目的:研究参附注射液对心力衰竭大鼠心肌凋亡和凋亡相关蛋白的影响。方法:45只Wistar大鼠随机分为对照组、模型组和治疗组,采用左冠状动脉结扎法建立心力衰竭模型。对照组和模型组给予0.9%氯化钠溶液、参附组给予腹腔注射参附注射液(6.2mL.kg-1.d-1,4周)。采用TUNEL和免疫组化检测心肌凋亡和相关蛋白。结果:共有38只大鼠存活。对照组(n=14)未见心肌凋亡,模型组(n=13)凋亡数量增加,而参附组(n=11)凋亡数量明显减少,与模型组比较差异具有显著性(P〈0.01)。与对照组相比,模型组Bax、Bcl-2、Fas和FasL蛋白表达增加(P〈0.05);与模型组相比,治疗组Bax、Fas和FasL蛋白表达显著下降(P〈0.01)。结论:参附注射液能够抑制实验性心力衰竭大鼠心肌凋亡,其作用机制与下调促凋亡基因Bax、Fas和FasL表达的作用相关。
Objective: To investigate the intervention of Shenfu Injection on cardiomyocyte apoptosis and expressions of apoptosis-related proteins in heart failure rats.Methods: Forty-five Wistar rats were randomized into 3 groups: sham,heart failure model and Shenfu Injection.Heart failure was introduced by ligation of the left anterior descending coronary artery.38 rats survived,and animals in the sham group(n=14) and model group(n=13) received a saline injection while animals in the Shenfu Injection group(n=11) received an Injection of Shenfu Injection(6.2mL.kg-1.d-1 ip,4w).Myocardial cells were measured by TdT-mediated dUTP nick end labeling(TUNEL),and the expressions of Bax,Bcl-2,Fas and FasL in cardiomyocytes were detected by immunohistochemical assays.Results: The TUNEL stained cardiomyocytes significantly increased,and the expressions of Bcl-2,Fas,FasL as well as Bax in cardiomyocytes significantly up-regulated in model group compared with those in sham rats(P0.05).Compared with the model group,it was in the Shenfu Injection group that expressions of Bax,Fas,FasL and TUNEL stained cardiomyocytes significantly down-regulated after 4-week Shenfu Injection therapy(P0.01).Conclusion: Shenfu Injection could Inhibit cardiomyocyte apoptosis in experimental heart failure rats by down-regulating expressions of Bax,Fas and FasL.