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ArticleBioscience reports2019

Houshiheisan promotes angiogenesis via HIF-1α/VEGF and SDF-1/CXCR4 pathways: in vivo and in vitro.

Yangyang Xiang, Xiaoquan Yao, Xuan Wang, Hui Zhao, Haiyan Zou, Lei Wang, Qiu-Xia Zhang

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Article in Bioscience reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yangyang XiangSchool of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Xiaoquan YaoSchool of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Xuan WangSchool of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Hui ZhaoSchool of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Haiyan ZouSchool of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Lei WangSchool of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Qiu-Xia ZhangSchool of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Capital Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

rationaleHoushiheisan (HSHS), a classic prescription in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), has remarkable efficacy in the treatment of ischemic stroke.

objectiveTo investigate the pro-angiogenic effect and molecular mechanism of HSHS for stroke recovery. METHODS AND

resultsThe rat permanent middle cerebral artery occlusion (pMCAO) model was constructed by suture method, HSHS (5.25 or 10.5 g/kg) and Ginaton (28 mg/kg) treatment was intragastrically administrated at 6 h after modeling which remained for 7 consecutive days. Pathological evaluation conducted by Hematoxylin-Eosin (HE) staining and the results showed that HSHS alleviated blood vessel edema, reduced the damage to blood vessels and neurons in the ischemic areas. Immunostaining, quantitative real-time fluorescence PCR results showed that HSHS up-regulated pro-angiogenic factors including platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1 (cluster of differentiation 31 (CD31)), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGFA), VEGF receptor 2 (VEGFR2), angiopoietin-1 (Ang-1), while down-regulated angiopoietin-2 (Ang-2), stromal cell derived factor-1 (SDF-1), and cxc chemokine receptor 4 (CXCR4) expression in infarct rat cortex, and similar results were obtained in subsequent Western blot experiment. Furthermore, CCK8 assay and transwell migration assay were performed to assess cell proliferation, migration, and tube formation. The medicated serum (MS) of HSHS appeared to have beneficial effects for immortalized human umbilical vein cells (Im-HUVECs) on proliferation and migration after persistence hypoxia. Western blot analysis revealed that the expression of hypoxia inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α), VEGFA, Ang-1, Ang-2, and CXCR4 were significantly up-regulated while Ang-2 was down-regulated by HSHS MS treatment compared with vehicle group in vitro.

conclusionThe present study suggests a novel application of HSHS as an effective angiogenic formula for stroke recovery.

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Brain IschemiaMedicine, Chinese TraditionalStrokeAnimalsChemokine CXCL12Disease Models, AnimalHypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha SubunitMaleNeovascularization, PhysiologicRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyReceptors, CXCR4Signal TransductionVascular Endothelial Growth Factor AChemokine CXCL12CXCL12 protein, ratCxcr4 protein, ratHif1a protein, ratHypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha SubunitReceptors, CXCR4Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Avascular endothelial growth factor A, ratangiogenesiscerebral ischemiachemokineHIF-1α/VEGFHoushiheisan

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