Abstract:
OBJECTIVE To study the antihypertensive effect and mechanism of
Dendrobii Officinalis Caulis extract by different extraction methods in spontaneously hypertensive rats.
METHODS Thirty-two SHR rats were randomly divided into the water extract group, the ethanol-water extract group(0.8 g·kg
-1·d
-1), the amlodipine besylate tablets control group(0.5 mg·kg
-1·d
-1) and model group according to their blood pressure value, and eight Wistar rats were set as normal control group. The blood pressure was measured at 2, 24 h after administration once a week. After 8 weeks of treatment, plasma renin activity(PRA), and the contents of aldosterone(ALD), angiotensinⅠ (AngⅠ) and angiotensin Ⅱ (AngⅡ) in plasma were detected by chemiluminescence; the mRNA expression of endothelin-1 (ET-1) and angiotensin Ⅱ type 1 receptor (AT1R) in renal tissue was detected by RT-qPCR.
RESULTS After 8 weeks of treatment, as to the Systolic pressure(SBP) and Diastolic pressure (DBP) at 2 h after administration, in each treatment groups were significantly lower than that in the model group (
P<0.01), the ethanol-water extract group was significantly lower than the water extract group and the amlodipine besylate tablets control group at 2 hours after administration(
P<0.01); as to the Systolic pressure(SBP) and Diastolic pressure (DBP) at 24 hours after administration, in the ethanol-water extract group and the amlodipine besylate tablets control group were significantly lower than that in the model group; at the third day after withdrawal, the SBP/DBP were significantly lower in each treatment group than that the model group(
P<0.01), the SBP in the ethanol-water extract group was significantly lower than that in the water extract group and the amlodipine besylate tablets control group(
P<0.05 or
P<0.01); at the third to eighth weeks during the course of the treatment, the SBP/DBP in the ethanol-water extract group was significantly lower than the water extract group at 2hours after administration(
P<0.05 or
P<0.01), at the sixth and eighth week, the SBP/DBP at 2 hours after administration in the ethanol-water extract group were significantly lower than the amlodipine besylate tablets control group(
P<0.01); there were no significant differences between the normal group, model group and each treatment groups of the levels of PRA, ALD, AngI and AngⅡ in plasma; the expression of the AT1R mRNA and the ET-1 mRNA in the model group were significantly higher than the normal group(
P<0.05), the expression of the AT1R mRNA in the water extract group, ethanol-water extract group and amlodipine besylate tablets control group were significantly lower than in the model group(
P<0.05 or
P<0.01); the expression of ET-1 mRNA in the water extract group was significantly lower than in the model group(
P<0.05 or
P<0.01).
CONCLUSION Extractions of dendrobium officinale with different extract methods can significantly reduce the blood pressure in SHR rats, the antihypertensive effect of ethanol-water extract(0.8 g·kg
-1·d
-1) was better than that of the same dosage of water extract group, the antihypertensive effect is higher than that of amlodipine besylate tablets (0.5 mg·kg
-1·d
-1); the ethanol-water extract and the water extract of dendrobium officinale have no effect on plasma AngⅡ level, and may regulate blood pressure by down-regulating angiotensin Ⅱ type I receptors(AT1R).