Effects of baicalin on inflammation regulation of knee osteoarthritis in rats
Objective To investigate the potential mechanism of baicalin in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis rats.Methods Sixty rats were randomly divided into blank control group,sham operation group,model group(using freund's complete adjuvant to construct the model),experimental-L group(20 mg·kg-1 baicalin),experimental-H group(40 mg·kg-1 baicalin)and Y-27632 group(5 mg·kg-1 Rho kinase inhibitor Y-27632).Each group 10 rats.After 4 weeks of continuous treatment,joint swelling was detected and Lequesne MG score was assessed.Joint fluid and cartilage tissues were collected.Hematoxylin-eosin staining was used to observe the pathological changes of rat cartilage.The expression levels of interleukin-6(IL-6)and tumor necrosis factor-β(TNF-β)in joint fluid were detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA).Expression levels of Ras homologous gene family member A(RhoA),Rho-associated protein kinase 1(ROCK1)and Rho-associated protein kinase 2(ROCK2)mRNA were detected by real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction(RT-qPCR).The protein expression levels of RhoA,ROCK1 and ROCK2 in cartilage were detected by Western blot.Results The knee diameters of blank control group,sham operation group,model group,experimental-L group,experimental-H group and Y-27632 group were(9.88±0.34),(9.96±0.31),(13.54±0.70),(13.35±0.54),(11.89±0.37)and(11.67±0.41)mm;IL-6 levels were(19.82±1.78),(20.69±1.84),(83.26±4.45),(83.62±4.71),(42.30±2.98)and(38.44±2.53)pg·mL-1;TNF-β levels were(8.86±1.41),(9.45±1.37),(33.71±2.63),(34.14±2.83),(23.71±1.93)and(20.85±1.69)pg·mL-1;RhoA mRNA expression levels were 1.00±0.13,1.04±0.11,1.69±0.26,1.64±0.20,1.24±0.18 and 1.14±0.17;ROCK1 mRNA expression levels were 1.00±0.15,1.02±0.12,1.48±0.19,1.53±0.21,1.21±0.17 and 1.16±0.18;ROCK2 mRNA expression levels were 1.00±0.14,1.06±0.11,1.41±0.20,1.43±0.18,1.18±0.17 and 1.15±0.16;model group was compared with sham operation group,experimental-H group was compared with model group or experimental-L group,Y-27632 was group compared with model group or experimental-L group,the differences of the above indexes were statistically significant(all P＜0.05).Conclusion Baicalin may reduce the inflammatory response of knee osteoarthritis rats by inhibiting RhoA/ROCK signaling pathway.
baicalinknee osteoarthritisinflammatory responseswelling of the jointsRas homologous gene family member A/Rho-associated protein kinase pathway
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