[Effect of Changtong oral liquid on fibroblast proliferation in normal and adhesive rat peritoneal tissues].
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the effect of Changtong oral liquid (CTOL) on the proliferation of cultured fibroblasts derived from normal peritoneum (NFs) and adhesive peritoneum (AFs) of rats.


METHODS
Twenty male SD rats were randomized into 4 groups, including a normal serum group and 3 CTOL groups with CTOL treatment at low, medium or high doses. Serum samples were obtained from the abdominal arteries of the rats after oral treatment with CTOL for 7 days. The fibroblasts were isolated from the peritoneum by means of tissue culture, and the passage 3-8 cells were cultured with the sera of the normal control and CTOL groups for 24, 48, 72 and 96 h. MTT assay was used to observe the proliferation of the fibroblasts.


RESULTS
The dose of CTOL was inversely correlated to the absorbance but positively to the growth inhibition rates. Compared with the NFs cultured in normal control rat serum, the NFs in serum from CTOL groups showed no obviously changes in the absorbance at 24 and 48 h, but displayed significant reduction at 72 and 96 h (P<0.01). Compared with the AFs in normal rat serum, the AFs in the 3 CTOL groups all showed significantly decreased absorbance at 24, 48, 72 and 96 h (P<0.05). At the same time point, the inhibition rate of AFs in low-dose CTOL group showed no significant difference from that in the normal control group, but CTOL at a medium dose resulted in a significantly higher inhibition rate of AFs at 72 h (P<0.05). High-dose CTOL produced significant differences in the inhibition rates of AFs and NFs (P<0.05).


CONCLUSIONS
CTOL can inhibit the proliferation of AFs and NFs in vitro. AFs appear to be more sensitive to CTOL, which has a dose-dependent inhibitory effect of AF proliferation.
Wang
Chun-xia
CX
Department of Pharmacy, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China. wangcx@fimmu.com
Zeng
Xu-xin
XX
Huang
Le-song
LS
Hou
Lian-bing
LB
D000268:Adhesiveness; D000284:Administration, Oral; D000818:Animals; D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D010537:Peritoneum / Q000166:cytology*; D051381:Rats
D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; C529136:changtong