[Inhibitory effects of Sanleng pellet on angiogenesis of endometriosis in rats]

Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi. 2008 Feb;33(3):303-7.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

Objective: To investigate the effect of Sanleng pellet on angiogenesis of endometriosis in SD rats.

Method: The rat model of endometriosis were treated with Sanleng pellet. Observe microvessels density by immunohistochemical test as well as the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor and tumor necrosis factor-alpha in ectopic endometriotic tissue by immunohistochemical test and RT-PCR.

Result: Sanleng pellet can reduce MVD, and inhibit the level of protein and mRNA of vascular endothelial growth factor and TNF-alpha in ectopic endometriotic tissue.

Conclusion: Sanleng pellet can reduce the degree of angiogenesis in the endometriosis rats, and its mechanism might be associated with inhibiting the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor and TNF-alpha in the heterotopic tissue.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal / therapeutic use*
  • Endometriosis / drug therapy*
  • Endometriosis / metabolism
  • Female
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Neovascularization, Pathologic / drug therapy*
  • Rats
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / genetics
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / metabolism
  • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A / genetics
  • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A / metabolism

Substances

  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
  • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A