PMID- 25263371 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150913 LR - 20220330 IS - 1673-4254 (Print) IS - 1673-4254 (Linking) VI - 34 IP - 9 DP - 2014 Aug TI - [Effect of compound Danshen dripping pills combined with atorvastatin on restenosis after angioplasty in rabbits]. PG - 1337-41 AB - OBJECTIVE: To study the effect of compound Danshen dripping pills and atorvastatin on restenosis after abdominal aorta angioplasty in rabbits. METHODS: Rabbit models of abdominal aorta restenosis after angioplasty were established and treated with saline (group A), compound Danshen dripping pills (group B), atorvastatin (group C), or compound Danshen dripping pills plus atorvastatin (group D). HE staining was used to determine the thickness of arterial intimal hyperplasia and assess the morphological changes of the narrowed artery. Immunohistochemistry was employed to detect the expression of nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1). RESULTS: Compared with group A, the 3 treatment groups showed significant increased vascular cavity area and reduced intimal area and percentage of intimal hyperplasia (P<0.05). The vascular cavity area, intimal area and percentage of intimal hyperplasia levels differed significantly between group D and groups B and C (P<0.05). Immunohistochemistry showed a significant reduction of the expression rate of NF-kappaB and MCP-1 in the 3 treatment groups compared with group A (P<0.05), and the reduction was especially obvious in group D (P<0.05). CONCLUTIONS: Compound danshen dripping pills combined with atorvastatin produces better effects than the drugs used alone in inhibiting vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation in rabbits after abdominal aorta angioplasty possibly due to a decreased expression of MCP-1 as a result of NF-kappaB inhibition. FAU - Song, Jieli AU - Song J AD - Department of Cardiology of The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Southern Medical, Guangzhou 510900 China. E-mail: mf-422@163.com. FAU - Zeng, Jinpei AU - Zeng J FAU - Zhang, Yongxia AU - Zhang Y FAU - Li, Pengfei AU - Li P FAU - Zhang, Lihong AU - Zhang L FAU - Chen, Cibin AU - Chen C LA - chi PT - Journal Article PL - China TA - Nan Fang Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao JT - Nan fang yi ke da xue xue bao = Journal of Southern Medical University JID - 101266132 RN - 0 (Chemokine CCL2) RN - 0 (Drugs, Chinese Herbal) RN - 0 (Heptanoic Acids) RN - 0 (NF-kappa B) RN - 0 (Phenanthrolines) RN - 0 (Pyrroles) RN - 1693AM5SBN (dan-shen root extract) RN - A0JWA85V8F (Atorvastatin) SB - IM MH - *Angioplasty MH - Animals MH - Aorta/*pathology MH - Atorvastatin MH - Cell Proliferation MH - Chemokine CCL2/metabolism MH - Drugs, Chinese Herbal/*pharmacology MH - Heptanoic Acids/*pharmacology MH - Hyperplasia MH - Myocytes, Smooth Muscle/drug effects MH - NF-kappa B/metabolism MH - Phenanthrolines MH - Pyrroles/*pharmacology MH - Rabbits MH - Salvia miltiorrhiza/chemistry MH - Tunica Intima EDAT- 2014/09/30 06:00 MHDA- 2015/09/14 06:00 CRDT- 2014/09/30 06:00 PHST- 2014/09/30 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/09/30 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/09/14 06:00 [medline] PST - ppublish SO - Nan Fang Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao. 2014 Aug;34(9):1337-41.