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To study the inhibitory effect of oxymatrine (OM) on quartz-induced secretion of TNF-α in the fibroblast proliferation, a given amount of quartz powder and OM of different concentrations were put into the media of pure culture containing macrophages. After 24 h of the culture, the TNF-α in the media was measured by double-antibody sandwich ELISA. The TNF-α (10 ng/mL) and OM of different concentrations were added into the media containing the fibroblasts of the 4th generations from neonate rats. The γ values of cAMP and cGMP in fibroblasts were determined by the radioimmunoassay and the concentrations of cAMP and cGMP were calculated according to standard curve. The intracellular Ca2+ was determined by flow cytometry and cell proliferation was detected by MTT. Our results showed that at the concentrations between 200 μg/ mL-1600 μg/mL, OM inhibited the secretion of TNF-α by alveolar macrophages (AM) in a dose-dependent manner. Especially, there were significant differences, to various degrees, in the inhibitory effect of OM between the concentration range of 800 μg/mL-1600 μg/mL and the concentration of 10 ng/mL TNF-α. When compared with 10 ng/mL TNF-α, OM of different concentrations could dose-independently increased the level of intracellular cAMP and decreased the level of cGMP, thereby raising the ratio of cAMP/cGMP and lowering the concentrations of intracellular Ca2+. Moreover, OM of 800 μg/mL had the strongest inhibitory effect on cell proliferation and at this concentration, the cAMP/cGMP was highest and Ca2+ was at the lowest level. We are led to conclude that OM can antagonize the damaging effect of quartz on the membrane of AM and the effect of TNF-α promoting the proliferation of fibroblasts. It achieves its inhibitory effect on the promoting effect of TNF-α on fibroblast proliferation by elevating the cAMP level and decreasing the release of Ca2+.
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This project was supported by a grant from the Foundation of Natural Science of Shanxi Province (No. 20021077) and the Innovation Fund for College Students of Shanxi Medical University (2004-46).
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Li, S., Yang, L., Li, J. et al. Inhibitory effect of oxymatrine on quartz-induced secretion of TNF-α by the pulmonary alveolar macrophages in the fibroblast proliferation. J. Huazhong Univ. Sc. Technol. 26, 644–646 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11596-006-0603-7
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