title: [Modulation of angelica sinensis polysaccharides on the expression of nitric oxide synthase and Bax, Bcl-2 in liver of immunological liver-injured mice].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the modulation of Angelica Sinensis Polysaccharides on the expression of nitric oxide synthase and Bax, Bcl-2 in the liver of immunological liver injured mice.
  
  
  METHODS
  Immunological liver injury was induced by lipopolysaccharide (ip, 2mug/10g) in bacillus calmette-guerin (ip, 1mg/10g, qd/1 d) primed mice. Angelica Sinensis Polysaccharides was administrated to the mice with 30mg/kg, 60mg/kg, respectively. The effects of Angelica Sinensis Polysaccharides on the expression of nitric oxide synthase, Bcl-2, and Bax gene were assessed by immunohistochemistry, and the nitric oxide (NO) production, alanine transaminase (ALT) activity, glutathione S-transferase (GST) activity in serum were determined.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The levels of NO, sALT, and sGST were significantly higher in immunological liver-injured mice than controls. The contents of iNOS and Bax were 17.8 times (P<0.001) and 1.31 times (P<0.05) of control values, respectively. cNOS expression was not obviously changed, and no Bcl-2 expression was found in immunological liver-injured mice. Angelica Sinensis Polysaccharides of 30mg/kg could reduce the levels of NO, sALT, and sGST by 24.6%, 40.8%, and 18.4%, respectively; the expression of iNOS and Bax decrease by 84.2% and 37.1%; and the expression of cNOS, Bcl-2 increase by 66.8% and 3.38 times, respectively. The influence of Angelica Sinensis Polysaccharides of 60mg/kg was not so obvious as that of 30mg/kg on sGST, NO, cNOS, Bax, and Bcl-2, but was more effective on sALT and iNOS.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  NO production may play a role in the LPS-induced hepatotoxicity. Angelica Sinensis Polysaccharides can alleviate the immune liver injury by modulating the expression of cNOS, iNOS, Bax, Bcl-2.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Medical College of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yu
mesh_terms: D029971:Angelica sinensis; D000818:Animals; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000633:toxicity; D008099:Liver / Q000737:chemistry / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000032:analysis; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000378:metabolism*; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 / Q000032:analysis*; D051028:bcl-2-Associated X Protein
chemical_list: C494827:Bax protein, mouse; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D011134:Polysaccharides; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2; D051028:bcl-2-Associated X Protein; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase