Abstract:
OBJECTIVE To study the effects of JianpiBushen recipe(JBR) on the secretion function and Nuclear Kappa B(NF-κB) and matrix metalloproteinase-9(MMP-9)in placental tissues of pregnant rats with subclinical hypothyroidism(SCH) and investigate the protective mechanism of JBR. METHODS Ninety female adult Wistar rats were randomly divided into 2 groups: normal control group(false thyroid surgery was carried out, n=10) and model control group(total thyroidectomy was carried out, n=80).The animal model of SCH was established by using"total removal of the rats thyroid 30 days, levothyroxine was given to the rats by subcutaneous injection at 9.5μg/(kg·d)", All rats in the model with overt hypothyroidism were selected 10 as low dose Chinese medicine before pregnant group(levothyroxine was given to the rats by subcutaneous injection at 9.5μg/kg·d and low dose Chinese medicine, Q), others were injected levothyroxine subcutaneously at 9.5μg/(kg·d) for 9 days, serum TSH and TT4 were detected by radioimmunoassay on the tenth day and screening of SCH rats, the ratio of male to female=2∶1 was used as a cage. Through the observation of vaginal suppository and vaginal smear to find sperm to determine whether the mating and determine D0 day. Then randomly divided into 4 groups: ①The control group is SCH group(C) ②Low dose Chinese medicine group(L) ③High dose Chinese medicine group(H) ④Western medicine group(X). Serum chorionic gonadotropin (HCG), estradiol (E
2) and progesterone (P) of the pregnant rats with SCH on the 10*day after conception (D10) in each group were detected by radioimmunoassay; The expressions of NF-κB and MMP-9 in placental tissues of pregnant rats with SCH on D10 in each group were detected by immunohistochemistry and Westernblottingassay. RESULTS Compared with the C group, on the tenth day, the serum levels of P and HCG in each treatment were all significantly higher (P<0.01), the serum levels of E
2 were significantly higher in the X group(P<0.05), The results of immunohistochemistry and Western Blot showed that the expressions of NF-κB and MMP-9 in placental tissues in each treatment group were all significantly higher (P<0.05). CONCLUSION JBR can promote the secretion of placenta and increase the expressions of NF-κB and MMP-9 in the placenta of pregnant rats with SCH.