title: [Effects of Panax notoginseng saponins on mRNA expressions of interleukin-1 beta, its correlative factors and cysteinyl-aspartate specific protease after cerebral ischemia-reperfusion in rats].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the effects of Panax notoginseng saponins (PNS) on mRNA expressions of interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta), interleukin-1 receptor type I (IL-1RI), interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1ra), intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1), cysteinyl-aspartate specific protease-1 (caspase-1), caspase-3 and caspase-8 after cerebral ischemia-reperfusion in rats.
  
  
  METHODS
  Focal cerebral ischemia reperfusion in rats was induced by the method of nylon monofilament via the internal carotid artery. PNS was administered intraperitoneally respectively five minutes before cerebral ischemia and twelve hours after cerebral ischemia. After cerebral ischemia for two hours followed by reperfusion for twenty two hours, the mRNA expressions of IL-1 beta, IL-1RI, IL-1ra, ICAM-1, caspase-1, caspase-3 and caspase-8 in brain tissue were determined by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction assay.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After cerebral ischemia for two hours followed by reperfusion for twenty two hours, the mRNA expression levels of IL-1 beta, IL-1RI, IL-1ra, ICAM-1, caspase-1, caspase-3 and caspase-8 in brain tissue in the untreated group were obviously elevated as compared to those in the sham-operation group (P<0.05 or P<0.01). The mRNA expression levels of IL-1 beta, IL-1RI, IL-1ra in brain tissue in the PNS group were lower than those in the untreated group, but higher than those in the sham-operation group, and without statistical differences as compared to those in the sham-operation group and in the untreated group (P>0.05). The mRNA expression level of caspase-3 in brain tissue in the PNS group was significantly lower than that in the untreated group (P<0.05), but PNS had no effect on the mRNA expression levels of ICAM-1, caspase-1 and caspase-8 in brain tissue.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  PNS can inhibit the mRNA expression of caspase-3, slightly inhibit the mRNA expressions of IL-1 beta and its correlative inflammatory factors in brain tissue. The protective effects of PNS on cerebral injury induced by ischemia-reperfusion may be related to inhibiting the mRNA expressions of caspase-3, IL-1 beta and its correlative inflammatory factors in brain tissue.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Changsha, Hunan Province 410208, China. tyhong62@yahoo.com.cn
authors.forename: Ying-hong
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Shu-ping
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Chang-qing
authors.initials: CQ
authors.lastname: Deng
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D020170:Caspase 1 / Q000235:genetics; D053148:Caspase 3 / Q000235:genetics; D053181:Caspase 8 / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000187:drug effects; D020244:Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics / Q000517:prevention & control*; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 / Q000235:genetics; D053583:Interleukin-1beta / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D053723:Panax notoginseng / Q000737:chemistry*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D011897:Random Allocation; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D017472:Receptors, Interleukin-1 / Q000235:genetics; D015427:Reperfusion Injury / Q000150:complications*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012503:Saponins / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D053583:Interleukin-1beta; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D017472:Receptors, Interleukin-1; D012503:Saponins; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1; D053148:Caspase 3; D053181:Caspase 8; D020170:Caspase 1