA expressions in the ankle joint of collage Ⅱ model group and wind-cold-dampness syndrome model group were significantly increased (P<0.01). Compared with the wind-cold-dampness syndrome model group
the swelling degree
AI score of foot
serum RF and CRP levels
NF-κB protein and mRNA expressions in the ankle joint of the traditional Chinese medicine group were decreased(P<0.05
P<0.01)
especially in GC group. Conclusion: The therapeutic effect of mild and warm traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is better than that of the combined administration of mild and cold TCM or mild TCM drugs for rheumatoid arthritis with wind-cold-dampness arthralgia. The experimental results basically conform to the principle of ‘treating cold diseases with hot medicine’ in TCM.