title: [Effects of active components extracted from Qixue Bingzhi Recipe on proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells and expressions of platelet-derived growth factor and its receptor genes].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To observe the effects of paeoniflorin and total flavones extracted from Qixue Bingzhi Recipe on proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) cultured in endothelial cell conditioned medium (EC-CM) induced by oxidized low-density lipoprotein (ox-LDL) and the expressions of platelet-derived growth factor and its receptor genes.
  
  
  METHODS
  The VSMCs were cultured in normal culture medium, EC-CM, simvastatin-medicated EC-CM, paeoniflorin and total flavones (low, medium and high dose) -medicated EC-CM respectively. The growth activity of VSMCs was assessed by thiazolyl blue tetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay. The expressions of platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF)-BB and platelet-derived growth factor receptor-alpha (PDGFR-alpha) mRNAs were detected by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The growth activity of VSMCs cultured in the EC-CM induced by ox-LDL was significantly higher than that in the normal culture medium (P<0.01), and the expressions of PDGF-BB and PDGFR-alpha mRNAs were obviously increased as compared with those in the normal culture medium. The growth activity of VSMCs cultured in each paeoniflorin and total flavones-medicated EC-CM was significantly lower than that in the EC-CM (P<0.01), and the expressions of PDGF-BB and PDGFR-alpha mRNAs were obviously decreased as compared with those in the EC-CM.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The paeoniflorin and total flavones extracted from Qixue Bingzhi Recipe may be beneficial to the prevention and treatment of arteriosclerosis, and this efficacy may be correlated with down-regulating the expressions of PDGF-BB and PDGFR-alpha mRNAs which are related to the proliferation of VSMCs cultured in EC-CM induced by ox-LDL.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Xiyuan Hospital, China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medical Science, Beijing 100091, China.
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Geng
authors.forename: Jian-Gang
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Da-Zhuo
authors.initials: DZ
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Yong-Yan
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta / Q000166:cytology; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000517:prevention & control; D000077214:Becaplermin; D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000166:cytology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D020574:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-sis; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D017479:Receptors, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D014471:Umbilical Veins / Q000166:cytology
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; D020574:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-sis; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C099252:oxidized low density lipoprotein; D000077214:Becaplermin; D017479:Receptors, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor