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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2015

Protective Effects of Hong Shan Capsule against Lethal Total-Body Irradiation-Induced Damage in Wistar Rats.

Jianzhong Li, Jing Xu, Weiheng Xu, Yang Qi, Yiming Lu, Lei Qiu, Zhenlin Hu, Zhiyong Chu, Yifeng Chai, Junping Zhang

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jianzhong LiSchool of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China. lijianzhong1234@hotmail.com.
Jing XuSchool of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China. xujing0601103@live.cn.
Weiheng XuSchool of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China. xuweiheng7114@163.com.
Yang QiSchool of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China. qyangangle@sina.com.
Yiming LuSchool of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China. bluesluyi@sina.com.
Lei QiuSchool of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China. qlcong021@163.com.
Zhenlin HuSchool of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China. zhenlinhu@hotmail.com.
Zhiyong ChuDepartment of Preventive Medicine, Naval Medical Research Institute, Shanghai 200433, China. zhiyongchu@tom.com.
Yifeng ChaiSchool of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China. yfchai@smmu.edu.cn.
Junping ZhangSchool of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China. jpzhang08@hotmail.com.
Second Military Medical University · CNShanghai East Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hong Shan Capsule (HSC), a crude drug of 11 medicinal herbs, was used in clinical practice for the treatment of radiation injuries in China. In this study, we investigated its protection in rats against acute lethal total-body irradiation (TBI). Pre-administration of HSC reduced the radiation sickness characteristics, while increasing the 30-day survival of the irradiated rats. Administration of HSC also reduced the radiation sickness characteristics and increased the 30-day survival of mice after exposure to lethal TBI. Ultrastructural observation illustrated that the pretreatment of rats with HSC significantly attenuated the TBI-induced morphological changes in the different organs of irradiated rats. Gene expression profiles revealed the dramatic effect of HSC on alterations of gene expression caused by lethal TBI. Pretreatment with HSC prevented differential expression of 66% (1398 genes) of 2126 genes differentially expressed in response to TBI. Pathway enrichment analysis indicated that these genes were mainly involved in a total of 32 pathways, such as pathways in cancer and the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling pathway. Our analysis indicated that the pretreatment of rats with HSC modulated these pathways induced by lethal TBI, such as multiple MAPK pathways, suggesting that pretreatment with HSC might provide protective effects on lethal TBI mainly or partially through the modulation of these pathways. Our data suggest that HSC has the potential to be used as an effective therapeutic or radio-protective agent to minimize irradiation damage.

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Whole-Body IrradiationAnimalsCluster AnalysisComputational BiologyDrugs, Chinese HerbalGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression RegulationGene Regulatory NetworksMolecular Sequence AnnotationRadiation Injuries, ExperimentalRadiation-Protective AgentsRats, WistarSignal TransductionDrugs, Chinese HerbalRadiation-Protective Agentsgene expressionHong Shan capsule (HSC)lethal total-body irradiationradioprotectionsignaling pathways

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PMID26274957
PMCPMC4581280
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