Tongxinluo enhances the effect of atorvastatin on the treatment of atherosclerosis with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by maintaining the pulmonary microvascular barrier
机构:[1]Hebei Univ Chinese Med, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, Peoples R China[2]Hebei Key Lab Integrated Chinese & Western Med Lu, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, Peoples R China[3]Key Lab State Adm Tradit Chinese Med Cardiocerebr, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, Peoples R China[4]Hebei Yiling Pharmaceut Res Inst, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, Peoples R China[5]Hebei Med Univ, Grad Sch, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, Peoples R China[6]Natl Key Lab Collateral Dis Res & Innovat Chinese, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, Peoples R China[7]Hebei Univ Chinese Med, Dept Cardiol, Affiliated Yiling Hosp, Shijiazhuang 050091, Hebei, Peoples R China
Atherosclerosis (AS) is a common comorbidity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and systemic inflammation is an important mechanism of COPD with AS. Tongxinluo (TXL) improves the function of vascular endothelial cells. We aimed to prove that impairment of pulmonary microvascular barrier function is involved in COPD-mediated aggravation of AS and investigate whether TXL enhances the effect of Ato (atorvastatin) on COPD with AS by protecting pulmonary microvascular endothelial barrier function. In vivo, a COPD with atherosclerotic apolipoprotein E knockout (AS ApoE(-/-)) mouse model was established by cigarette smoke combined with a high-fat diet. The animals were administered TXL, Ato, and TXL+Ato once a day for 20 weeks. Lung function, lung microvascular permeability, lung inflammation, systemic inflammation, serum lipid levels, atheromatous plaque formation, and endothelial damage biomarkers were measured. In vitro, human pulmonary microvascular endothelial cells (HPMECs) were pretreated with TXL and incubated with cigarette smoke extract to establish the model. The permeability of the endothelial monolayer, inflammatory cytokines, endothelial damage biomarkers, and tight junction (Tj) proteins were determined. Cigarette smoking significantly exacerbated the high-fat dietinduced pulmonary function decline, pulmonary microvascular endothelial barrier dysfunction, inflammation, and atherosclerotic plaques. These changes were reversed by TXL-Ato; the combination was more effective than Ato alone. Furthermore, TXL protected the HPMEC barrier and inhibited inflammation in HPMECs. COPD aggravates AS, possibly through the destruction of pulmonary microvascular barrier function; thus, lung inflammation triggers systemic inflammation. In treating COPD with AS, TXL enhances the antiatherosclerotic effect of Ato, protecting the pulmonary microvascular barrier.
基金:
Hebei Province Natural Science Foundation [H2018106043, H2021106032]; National Key Research and Development Program [2017YFC1700500]
第一作者机构:[1]Hebei Univ Chinese Med, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, Peoples R China[2]Hebei Key Lab Integrated Chinese & Western Med Lu, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, Peoples R China
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通讯机构:[1]Hebei Univ Chinese Med, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, Peoples R China[7]Hebei Univ Chinese Med, Dept Cardiol, Affiliated Yiling Hosp, Shijiazhuang 050091, Hebei, Peoples R China[*1]Department of Cardiology, Affiliated Yiling Hospital of Hebei University of Chinese Medicine, Shijiazhuang 050091, China
推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714):
Kuang Xiangnan,Wang Yafen,Liu Shiqiao,et al.Tongxinluo enhances the effect of atorvastatin on the treatment of atherosclerosis with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by maintaining the pulmonary microvascular barrier[J].FOOD SCIENCE & NUTRITION.2023,11(1):390-407.doi:10.1002/fsn3.3070.
APA:
Kuang, Xiangnan,Wang, Yafen,Liu, Shiqiao,Chang, Liping,Yin, Yujie...&Jia, Zhenhua.(2023).Tongxinluo enhances the effect of atorvastatin on the treatment of atherosclerosis with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by maintaining the pulmonary microvascular barrier.FOOD SCIENCE & NUTRITION,11,(1)
MLA:
Kuang, Xiangnan,et al."Tongxinluo enhances the effect of atorvastatin on the treatment of atherosclerosis with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by maintaining the pulmonary microvascular barrier".FOOD SCIENCE & NUTRITION 11..1(2023):390-407