Title: Protective effect of Shenfu injection against myocardial ischemia and reperfusion injury in rats
Abstract: Objective To investigate the protective effects of Shenfu injection on myocardium against ischemia and reperfusion injury in rats. Methods Twenty-four healthy male SD rats weighing 230-280 g were randomly divided into three groups (n = 8,each): sham-operation group(Sham), ischemia and reperfusion group (I/R), Shenfu injection group(SF) . In Sham group, the anterior descending branch of left coronary artery was exposed and a piece of silk thread was placed around the artery but untied. The ischemia and reperfusion injury models in I/R and SF groups were made by temporary ligation of the anterior descending branch of left coronary artery,ischemia lasted for 30 min and reperfusion for 60 min. In SF group, the Shenfu injection(10 ml/kg) was intraperitoneally injected 30 min before ischemia. In Sham and I/R groups, normal saline (10 ml/kg) was intraperitoneally injected. After 60 min reperfusion, the blood samples of all rats in each group were collected from the left carotid arterial catheter for determination of the concentrations of plasma TNF-α, IL-6 ( ELISA) . The myocardium samples were obtained for ultrastructure observation (Electron-microscope) .Results Compared with that in Sham group, the plasma concentrations of TNF-α and IL-6 in I/R group significantly increased( P 0.01). In SF group, their levels decreased more significantly than that in I/R group( P 0.01), while IL-6 concentration was higher than that in Sham group (P 0.01) . Electron-microscopic examination showed that myocardium ultrastructure in SF group was more slightly damaged than that in I/R group. Conclusion The Shenfu injection can protect myocardium from I/R injury by reducing systemic inflammatory response.
Publication Year: 2005
Publication Date: 2005-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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