Total Saponins of Panax Notoginseng Modulate the Astrocyte Inflammatory Signaling Pathway and Attenuate Inflammatory Injury Induced by Oxygen- Glucose Deprivation/Reperfusion Injury in Rat Brain Microvascular Endothelial Cells


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Objective:Reperfusion after cerebral ischemia causes brain injury. Total saponins of Panax notoginseng (PNS) have potential roles in protecting against cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury. However, whether PNS regulates astrocytes on oxygen-glucose deprivation/reperfusion (OGD/R) injury in rat brain microvascular endothelial cells (BMECs) and its mechanism still need further clarification.

Methods:Rat C6 glial cells were treated with PNS at different doses. Cell models were established by exposing C6 glial cells and BMECs to OGD/R. Cell viability was assessed, and levels of nitrite concentration, inflammatory factors (iNOS, IL-1β, IL-6, IL-8, TNF-α), and oxidative stress-related factors (MDA, SOD, GSH-Px, T-AOC) were subsequently measured through CCK8, Grice analysis, Western blot, and ELISA, respectively. The co-cultured C6 and endothelial cells were treated with PNS for 24 hours before model establishment. Then transendothelial electrical resistance (TEER), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) activity, brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) content, and mRNA and protein levels and positive rates of tight junction proteins [Claudin-5, Occludin, ZO-1] were measured by a cell resistance meter, corresponding kits, ELISA, RT-qPCR, Western blot, and immunohistochemistry, respectively.

Results:PNS had no cytotoxicity. PNS reduced iNOS, IL-1β, IL-6, IL-8, and TNF-α levels in astrocytes, promoted T-AOC level and SOD and GSH-Px activities, and inhibited MDA levels, thus inhibiting oxidative stress in astrocytes. In addition, PNS alleviated OGD/R injury, reduced Na-Flu permeability, and enhanced TEER, LDH activity, BDNF content, and levels of tight junction proteins Claudin-5, Occludin, ZO-1 in the culture system of astrocytes and rat BMECs after OGD/R.

Conclusion:PNS repressed astrocyte inflammation and attenuated OGD/R injury in rat BMECs.

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Xiaobing Wei

Department of Neurosurgery, Huizhou Third People's Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University

Email: info@benthamscience.net

Yiqi Wen

Department of Neurosurgery, Huizhou Third People's Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University

Email: info@benthamscience.net

Yongzhen Hu

Department of Neurosurgery, Huizhou Third People's Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University

Email: info@benthamscience.net

Xuli Guo

Department of Internal Medicine-Oncology, Huizhou Municipal Central Hospital

Author for correspondence.
Email: info@benthamscience.net

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