ABSTRACT
Objective To investigate the effects of the 2,3,4′,5-Tetrahydroxystilbene -2-O-beta-D-glucoside on the prolif-eration of PASMCs induced by hypoxia , in orde to search new drugs for the treatment and prevention of hypoxic pulmonary vascular remod -eling.Methods 3%O2 hypoxia was used to induced the proliferation of PASMCs .After hypoxic and TSG treatment for 24h, cell growth was determined by cell counting kit -8 ( CCK-8 ) , cell cycle was analysed by flow cytometry , the mRNA expression of HIF -1αwas measured by quantitative real -time PCR, and the reactive oxygen species ( ROS) production was determined by the fluorescence micro-plate reader .Results TSG can block the proliferation of PASMCs through G 0/G1 to S phase of the cell cycle arrest without cell cytotoxic-ity.Further experiments showed that TSG blocking the proliferation of PASMCs was associated suppression the mRNA expression of HIF -1αand the production of intracellular ROS in hypoxia -stimulated-PASMCs.Conclusion TSG can inhibit the proliferation of pulmo-nary artery smooth muscle cells induced by hypoxia through suppression the mRNA expression of HIF -1αand the production of intracel-lular ROS.