title: [Effects of sairei-to (TJ-114) on the expression of adhesion molecule in anti-GBM nephritic rats].
abstract: In order to clarify the antinephritic mechanisms of Sairei-to (TJ-114), the effects of TJ-114 on the expression of adhesion molecules were evaluated in rats with anti-GBM nephritis. TJ-114 was administered orally once a day from the day (1st day) after anti-GBM serum injection throughout the experiment. TJ-114 inhibited crescent formation in glomeruli at the 10th day compared to control rats with anti-GBM nephritis. The ICAM-1- or VCAM-1-positive area in the glomeruli was increased in the nephritic control rats at the 10th day. In contrast, TJ-114 prevented increase in the ICAM-1- or VCAM-1-positive area in the glomeruli of nephritic rats. TJ-114 inhibited increase in the number of LFA-1- or VLA-4-positive cells in the glomeruli. One of the constituent components of TJ-114, Syo-saiko-to (TJ-9) at the dose of 750 mg/kg, also significantly inhibited increase in the ICAM-1- or VCAM-1-positive area in the glomeruli. Gorei-san (TJ-17), another component of TJ-114, inhibited increase in the ELAM-1-positive area and increase in the number of VLA-4-positive cells in the glomeruli. Prednisolone markedly inhibited increase in the positive area of those adhesion molecules and increase in the number of ligand-molecule-positive cells in the glomeruli. These results indicate that the antinephritic action of TJ-114 may be partially due to inhibition of adhesion molecule expression in the glomeruli.
authors.affiliation: Tsumura & Co. Tsumura Central Laboratories, New Drug Research Department 1, Ibaragi, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hattori
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shindo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000378:metabolism*; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism*; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D019010:Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1
chemical_list: D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D019010:Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1; C080903:sairei-to; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1