CAO Dingya,WU Xiaojuan,FU Tingting,et al.Ameliorative effect and mechanism of emodin on infectious preterm rats[J].ZHONGGUO YAOFANG,2024,35(21):2629-2633.
CAO Dingya,WU Xiaojuan,FU Tingting,et al.Ameliorative effect and mechanism of emodin on infectious preterm rats[J].ZHONGGUO YAOFANG,2024,35(21):2629-2633. DOI: 10.6039/j.issn.1001-0408.2024.21.09.
Ameliorative effect and mechanism of emodin on infectious preterm rats
To explore the ameliorative effect and mechanism of emodin on infectious preterm rats.
METHODS
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The infectious preterm rat model was established and divided into model group, emodin group (60 mg/kg, i.g.), IKK activation group (2 μg pcDNA3.1-IKK recombinant plasmid via tail vein), emodin+IKK activation group (i.g. 60 mg/kg emodin+2 μg pcDNA3.1-IKK recombinant plasmid via tail vein), with 14 rats in each group. Another 14 pregnant female rats were set up as control group. Each group received corresponding intervention for 7 days. The muscle tension of the uterine muscle strip, and the indicator levels of serum inflammation [interleukin 1β (IL-1β), IL-6, tumor necrosis factor α(TNF-α)] and oxidative stress [superoxide dismutase (SOD), malondialdehyde (MDA), catalase (CAT)] were detected; the pathological morphological changes of uterine tissue in rats were observed; the protein expressions of NOD-like receptor protein 3 (NLRP3), cleaved-caspase-1 and IKK/IκB/NF-κB signaling pathway were detected.
RESULTS
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Compared with control group, a large number of inflammatory cells infiltrated into the smooth muscle layer of uterus in model group with irregular cell distribution; the uterine muscle strip muscle tone, serum levels of IL-1β, IL-6, TNF-α and MDA, protein expressions of NLRP3, cleaved-caspase-1, IKK, I
κB and NF-κB p65 in uterine tissue were significantly increased in model group, and the serum levels of SOD and CAT were significantly decreased (
P
<0.05). Compared with the model group, the infiltration of inflammatory cells in the uterine smooth muscle layer was reduced in the emodin group, and all quantitative indexes were significantly improved (
P
<0.05); the infiltration of inflammatory cells in the uterine smooth muscle layer was increased in IKK activation group, and all quantitative indexes further deteriorated (
P
<0.05). Activation of IKK could significantly reduce the improvement effect of emodin on the above indexes in infectious preterm rats (
P
<0.05).
CONCLUSIONS
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Emodin can relieve inflammation and oxidative stress in infectious preterm rats by inhibiting the IKK/IκB/NF-κB signaling pathway, thus improving uterine smooth muscle contraction.
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