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Article type: Research Article
Authors: Wang, Xian-Wei | Hu, Lin | Zeng, Zhu | Yao, Wei-Juan | Han, Jing-Yan | Zhang, Ying-Yu | Xu, Xiao-Feng | Liu, Yu-Ying | Ka, Wei-Bo | Sun, Da-Gong | Wen, Zong-Yao; | Chien, Shu
Affiliations: Department of Biophysics, Health Science Center, Peking University, Beijing, People's Republic of China | Department of Physics, Guizhou University, Guizhou, People's Republic of China | Tasly Microcirculation Research Center, Health Science Center, Peking University, Beijing, People's Republic of China | Department of Medical Physics, Health Science Center, Peking University, Beijing, People's Republic of China | Department of Bioengineering and Medicine, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Note: [] Address for correspondence: Zong-Yao Wen, Department of Biophysics, Health Science Center, Peking University, Beijing 100083, People's Republic of China. Tel.: +86 1082802419; Fax: +86 1062015582; E-mail: rheol@bjmu.edu.cn.
Abstract: There is evidence that hyperlipidemia can induce hemorheological and microcirculatory disturbances. Myakuryu, a Chinese traditional medicine is efficacious in promoting lipid metabolism and protecting oxidative stress, but whether this drug can ameliorate rheologic disturbances caused by hyperlipidemia is still unknown. The present study was conducted to investigate the effects of myakuryu on hemorheological and microcirculatory disturbances induced by hyperlipidemia. Wistar rats were divided into a group on control diet (n=8) and a group on high-fat diet (HFD, n=44). Eight weeks later, plasma triglyceride (TG) and total cholesterol (TC) were determined. Sixteen animals with the highest levels of hyperlipidemia from the HFD group were randomly divided into two sub-groups: the untreated hyperlipidemia group (n=8) and the group treated with myakuryu (n=8). At the end of the sixteenth week, rheological and microcirculatory parameters were measured. Chemical analysis showed that myakuryu treatment caused significant reductions of plasma TG and TC levels (P<0.01), and the cholesterol/phospholipid ratio in the erythrocyte membrane (P<0.05). Rheological and microcirculatory measurements showed that myakuryu treatment led to a significant decrease in the erythrocyte aggregation index, plasma viscosity and blood viscosity at shear rates of 50, 100 and 150 s−1 and in adherent leukocytes in mesenteric venules. There was a significant increase in erythrocyte deformation, electrophoretic mobility, membrane fluidity and F-actin content in the erythrocyte membrane as well as in red cell velocity in mesenteric venules. Our findings suggest that myakuryu treatment can improve blood flow and reduce adherent leukocytes in the venules of rats fed with HFD by ameliorating blood viscosity, erythrocyte deformability and aggregation, and other hemorheological characteristics.
Keywords: Myakuryu, hyperlipidemia, hemorheological characteristics
DOI: 10.3233/BIR-2008-0502
Journal: Biorheology, vol. 45, no. 5, pp. 587-598, 2008
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