The protective effects of ginsenoside Rg1 against hypertension target-organ damage in spontaneously hypertensive rats
| Autor: | Jun Yin, Min Yang, Tingting Zhang, Wanying Wu, Yufan Cheng, Shu-Hong Guan, Hui Chen, Baohong Jiang, Lingling Xu, Fukang Teng, Dong Wang, Xuan Liu, Sha Liu, De-An Guo, Yanpin Deng, Defang Li |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Ginsenosides medicine.medical_treatment Intraperitoneal injection Blood Pressure Kidney Protective Agents Rats Inbred WKY chemistry.chemical_compound Internal medicine Rats Inbred SHR medicine Hypertensive complication Animals Humans Vascular remodeling Pathological Saline Ginsenoside Rg1 business.industry Retinal Heart lcsh:Other systems of medicine General Medicine lcsh:RZ201-999 Rats Blood pressure medicine.anatomical_structure Endocrinology chemistry Complementary and alternative medicine Organ Specificity Hypertension cardiovascular system Immunohistochemistry business Research Article Drugs Chinese Herbal |
| Zdroj: | BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Vol 12, Iss 1, p 53 (2012) |
| ISSN: | 1472-6882 |
| Popis: | Background Although a number of medicines are available for the management of hypertension, the organ damage induced by hypertension is not resolved. The aim of this study was to investigate the protection of ginsenoside Rg1 (Rg1) against vascular remodeling and organ damage in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). Methods Male SHR were treated with 5, 10 or 20 mg/kg Rg1 through intraperitoneal injection per day for 1 month. SHR or Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKY) receiving vehicle (saline) was used as control. Blood pressure detection and pathological stain, transmission electron microscope, immunohistochemical assay were used to elucidate the protection of Rg1. Results Blood pressures were not different between control SHR rats and Rg1 treated SHR rats, but Rg1 improved the aortic outward remodeling by lowering the lumen diameter and reducing the media thickness according the histopathological and ultrastructural detections. Rg1 also protected the retinal vessels against inward remodeling detected by immunohistochemical assay. Furthermore, Rg1 attenuated the target heart and kidney damage with improvement on cardiac and glomerular structure. Conclusions These results suggested that Rg1 held beneficial effects on vascular structure and further protected against the organ-damage induced by hypertension. These findings also paved a novel and promising approach to the treatment of hypertensive complications. |
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