title: [Effect of tanshinone II A on NB4 cell induced procoagulant activity in human umbilical vein endothelial cells].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the effect of tanshinone II A on the procoagulant activity (PCA) of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) induced by acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) cell line NB4 cells.
  
  
  METHODS
  The HUVEC were incubated for 6, 12, and 24 hours in different tanshinone II A conditioned medias (Tan II A-NB4-24h-CM, Tan II A-NB4-72h-CM, Tan II A-NB4-120h-CM). Then the HUVEC were incubated for 6, 12, 24, and 72 hours with Tan II A-NB4-120h-CM and different concentrations of Tan II A (0, 0.25, 0.5, 1.0 microg/mL). The HUVEC lysates were obtained by three repeated freezing and thrawing. Their PCA were tested using the one stage clotting assay. The activity of tissue factor (TF : act) was tested using the chromogenic substrate assay. The control groups included 0.3 microg/mL ATRA, 0.01% DMSO and RPMI 1640.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Tan II A-(72 h,120 h)-NB4-CM elevated PCA of HUVEC and six hours of incubation in the 120 h-NB4-CM had the greatest PCA. The PCA of HUVEC in the 1.0 microg/mL Tan II A-NB4-CM was the same as in the 0.3 microg/mL ATRA-NB4-CM. (2) The NB4-CM induced PCA of HUVEC decreased with 5.0 microg/mL of Tan II A, at a level similar to the decrease with 0.3 microg/mL of ATRA. Less than 5.0 microg/mL of Tan II did not reduce the NB4-CM induced PCA of HUVEC. (3) Both Tan II A 120 h-NB4-CM and ATRA 120 h-NB4-CM elevated the TF : act of HUVEC. The TF : act reached the peak after 6 hours of incubation. The Tan II A 120 h-NB4-CM maintained the peak level of TF : act at the 12th hour and fell to the base line at the 24th hour. The ATRA 120 h-NB4-CM induced TF:act dropped down with time after reaching its peak at the 6th hour. (4) The 1.0 microg/mL of Tan II A did not reduce the TF : act of HUVEC induced by the Tan II A 120 h-NB4-CM. But the 0.3 microg/mL of ATRA reduced the TF : act of HUVEC at the 6th hour.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  TanIIA-NB4-CM increases PCA and TF : Act of HUVEC. TanIIA decreases PCA of HUVECs induces by TanIIA-NB4-CM.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology, Laboratory of Hematology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Yi-Ming
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Wen-Tong
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhou
mesh_terms: D045784:Abietanes; D001779:Blood Coagulation Factors / Q000378:metabolism; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D042783:Endothelial Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D015473:Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute / Q000473:pathology*; D010616:Phenanthrenes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013925:Thromboplastin / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D014212:Tretinoin / Q000494:pharmacology; D014471:Umbilical Veins / Q000166:cytology*
chemical_list: D045784:Abietanes; D001779:Blood Coagulation Factors; D010616:Phenanthrenes; C053675:endothelial cell procoagulant activity; C021751:tanshinone; D014212:Tretinoin; D013925:Thromboplastin