title: [Effect and mechanism of Tangshenning Recipe on micro-albuminuria in rats with early diabetic nephropathy].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the modifying effect and mechanism of Tangshenning Recipe on micro-albuminuria in rats with early diabetic nephropathy (DN).
  
  
  METHODS
  Male Wistar rats were randomly divided into the normal group (n=8) and model group (n=24). Intraperitoneal injecting of streptozotocin (STZ) plus complete Freund's adjuvant (CFA) was applied once a week for 3 times to induce the DN rats model. Three weeks later, the model group rats were randomly divided into pathologic group (n=8), monopril group (n=8) and Tangshenning Recipe group(n=8) according to the 24 h U-Alb. Each group's renal hemodynamics index and SOD, GSH, MDA in renal tissue were determined by radioimmunoassay (RIA) and colorimetric method respectively.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The levels of plasmatic TXB(2), the ratio of TXB(2) and 6-keto-PGF1alpha, and the CGRP in pathologic group were significantly higher than those in normal group. The levels of plasmatic ET decreased obviously, SOD decreased and MDA increased significantly in the rats' renal tissue of pathologic group. The levels of plasmatic TXB(2), the ratio of TXB(2) and 6-keto-PGF1alpha decreased significantly in both Tangshenning Recipe group and monopril group, and the therapeutic effect of Tangshenning Recipe group was better than that of monopril group. SOD was higher and MDA was lower in Tangshenning Recipe group than that in pathologic group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results indicates that Tangshenning Recipe can lower the micro-albuminuria in early DN rats, the mechanism of which probably lies in the modification of glycometabolism, the ratio of TXB(2) and 6-keto-PGF1alpha, the plasmatic CGRP and the renal lipid preoxidation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Shuguang Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200021, China. Heliqun59@yahoo.com.cn
authors.forename: Li-Qun
authors.initials: LQ
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: He-Xin
authors.initials: HX
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Ya-Jing
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Shen
mesh_terms: D015121:6-Ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism; D000419:Albuminuria / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000818:Animals; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005978:Glutathione / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008315:Malondialdehyde / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism; D008517:Phytotherapy; D011863:Radioimmunoassay; D011897:Random Allocation; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism; D013929:Thromboxane B2 / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D008315:Malondialdehyde; D013929:Thromboxane B2; D015121:6-Ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase; D005978:Glutathione