Author:
Fu Xing,Yang Chunyan,Chen Bing,Zeng Kexing,Chen Siyuan,Fu Yi
Abstract
Abstract
Background
Chinese Yunnan Province, located in the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau, is a famous tourist paradise where acute high-altitude illness common occurs among lowland people visitors due to non-acclimatization to the acute hypobaric hypoxia (AHH) conditions. Traditional Chinese medicine, such as Qi-Long-Tian (QLT) formula, has shown effectiveness and safety in the treatment of acute high-altitude diseases. The aim of this study was to clarify the therapeutic mechanisms of this traditional formula using a rat model in a simulated plateau environment.
Methods
Following testing, lung tissue samples were evaluated by hematoxylin–eosin staining and for biochemical characteristics. mRNA-Seq was used to compare differentially expressed genes in control rats, and in rats exposed to AHH and AHH with QLT treatment.
Results
Inflammation-related effectors induced following QLT treatment for AHH included MMP9 and TIMP1, and involved several phosphorylation signaling pathways implicated in AHH pathogenesis such as PI3K/AKT and MAPK signaling.
Conclusion
This study provides insights into the major signaling pathways induced by AHH and in the protective mechanisms involved in QLT formula activity.
Funder
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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