title: Effects of Yinian Jiangya Decoction containing serum on cytokines secretion of vascular endothelium of spontaneously hypertensive rats.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To observe the effects of Yinian Jiangya Decoction (YNJYD) on cytokine secretion in spontaneoulsy hypertensive rats (SHRs) vascular endothelium.
  
  
  METHODS
  Aortic endothelial cells (ECs) were primarily cultured from SHRs; male SD rats were treated with different doses (high, medium, and low doses) of YNJYD, the blood was collected on the 21st day, and then, the serum was separated. ECs were cocultured with the serum for different time courses, and the culture supernatant concentrations of endothelin (ET)-1, nitric oxide (NO), tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA), and plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI-1) were determined by ABC-ELISA methods.
  
  
  RESULTS
  ET-1, NO, t-PA, and PAI-1 levels in endothelial cell culture supernatant were increased in a time-dependent manner; YNJYD could significantly elevate NO and t-PA expressions in ECs, while ET-1 and PAI-1 expressions were dramatically decreased; these effects of YNJYD were in a concentration-dependent manner.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The therapeutic effect of YNJYD on hypertension is attributed to its effect on regulating vessel dilation and blood coagulation, in which ET-1/NO and PAI-1/t-PA are two pairs of pivotal mediators.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Chinese Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macao, China. yhzhao@must.edu.mo
authors.forename: Yong-hua
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: You-hua
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Guan
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Xiang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016207:Cytokines / Q000378:metabolism*; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000494:pharmacology*; D042783:Endothelial Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D019332:Endothelin-1 / Q000378:metabolism; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism; D017395:Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1 / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011918:Rats, Inbred SHR; D013347:Subcellular Fractions / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D013997:Time Factors; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D019332:Endothelin-1; D017395:Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1; C553679:yinian jiangya; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator