Recovery of Chemotherapy-induced Anemia by Angelica Polysaccharides in C57BL/6N Mice and Elucidation of Underlying Mechanism
Tian-Yi Zhao1, Zi-Qing Liu2, Bo Yang1, Qiao Gao1, Hong-Yu Zhang1, Pei-Yu He1, Ming-Hua Duan1* and Yu-Li Yan1*
1Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun 130117, Jilin, China
2Changchun University of Technology, Changchun 130012, Jilin, China
Fig. 1.
Study design of this research (A) and blood smear with microscopic observation on the 15th day (B).
Fig. 2.
CD71/Ter119-labeled red blood cells in control, 5-Fluorouracil (5-Fu), 5-Fu+EPO and 5-Fu+APs groups. Flow cytometric analysis of red blood cells in the peripheral blood and spleen, CD71 and Ter119 are the red blood cell surface marker protein (A); statistical analysis of CD71/Ter119-labeled red blood cells in peripheral blood (B); statistical analysis of CD71/Ter119-labeled red blood cells in spleen (C). Data are presented as the mean ± standard deviation; ***P < 0.001 versus the control group. PB, peripheral blood; SP, spleen.
Fig. 3.
CD4/CD8-labeled T cells in control, 5-Fluorouracil (5-Fu), 5-Fu+EPO and 5-Fu+APs groups. (A) Flow cytometric analysis of T cells in the peripheral blood and spleen. CD4 and CD8 are the T cell surface marker protein; (B) Left: statistical analysis of CD4/CD8-labeled T cells in peripheral blood; Right: statistical analysis of CD4/CD8-labeled T cells in spleen. (C) H&E staining of paraffin-embedded sections of spleen for control group, 5-Fu treatment group, 5-Fu +EPO group,and 5-Fu +APs group. Data are presented as the mean ± standard deviation; ***P < 0.001 versus the control group. PB, peripheral blood; SP, spleen.
Fig. 4.
Expression levels of cyclin D1, Stat5, and Bcl-2 in peripheral blood cells. (A) Western blot analysis of the expression of cyclinD1, Stat5, and Bcl-2 in control, 5-Fluorouracil (5-Fu), 5-Fu+EPO and 5-Fu+APs groups. (B-D) β-actin was used as the internal control for grayscale analysis. Data are presented as the mean ± standard deviation; *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001 versus the control group.