title: Chinese medicine compound Changtong oral liquid on postoperative intestinal adhesions.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to observe the effect of a Chinese medicine compound Changtong oral liquid (CT) on tissue plasminogen activity (t-PA), plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI), TGF-beta1 and hydroxyproline (OHP).
  
  
  METHODS
  Two sets of animal experiments were performed in the present study. Forty New Zealand rabbits and 48 Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were assigned randomly to one of the five groups: sham adhesion, adhesion with saline, adhesion with low dosage of the CT, adhesion with middle dosage of the CT and adhesion with high dosage of the CT. t-PA and PAI activity in plasma, OHP and TGF-beta1 expression in adhesion were investigated. Analysis of variance was used to test differences among groups.
  
  
  RESULTS
  CT treatment increased plasma t-PA activity in rabbits but decreased TGF-beta1 activity in rats. The data were expressed from low to high dose respectively as follows: t-PA, 46.1+/-8.6 microkat/L, 59.6+/-10.1 microkat/L, 64.0+/-11.5 microkat/L; TGF-beta1 28+/-7.23%, 31+/-3.05%, 30+/-4.04%. There were significant differences compared with saline-treated animals (t-PA 26.4+/-5.1 microkat/L, TGF-beta1 54+/-5.51%). OHP content in cecum of rabbits from middle and high but not low dose of CT lowered significantly as compared with saline-treated rabbits, 0.3641+/-0.1373, 0.3348+/-0.0321, 0.2757+/-0.0497 mg/g vs 0.4183+/-0.0883 mg/g of protein, P>0.05, P<0.05, P<0.05 respectively. The rabbit plasma PAI activity and OHP content in abdominal wall had no difference in all groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  CT treatment significantly enhanced t-PA activity in rabbits, but decreased TGF-beta1 content in rats, OHP content in cecum of rabbits, and failed to affect the activity of PAI and OHP content in abdominal wall in rabbits, compared with saline group. The result suggests that CT could effectively prevent adhesions without interfering wound healing.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacy, Nanfang Hospital, The First Military Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, Guangdong Province, China. yaxx@263.net
authors.forename: Xi-Xiao
authors.initials: XX
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Han-Ping
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Lian-Bing
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Hou
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000818:Animals; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D006909:Hydroxyproline / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D010537:Peritoneum / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013047:Specific Pathogen-Free Organisms; D000267:Tissue Adhesions / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator / Q000097:blood; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000378:metabolism; D053773:Transforming Growth Factor beta1
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; C508962:Tgfb1 protein, rat; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D053773:Transforming Growth Factor beta1; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator; D006909:Hydroxyproline