ABSTRACT
Aim To evaluate the protective effects of salvianolic acid B on the ISO-induced myocardial is-chemic injury model of rats and the influence of regula-ting NLRP3 associated protein on myocardial ischemia. Method All rats were randomly divided into control group, model group and Sal B 5, 10, 15 mg · kg-1 groups. For 7 days, rats in Sal B groups were given by introperitoneal injection of 5, 10, 15 mg·kg-1 Sal B, rats in control group and model group were given the same volume of normal saline. Rats were subcutane-ously multi-point injected ISO ( 30 mg · kg-1 ) for 2 days on the fifth administrating day. The myocardial protective effect of Sal B was evaluated from electrocar-diogram( ECG), myocardial tissue pathological chan-ges, serum myocardial enzymes, oxidation index and inflammatory cytokine, myocardial tissue of NLRP3 related protein expression. Results Sal B could re-duce the degree of myocardial tissue necrosis and the infiltration of inflammatory cells, reduce T-wave values of ECG(P<0. 05 or P<0. 01). Compared with model group, CK values, GOT values and IL-1β values of rats in different dose groups were significantly lower, and MDA values and LDH values of rats in middle-and high-dose groups were significantly lower ( P<0. 05 or P<0. 01 ) . However, T-SOD values of rats middle-and high-dose groups were significantly higher ( P <0. 05 or P<0. 01). Meanwhile,the NLRP3, Caspase-1 and IL-1β protein level in myocardial tissue of the rats in different dose groups compared with model group had reduced ( P <0. 05 or P <0. 01 ) . Conclu-sion Sal B has protective effects on myocardial ische-mic rats, its mechanism may be related with inhibition of decreasing the expression of NLRP3 inflammasome associated protein, which can suppress the generation of inflammatory cytokines.