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Chinese Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics ›› 2011, Vol. 16 ›› Issue (11): 1216-1221.

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Effects of Notoginsenoside monomer R1 on the expression of ERK1/2 in PASMCs

TANG Lan-lan1,2, WANG Shu-jun1, LI Guan-long1, WANG Yuan-yuan1, ZHOU Jun-hui1, ZHAO Shan1, LIU Ya-kun1, WANG Wan-tie1   

  1. 1Department of Pathophysiology, Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou 325035, Zhejiang, China;
    2Department of Pathology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou 310005, Zhejiang, China
  • Received:2011-08-01 Revised:2011-10-30 Online:2011-11-26 Published:2011-11-29

Abstract: AIM: To study the effect of monomer R1 aleviating HHPV via MAPKs signal pathway.METHODS: To culture pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells (PASMCs) of male SD rats primarily, PASMCs were randomly divided into 6 groups: control group(N), hypoxia hypercapnia group(H), DMSO incubation group (HD), R1 groups(R8, R40, R100). Incubated cells were collected. p-Erk1/2 was investigated through western blot, and ERK1 mRNA and ERK2 mRNA were detected via RT-PCR.RESULTS: The expretion of p-ERK protein was weak in the N group, and in R8,R40 and R100 groups the level of p-ERK was reduced significantly(P<0.01), declining mostly in R8 group. The expretion of ERK1 mRNA and ERK2 mRNA was not obvious in N group, and comparing with H and HD groups it markedly down-regulated in R8, R40 and R100 groups(P<0.01, P<0.05), reaching its lowest point in R8 group.CONCLUSION: ERK1/2 signal pathway may play an important role in HHPV in rat.The effect of R1 on relaxing HHPV may be related to inhibiting expression of ERK1/2.

Key words: Hypoxic hypercapnia, Pulmonary arterial hypertension, ERK1/2 signal pathway, Notoginsenoside monomer R1

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