title: [Effect of Tangshenkang Granule containing serum on renal mesangial cells' proliferation and TGF-β1/Smad2/3 pathway in the high glucose condition].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the effect of Tangshenkang Granule (TG) containing serum on renal mesangial cells' (RMCs) proliferation and TGF-β1/Smad2/3 pathway in the high glucose condition.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twelve SD rats were randomly divided into four groups, i.e., the low dose TG group, the middle dose TG group, the high dose TG group, and the blank control group, 3 in each group. After 7-day gastrogavage via portal vein blood, rats were sacrificed and their serum samples were collected. RMCs were cultured in common rat serum and TG containing serum respectively. The proliferation of mesangial cells was determined by methly thiazolyl tetrazolium (MTT) assay to determine the optimal TG containing serum concentration. Expression levels of TGF-β1 mRNA and protein were determined by real time quantitative PCR and ELISA. Smad2/3 protein expression and phosphorylation were determined by Western blot and immunofluorescence.
  
  
  RESULTS
  TG containing serum at different doses could inhibit high glucose induced RMC cells' proliferation, TGF-β1 over-expression and Smad2/3 phosphorylation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  TG containing serum could inhibit high glucose induced RMC cells' proliferation, and its mechanism might be possibly associated with inhibiting TGF-β1/Smad2/3 signaling pathway.
authors: Kai
authors: K
authors: Lou
authors: Yong
authors: Y
authors: He
authors: Jing
authors: J
authors: Wei
authors: Wen-Xia
authors: WX
authors: Han
authors: Dan-Dan
authors: DD
authors: Liu
authors: Yu-Wen
authors: YW
authors: Song
authors: Xiu-Yun
authors: XY
authors: Jiang
authors: Chun-Xiao
authors: CX
authors: Yu
authors: Ling
authors: L
authors: Gao
authors: Qing-Bo
authors: QB
authors: Guan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005947:Glucose; D050527:Mesangial Cells; D010766:Phosphorylation; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D044967:Serum; D015398:Signal Transduction; D051899:Smad2 Protein / Q000378:metabolism; D053773:Transforming Growth Factor beta1 / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C497782:SMAD2 protein, human; D051899:Smad2 Protein; D053773:Transforming Growth Factor beta1; D005947:Glucose