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Hypertensive nephropathy treatment by heart-protecting musk pill: a study of anti-inflammatory therapy for target organ damage of hypertension

Authors Dengke T, Ling, Gang C, Li Y, Liu J, Murad F, Bian K

Published 15 February 2011 Volume 2011:4 Pages 131—139

DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S15235

Review by Single anonymous peer review

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Dengke Tian1, Shuang Ling1, Gangling Chen1, Yajuan Li1, Jun Liu1, Murad Ferid1,2, Ka Bian1,2
1Murad Research Institute for Modernized Chinese Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, PR, China; 2Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, TX, USA

Abstract: This study was designed to investigate the protective effect of the heart-protecting musk pill (HMP) on inflammatory injury of kidney from spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR). Male SHRs aged 4 weeks were divided into SHR model group, HMP low-dosage group (13.5 mg/kg), and HMP high-dosage group (40 mg/kg). Age-matched Wistar–Kyoto rats were used as normal control. All rats were killed at 12 weeks of age. Tail-cuff method and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay were used to determine rat systolic blood pressure and angiotensin II (Ang II) contents, respectively. Renal inflammatory damage was evaluated by the following parameters: protein expressions of inflammatory cytokines, carbonyl protein contents, nitrite concentration, infiltration of monocytes/macrophages in interstitium and glomeruli, kidney pathological changes, and excretion rate of urinary protein. HMP did not prevent the development of hypertension in SHR. However, this Chinese medicinal compound decreased renal Ang II content. Consistent with the change of renal Ang II, all the parameters of renal inflammatory injury were significantly decreased by HMP. This study indicates that HMP is a potent suppressor of renal inflammatory damage in SHR, which may serve as a basis for the advanced preventive and therapeutic investigation of HMP in hypertensive nephropathy.

Keywords: spontaneously hypertensive rat, inflammation, musk pill, nephropathy

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