Effects of glycyrrhizin on the proliferation of ASMC induced by fetal calf or histamine in rats / 中国药理学通报

ABSTRACT

Aim To investigate the effects of glycyrrhizin on the proliferation of ASMC stimulated by fetal calf or histamine in rats. Methods Cell culture of rat ASMC, MTT assay, flow cytometry and cell growth counts were used in this study. Results ①In the culture medium containing 100g?L -1 fetal calf serum, Glycyrrhizin at low concentration(6?10 -5 mol?L -1 ) stimulated the increase of A 570 in ASMC. This effect descended with increasing glycyrrhizin concentration and changed to be inhibitory at high concentration (from 384?10 -5 mol?L -1 to 1 536 ?10 -5 mol?L -1 ). In the culture medium containing 10 -2 mol?L -1 histamine, Glycyrrhizin at both low and high concentration inhibited the increase of A 570 in ASMC. ②In the culture medium containing 100 g?L -1 fetal calf, Glycyrrhizin at low concentration(6?10 -5 mol?L -1 ) stimulated the proliferation of ASMC. This effect descended with increasing glycyrrhizin concentration and changed to be inhibitory at high concentration (from 384?10 -5 mol?L -1 to 1 536 ?10 -5 mol?L -1 ). In the culture medium containing 1 g?L -1 histamine, Glycyrrhizin at both low and high concentration inhibited the proliferation of ASMC. ③In the culture medium containing 100 g?L -1 fetal calf or 10 -2 mol?L -1 histamine, with increasing glycyrrhizin concentration, the cell count in G 1 phase increase, the cell count in G 2 and M phase decrease. Conclusion ①Glycyrrhizin accelerated the proliferation of ASMC stimulated by fetal calf at low concentration, inhibited the proliferation at high concentration. ②Glycyrrhizin inhibited the proliferation of ASMC stimulated by histamine at both low concentration and high concentration.