PMID- 21823428 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130801 LR - 20161018 IS - 1003-5370 (Print) IS - 1003-5370 (Linking) VI - 31 IP - 6 DP - 2011 Jun TI - [Effects of scutellaria stem-leaf total flavonoids on cardiocyte apoptosis induced by hypoxia/reoxygenation]. PG - 803-6 AB - OBJECTIVE: To study the effect of Scutellaria baicalensis stem-leaf total flavonoids (SSTF) on cardiocyte apoptosis of neonatal rats induced by hypoxia/reoxygenation and its action of mechanism. METHODS Sixty one to two days old rats, male or female, were selected. Hypoxia/reoxygenation injured model was established in cultured cardiocytes of neonate rats. The cultured neonatal rat cardiocytes were divided into 5 groups, i.e., the normal control group, the hypoxia/reoxygenation injury group (as the model group, cultured cardiocytes were exposed to hypoxia 2 h and subsequently reoxygenated for 4 h), the hypoxia/reoxygenation injury plus 50 mg/L SSTF group (as the low dose SSTF group), the hypoxia/reoxygenation plus 100 mg/L SSTF group (as the middle dose SSTF group), and the hypoxia/reoxygenation plus 200 mg/L SSTF group (as the high dose SSTF group). The cell viability was detected by methyl thiazolyl tetrazolium (MTT) colorimetry. The apoptosis of cardiocytes was determined by terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) and the apoptosis rate calculated. The Bcl-2 and Bax protein expressions were determined by immunohistochemistry. RESULTS: Compared with the normal control group, the cell viability, Bcl-2 protein contents and Bcl-2/Bax decreased, the apoptosis rate and Bax protein contents increased in the model group (all P<0.01). Compared with the model group, the cell viability, Bcl-2 protein contents and Bcl-2/Bax increased, while the apoptosis rate and Bax protein contents decreased in each SSTF treated group (P<0.05, P<0.01). Compared with the low dose SSTF group, significant difference existed in each index of the high dose SSTF group (all P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS: SSTF had protection on hypoxia/reoxygenation induced cardiocyte apoptosis. Its protective mechanism might be correlated with its up-regulation of the expression of Bcl-2 protein ahd down-regulation of the expression of Bax protein. FAU - Zhou, Xiao-hui AU - Zhou XH AD - Department of Biochemistry, Chengde Medical College, Hebei 067000. zxh5055@sina.com FAU - Gong, Ming-yu AU - Gong MY FAU - Yang, He-mei AU - Yang HM LA - chi PT - English Abstract PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. PL - China TA - Zhongguo Zhong Xi Yi Jie He Za Zhi JT - Zhongguo Zhong xi yi jie he za zhi Zhongguo Zhongxiyi jiehe zazhi = Chinese journal of integrated traditional and Western medicine JID - 9211576 RN - 0 (Bax protein, rat) RN - 0 (Flavonoids) RN - 0 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2) RN - 0 (bcl-2-Associated X Protein) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Apoptosis/*drug effects MH - Cell Hypoxia/drug effects MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Female MH - Flavonoids/*pharmacology MH - Male MH - Myocytes, Cardiac/*drug effects/metabolism MH - Plant Stems/chemistry MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2/metabolism MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Scutellaria/chemistry MH - bcl-2-Associated X Protein/metabolism EDAT- 2011/08/10 06:00 MHDA- 2013/08/02 06:00 CRDT- 2011/08/10 06:00 PHST- 2011/08/10 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/08/10 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/08/02 06:00 [medline] PST - ppublish SO - Zhongguo Zhong Xi Yi Jie He Za Zhi. 2011 Jun;31(6):803-6.