Objective： To investigate the effects of sodium tanshinone Ⅱ A sulfonate （STS） on the hypertrophy induced by angiotensin Ⅱ（Ang Ⅱ） in primary cultured neonatal rat cardiac myocytes. Methods： The effect of STS ...Objective： To investigate the effects of sodium tanshinone Ⅱ A sulfonate （STS） on the hypertrophy induced by angiotensin Ⅱ（Ang Ⅱ） in primary cultured neonatal rat cardiac myocytes. Methods： The effect of STS on cytotoxicity was evaluated using the 3-（4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl）-3,5- phenytetrazoliumromide （MTT） assay. As indexes for cardiocyte hypertrophy, cell size was determined by phase contrast microscopy and protein synthesis rate was measured by 3H-leucine incorporation. The proto-oncogene c-fos mRNA expression of cardiocytes was assessed using reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction （RT-PCR）. Results： STS could inhibit cardiocyte hypertrophy, increase the protein synthesis rate and enhance proto-oncogene c-fos mRNA expression in cardiocytes induced by Ang Ⅱ（P〈0.01）, with an effect similar to that of Valsartan, the Ang Ⅱ receptor antagonist. Conclusion： STS can prevent the hypertrophy of cardiac myocytes induced by Ang Ⅱ, which may be related to its inhibition of the expression of proto-oncogene c-fos mRNA.展开更多
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.30500657)
文摘Objective： To investigate the effects of sodium tanshinone Ⅱ A sulfonate （STS） on the hypertrophy induced by angiotensin Ⅱ（Ang Ⅱ） in primary cultured neonatal rat cardiac myocytes. Methods： The effect of STS on cytotoxicity was evaluated using the 3-（4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl）-3,5- phenytetrazoliumromide （MTT） assay. As indexes for cardiocyte hypertrophy, cell size was determined by phase contrast microscopy and protein synthesis rate was measured by 3H-leucine incorporation. The proto-oncogene c-fos mRNA expression of cardiocytes was assessed using reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction （RT-PCR）. Results： STS could inhibit cardiocyte hypertrophy, increase the protein synthesis rate and enhance proto-oncogene c-fos mRNA expression in cardiocytes induced by Ang Ⅱ（P〈0.01）, with an effect similar to that of Valsartan, the Ang Ⅱ receptor antagonist. Conclusion： STS can prevent the hypertrophy of cardiac myocytes induced by Ang Ⅱ, which may be related to its inhibition of the expression of proto-oncogene c-fos mRNA.
