Xiuhua CAI, Anying DONG, Ronghua ZHANG, et al. Effect of novel turtle shell decoction on cycle, apoptosis, CTGF/Itgα 5 pathway and expression of Col1a1 in rat hepatic stellate cells[J]. Journal of Third Military Medical University, 2021, 43(24): 2664-2670.
DOI:
Xiuhua CAI, Anying DONG, Ronghua ZHANG, et al. Effect of novel turtle shell decoction on cycle, apoptosis, CTGF/Itgα 5 pathway and expression of Col1a1 in rat hepatic stellate cells[J]. Journal of Third Military Medical University, 2021, 43(24): 2664-2670. DOI: 10.16016/j.1000-5404.202106056.
Effect of novel turtle shell decoction on cycle, apoptosis, CTGF/Itgα 5 pathway and expression of Col1a1 in rat hepatic stellate cells
To investigate the effects of novel turtle shell decoction (NTSD) on the cycle
apoptosis
connective tissue growth factor
/
integrin alpha
5 (
CTGF
/
Itgα
5) pathway and the expression of
Collagen type I
(
Col
1
a
1) in rat hepatic stellate cell line T6 (HSCT6).
Methods
2
HSCT6 cells was treated with NTSD containing crude drug 0.71 g/mL as experimental group
treated with turtle shell pills (TSP) at the same
dose as positive control
and cultured routinely as normal control. Cell cycle and apoptosis of HSCT6 cells were tested by flow cytometry (FCM). Real time-qPCR
Western blotting and immunofluorescence assay were employed to detect the expression changes of
CTGF
Itgα
5 and
Col
1
a
1 genes and their coding proteins in each group of HSCT6
respectively.
Results
2
FCM showed that NTSD treatment blocked the cells at S stage
and induced cell apoptosis. Real time-qPCR
Western blotting and immunofluorescence assay revealed that NTSD can significantly down-regulate the expression of
CTGF
Itgα
5 and
Col
1
a
1 in mRNA and protein levels in HSC-T6 cells (
P
<
0.01).
Conclusion
2
NTSD treatment results in cell arrest at S phage through down-regulating
CTGF
/
Itgα
5
induction of cell apoptosis
decrease of
Col
1
a
1 expression
and then inhibition of cell growth in HSCT6 cells.
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