Effect of Tangshenkang Granule containing serum on renal mesangial cells' proliferation and TGF-β1/Smad2/3 pathway in the high glucose condition.
- Author:
Kai LOU
;
Yong HE
;
Jing WEI
;
Wen-Xia HAN
;
Dan-Dan LIU
;
Yu-Wen SONG
;
Xiu-Yun JIANG
;
Chun-Xiao YU
;
Ling GAO
;
Qing-Bo GUAN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH: Animals; Cell Proliferation; Drugs, Chinese Herbal; pharmacology; Glucose; Mesangial Cells; Phosphorylation; RNA, Messenger; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Serum; Signal Transduction; Smad2 Protein; metabolism; Transforming Growth Factor beta1; metabolism
- From: Chinese Journal of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine 2015;35(1):88-92
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVETo study the effect of Tangshenkang Granule (TG) containing serum on renal mesangial cells' (RMCs) proliferation and TGF-β1/Smad2/3 pathway in the high glucose condition.
METHODSTwelve SD rats were randomly divided into four groups, i.e., the low dose TG group, the middle dose TG group, the high dose TG group, and the blank control group, 3 in each group. After 7-day gastrogavage via portal vein blood, rats were sacrificed and their serum samples were collected. RMCs were cultured in common rat serum and TG containing serum respectively. The proliferation of mesangial cells was determined by methly thiazolyl tetrazolium (MTT) assay to determine the optimal TG containing serum concentration. Expression levels of TGF-β1 mRNA and protein were determined by real time quantitative PCR and ELISA. Smad2/3 protein expression and phosphorylation were determined by Western blot and immunofluorescence.
RESULTSTG containing serum at different doses could inhibit high glucose induced RMC cells' proliferation, TGF-β1 over-expression and Smad2/3 phosphorylation.
CONCLUSIONTG containing serum could inhibit high glucose induced RMC cells' proliferation, and its mechanism might be possibly associated with inhibiting TGF-β1/Smad2/3 signaling pathway.