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Wei-Jun Hao1, Se-Zhang Ke2, Lin Liu3
1Health Care Section of Security Bureau, Chinese PLA General Staff Department, Beijing 100017.
Objective:
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effects of the combination of aspirin, simvastatin in diabetic rat on platelet function.
Methods:
Eight-week-old male Wistar rats were selected and randomly divided into diabetic group (n=48) and normal control group (n=48). Diabetic rats were injected with 1% STZ (65mg/kg, dissolved in 0.l mmol/L, pH 4.5 citrate buffer) to induce diabetic model and the rats in normal control group were injected with the same dose of citrate buffer. A rat with blood glucose greater than 16.8 mmol/L and along with diabetic symptoms of polydipsia, polyuria and weight loss was considered the successful model of diabetes. Diabetic rats and normal Wistar rats were randomly divided into 4 groups and given aspirin(10 mg/kg), simvastatin(2 mg/kg), combination of aspirin(10mg/kg) and simvastatin(2 mg/kg), PBS for 8 weeks, respectively. The platelet function and the expression of CD62P were evaluated. The levels of nitric oxide (NO), endothelin (ET), thromboxane B2(TXB2), prostacyclin (PGI2), adiponectin (APN), TXB2 were detected in the serum. The expressions of heme oxygenase-1(HO-1), HO-2, endothelial nitric oxide synthase(e-NOS), p-eNOS, B-cell lymphoma-2(Bcl-2), cyclooxygenase-2(COX-2) in thoracic aorta were evaluated by Western blot.
Results:
Compared with control rats, diabetic rats had high platelet aggregation and activation (P<0.05), which treated aspirin also showed lower aspirin sensitivity (P<0.05). The combination of drugs upregulated the expression of HO-1, eNOS, p-eNOS, BCL-2, APN levels and decreased the expression of COX-2, and had a greater inhibitory effect on platelet aggregation and activation. The combination of drugs improved endothelial function, adjusted TXA2/PGI2 levels and increased NO levels, which resulted in a great potential antiplatelet effect.
Conclusions:
These results suggest that simvastatin may improvethe effect of aspirin on anti-platelet function in diabetic rats.
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