The protective effects of Astragaloside Ⅳ on diastolic function of rat thoracic aortic rings impaired by microvesicles

doi:10.12047/j.cjap.5659.2018.040

Abstract

Abstract: Objective:To investigate the effects of Astragaloside IV (AST) on diastolic function of rat thoracic aorta rings which was injured by microvesicles derived from hypoxia/reoxygenation (H/R)-treated human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs), and the mechanism of AST. Methods:H/R-induced endothelial microvesicles (H/R-EMVs) were generated from cultured HUVECs in vitro under the condition of hypoxia for 12 hour/Reoxygenation for 4 hour, H/R-EMVs were stored in D-Hank's solution. Male Wistar rats were underwent thoracotomy, the thoracic aorta with intact endothelium were carefully removed and cut into 3~4 mm rings. The experiment was divided into six groups. H/R-EMVs group:thoracic aortic rings of rats were incubated in culture medium and treated with H/R-EMVs in a final concentration of 10μg/ml; different doses of AST groups:thoracic aortic rings of rats were treated with 10, 20, 40, 60 mg/L AST co-incubated with 10μg/ml H/R-EMVs respectively; control group were treated with the same volume of D-Hank's solution. Duration of incubation was 4 h, each group was tested in five replicate aortic rings. Effects of AST on endothelium-dependent relaxation were detected. The production of nitric oxide (NO) and the level of endothelial NO synthase (eNOS), phosphorylated eNOS (p-eNOS, Ser-1177), serine/threonine kinase (Akt), phosphorylated Akt (p-Akt, Ser-473), extracellular regulated protein kinases (ERK1/2) and phosphorylated ERK1/2 (p-ERK1/2, Thr202/Tyr204) of rat thoracic aortic rings were detected. Results:Tenμg/ml H/R-EMVs could impaire the relaxation of rat thoracic aortic rings significantly (P<0.01). Compared with H/R-EMVs group, relaxation of rat thoracic aortic rings was increased by 20, 40 and 60 mg/L AST in a concentration-dependent manner (P<0.01), the level of NO production was also enhanced (P<0.05, P<0.01). The level of t-eNOS, t-Akt and ERK1/2 was not changed, but the level of p-eNOS, p-Akt and p-ERK1/2 increased by the treatment with AST (P<0.01). Conclusion:AST could effectively ameliorate endotheliumdependent relaxation of rat thoracic aortic rings impaired by H/R-EMVs in a concentration-dependent manner, the mechanism might involve the increase in production of NO, and the protein level of p-eNOS, p-Akt and p-ERK1/2.

Key words: Astragaloside IV, microvesicles, hypoxia/reoxygenation, HUVECs, aortic rings, rats

LI Ye-yi, SHANG Man, ZHANG Kun-wei, WEI Su, LIU Chao, ZHU Qian, ZHAO Jun-yu, WU Yan-na, SONG Jun-qiu, LIU Yan-xia. The protective effects of Astragaloside Ⅳ on diastolic function of rat thoracic aortic rings impaired by microvesicles[J]. CJAP, 2018, 34(2): 164-168.

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