期刊
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CHINESE MEDICINE
卷 44, 期 2, 页码 377-388出版社
WORLD SCIENTIFIC PUBL CO PTE LTD
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X1650021X
关键词
Tanshinone IIA; Traditional Chinese Medicine; Endothelial Cells; Heme Oxygenase-1; Interleukin-8
资金
- National Science Council (NSC), Taipei [99-2320-B-038-007-MY2]
- China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C. [CMU99-TC-06]
Tanshinone IIA is the main effective component of Salvia miltiorrhiza, known as Danshen, which has been used in many therapeutic remedies in traditional Chinese medicine. However, the direct effects of tanshinone IIA on vascular endothelial cells have not yet been fully described. In the present study, we demonstrated that tanshinone IIA increased heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) expression in human umbilical vein endothelial cells. Western blot analyses and experiments with specific inhibitors indicated tanshinone IIA enhanced HO-1 expression through the activation of phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt and the subsequent induction of nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) nuclear translocation. In addition, tanshinone IIA inhibited cyclic strain induced interleukin-8 (IL-8) expression. HO-1 silencing significantly abrogated the repressive effects of tanshinone IIA on strain-induced IL-8 expression, which suggests HO-1 has a role in mediating the effects of tanshinone IIA. This study reports for the first time that tanshinone IIA inhibits cyclic strain-induced IL-8 expression via the induction of HO-1 in endothelial cells, providing valuable new insight into the molecular pathways that may contribute to the effects of tanshinone IIA.
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