Abstract:
OBJECTIVE:To investigate the therapeutic effect of the intervention treatment with different doses of Captopril on TNF-αcontents in serum of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) rats, and to provide the theoretical proofs for clinical application of Captopril in treatments of rheumatoid diseases. METHODS:Fifty Wistar rats were randomly divided into 5 groups, namely, Group A, Group B, Group C, Group D, Group E with 10 rats in each group. Injection of Freund's complete adjuvant was employed to establish adjuvant-induced arthritis model in rats. Group A was model group; after model establishment, rats were treated with 20 mL normal saline as placebo (ip.). Rats in Group B were treated with 8 mg/kg cyclophosphamide (ip.). Rats in Group C, D and E were intraperitoneally injected with 30 mg/kg, 100 mg/kg and 300 mg/kg Captopril respectively. Rats in each group were subjected to continuous treatment for 3 weeks, and then sacrificed. Eyeballs of rats were excised and blood was collected. TNF-αcontent in serum were detected using ELISA; each group rats were compared for the hind legs arthrocele. Right ankle tissues of rats were collected to prepare section, and microscopic observation of pathological changes was performed. RESULTS:TNF-αcontent in serum of Group A rats was significantly higher than that of rats in other 4 groups (P<0.05). TNF-αcontent in serum of Group B rats was significantly lower compared with that of rats in Groups C, D and E. The highest TNF-αcontent in serum of rats treated with Captopril was found in Group C, followed by Groups D and E (P<0.05). Right ankle arthrocele of rats in Groups B, C, D and E in early stage showed no statistical difference compared with that of Group A rats (P>0.05). From Day 8, ankle arthrocele of rats in Groups B, C, D and E was obviously relieved compared with that of Group A rats; the anti-inflammatory effects were gradually enhanced with the extension of medication time. Treatments of Groups C, D and E showed significant activities against tardive arthrocele; the degree of ankle arthrocele in rats of these three groups was lower than that of Group A rats (P<0.01). Histological observation showed that large amount of inflammatory cells and plasmocyte infiltration was found in ankle synovial tissues of Group A rats. Relief of hyperaemia and edema of right ankle synovial tissues as well as significant decrease in synoviocyte layer hyperplasia, intra-articular inflammatory cells infiltration and cartilago articularis damage degree etc. were observed in Groups B, C, D and E. CONCLUSIONS:Intervention treatment with Captopril can effectively reduce the TNF-αcontent in serum of rheumatoid arthritis rats and inhibit the generation of inflammatory factors, so as to achieve the therapeutic effect.
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Asian Pac J Trop Medjournal_title
Asian Pacific journal of tropical medicineauthors
Liu HM,Wang KJdoi
10.1016/S1995-7645(14)60175-9subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2014-12-01 00:00:00pages
996-9issue
12eissn
1995-7645issn
2352-4146pii
S1995-7645(14)60175-9journal_volume
7pub_type
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journal_title:Asian Pacific journal of tropical medicine
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doi:10.1016/j.apjtm.2017.03.028
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journal_title:Asian Pacific journal of tropical medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:Asian Pacific journal of tropical medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/S1995-7645(14)60350-3
更新日期:2015-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Asian Pacific journal of tropical medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/S1995-7645(12)60172-2
更新日期:2012-11-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2016-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Asian Pacific journal of tropical medicine
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journal_title:Asian Pacific journal of tropical medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/S1995-7645(11)60086-2
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/S1995-7645(11)60056-4
更新日期:2011-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/S1995-7645(13)60142-X
更新日期:2013-10-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2016-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Asian Pacific journal of tropical medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/S1995-7645(14)60097-3
更新日期:2014-07-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2016-08-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.1016/S1995-7645(14)60194-2
更新日期:2015-02-01 00:00:00