Objective： To explore the effects and molecular mechanisms of the combination between total Astragalus extract （TAE） and total Panax notoginseng saponins （TPNS） against cerebral ischemia- reperfusion injury. Meth...Objective： To explore the effects and molecular mechanisms of the combination between total Astragalus extract （TAE） and total Panax notoginseng saponins （TPNS） against cerebral ischemia- reperfusion injury. Methods： C57BL/6 mice were randomly divided into sham-operated group, model group, TAE （110 mg/kg） group, TPNS （115 mg/kg） group, TAE-TPNS combination group and Edaravone （4 mg/kg） group, treated for 4 days, then, cerebral ischemia-repeffusion injury was established by bilateral common carotid artery （CCA） ligation for 20 min followed by reperfusion for 1 and 24 h. Results： TPNS could increase adenosine triphosphate （ATP） level, TAE and TAE-TPNS combination increased ATP, adenosine diphosphate （ADP） contents and Na＋-K＋-ATPase activity, and the effects of TAE-TPNS combination were stronger than those of TAE or TPNS alone after reperfusion for 1 h. After reperfusion for 24 h, TAE, TPNS and TAE-TPNS combination significantly increased neurocyte survival rate and decreased the apoptosis rate as well as down-regulated the expression of phosphorylated c-June N-terminal kinasel/2 （p-JNK1/2）, cytochrome C （Cyt C）, cysteine aspartic acid-specific protease （Caspase）-9 and Caspase-3. Furthermore, the effects in TAE-TPNS combination were better than those in TAE or TPNS alone. Conclusion： The combination of TAE 110 mg/kg and TPNS 115 mg/kg could strengthen protective effects on cerebral ischemia injury, the mechanism underlying might be related to improving jointly the early energy metabolism, and relieving the delayed apoptosis via inhibiting the mitochondrial apoptosis pathway of JNK signal transduction.展开更多
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81102557)Doctoral Program Foundation of Higher Education of China(No.20104323110001)+4 种基金Key Project of Hunan Province Education Department(No.08A050)Aid Project for Innovation Platform Open Fund of Hunan Province University(No.11K050 and No.14K068)Key Project of Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Hunan Province(No.201301)General Project of Science and Technology Department of Hunan Province(No.2014SK3001)General Project of Education Bureau of Hunan Province(No.11C0963)
文摘Objective： To explore the effects and molecular mechanisms of the combination between total Astragalus extract （TAE） and total Panax notoginseng saponins （TPNS） against cerebral ischemia- reperfusion injury. Methods： C57BL/6 mice were randomly divided into sham-operated group, model group, TAE （110 mg/kg） group, TPNS （115 mg/kg） group, TAE-TPNS combination group and Edaravone （4 mg/kg） group, treated for 4 days, then, cerebral ischemia-repeffusion injury was established by bilateral common carotid artery （CCA） ligation for 20 min followed by reperfusion for 1 and 24 h. Results： TPNS could increase adenosine triphosphate （ATP） level, TAE and TAE-TPNS combination increased ATP, adenosine diphosphate （ADP） contents and Na＋-K＋-ATPase activity, and the effects of TAE-TPNS combination were stronger than those of TAE or TPNS alone after reperfusion for 1 h. After reperfusion for 24 h, TAE, TPNS and TAE-TPNS combination significantly increased neurocyte survival rate and decreased the apoptosis rate as well as down-regulated the expression of phosphorylated c-June N-terminal kinasel/2 （p-JNK1/2）, cytochrome C （Cyt C）, cysteine aspartic acid-specific protease （Caspase）-9 and Caspase-3. Furthermore, the effects in TAE-TPNS combination were better than those in TAE or TPNS alone. Conclusion： The combination of TAE 110 mg/kg and TPNS 115 mg/kg could strengthen protective effects on cerebral ischemia injury, the mechanism underlying might be related to improving jointly the early energy metabolism, and relieving the delayed apoptosis via inhibiting the mitochondrial apoptosis pathway of JNK signal transduction.
