Abstract | OBJECTIVE: METHOD: Thirty-six SD male rats were randomly divided into 3 groups, 12 in each group, the sham-operated group, the model group and the SA-B treated group. The rat model of renal interstitial fibrosis was successfully established by unilateral ureteral obstruction (UUO). Rats in the SA-B treated group was intragastrically administrated with SA-B (12.5 mg x kg(-1)) daily after modeling. Rats of each group were killed respectively at day 14 and day 21 after UUO. Pathological changes of renal tissue were observed by hematoxylin and eosin (HE) staining. The expression of alpha-smooth muscle actin (alpha-SMA) in kidney was determined with immunohistochemistry. And the expressions of cytokeratinl9 (ck19) mRNA in renal tissue were detected using reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). RESULT: Renal interstitial fibrosis was obviously ameliorate in SA-B treated group. The expression of alpha-SMA was significantly decreased in SA-B treated group as compared with that in model group at day 14. And the expression of ck19 was significantly lower than that determined in model group at day 21. CONCLUSION: SA-B could ameliorate renal interstial fibrosis due to UUO, probable by inhibiting epithelial-to-myofibroblast transdifferentiation and the activation of myofibroblast.
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Authors | Juan Zhou, Yue Zhang, Haiying Lu, Yumin Liu, Ming Lin |
Journal | Zhongguo Zhong yao za zhi = Zhongguo zhongyao zazhi = China journal of Chinese materia medica
(Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi)
Vol. 34
Issue 21
Pg. 2790-3
(Nov 2009)
ISSN: 1001-5302 [Print] China |
PMID | 20209917
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- Benzofurans
- Drugs, Chinese Herbal
- Keratin-19
- salvianolic acid B
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Topics |
- Animals
- Benzofurans
(administration & dosage)
- Disease Models, Animal
- Drugs, Chinese Herbal
(administration & dosage)
- Fibroblasts
(drug effects, metabolism)
- Fibrosis
(drug therapy, genetics, metabolism)
- Gene Expression
(drug effects)
- Humans
- Keratin-19
(genetics, metabolism)
- Kidney Diseases
(drug therapy, metabolism)
- Male
- Muscle, Smooth
(drug effects, metabolism)
- Random Allocation
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
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