ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: Chinese herb digan oral liquid promotes manufacture of hematopoietic cells. During irradiative injury, how are the therapeutic effects of intervention with Chinese herbal compound on expressions of stromal cellular adherent molecule (SCAM) and cyclin gene that are closely related to hematopoietic cells?OBJECTIVE: Mouse model with irradiative injury was established to assay the effects of Chinese herbal compound-digan oral lipid on the expression of medullary cyclinD1mRNA and the expressions of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs), stromal cellular adherent molecular CD45 (SCAMCD45) and vascular cellular adherent moldecular-1 (VCAM-1).DESIGN: Randomized controlled experiment was designed.SETTING: Department of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Wuhan General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Area Command of Chinese PLA; Institute of Hematology of Tongji Medical College and Institute of Hepatology of Hubei College of Traditional Chinese Medicine.MATERIALS: The experiment was performed in Institute of Hematology of Tongji Medical College and Institute of Hepatology of Hubei College of Traditional Chinese Medicine from January 2001 to June 2002, in which,48 outbred Kunming mice were employed, aged varied from 8 to 12weeks, mass-weighted varied from 18 to 22 g, of either sex. Drugs: 100% digan oral lipid is composed of shudihuang (radix rehmanniae preparata) and zhigancao (radix glycyrrhizae preparata). At ratio of 2/1, water decoction was prepared and concentrated as 100% oral liquid (containing raw herb 1 g/mL). METHODS: Totally 48 mice were randomized into 4 groups, 12 mice in each one. Normal group: no any management. Oral lipid group: Digan oral lipid was applied for gastric perfusion in model with irradiative injury,0.02 ml/g, twice a day. Model group: After modeling, physiological saline was used for gastric perfusion with the same dosage as the above. Batilol group: After modeling, batilol suspension was used for gastric perfusion (0.1 g/kg). Gastric perfusion was done continuously for 9 days in each group. On the 10th day, hybridization in situ was used to assay cyclinD1 mRNA expression of medullary mononuclear cell (MNC), Immuniohisto chemical SABC method was used to assay medullary VCAM-1 expression and flow cytometry (FCM) was used to assay CD45 content.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: CyclinD1 mRNA expression of medullary mononuclear cell (MNC) and expression of medullary stromal cellular VCAM-1 and CD45 antigenRESULTS: After modeling, there were 12 mice in normal group and 10 mice in rest groups. In result analysis, 5 mice were randomized in each group. ① In oral liquid group, the expression of medullary cellular cyclinD1 mRNA and VCAM-1 were higher significantly than model group[oralliquid group: (27.34±4.49), (53.94±8.67)% and model group: (16.06±4.57),(31.92±5.01)%, P＜ 0.01]. ② Expression of CD45 antigen iroral liquid group was higher significantly than model group [(41.38±5.76), (19.24±4.98)%, P ＜ 0.01]. Both digan oral liquid and batilol improved the expressions of cyclinD1,VCAM-1 and CD45 antigen.CONCLUSION: Chinese herbal compound-digan oral liquid enhances the expression of adherent molecule of hematopoietic stem cells, promotes the expression of stroma] cellular adherent molecule and improves the transcription of medullary cellular cyclinD1, which induces hematopoietic cells to be differentiated more maturely and to be transported peripherally so as to supplement blood.