www.nature.com/scientificreports www.nature.com/scientificreports/ by hepatocytes 13 . However, the mechanism of OATP1B1 involvement remains unclear, or whether scutellarin and rosuvastatin compete for OATP1B1. Therefore, in this study, we treated rats with rosuvastatin alone, or with a combination of rosuvastatin and a series concentration of scutellarin, to examine the plasma and hepatic levels of rosuvastatin in rats, as well as in OATP1B1 transfected HEK293T cells.
Materials and MethodsAnimals. A total of 48 healthy male Sprague-Dawley rats weighing 230-270 g were obtained by the Experimental Animal Center of Nanchang University Medical College. Animals were housed in individual cages in an air-conditioned room at room temperature of 25 ± 1 °C with a 12 h light: 12 h dark period. The study was approved by the Ethical Committee of JiangXi Medical College, and all experiments were carried out with humane care according the Animal Care and Use Committee (ACUC) of Nanchang University Medical College. Rats were given free access to drinking water, after experiments, rats were euthanized by intraperitoneal injection of sodium pentobarbital with a dose of 200 mg/kg. Treatment and sampling. The rats were randomly divided into two groups with 24 rats in each group: the rosuvastatin group (rosuvastatin 10 mg/kg) and the combination treatment group (rosuvastatin 10 mg/kg + scutellarin 50 mg/kg), the concentrations used in the animal were transformed from clinical dose. The treatment was administered by gavage in the morning before feeding, and scutellarin was administered immediately following the rosuvastatin administration for the combination treatment group. In each group, 6 rats were maintained throughout the study and used for orbital vein blood sampling (0.15 ml) at 0 (before), 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 3.0, 5.0, 8.0, 12.0, 18.0, 24.0 h post treatment, to obtain the concentration-time profile data. Six of the remaining rats in each group were sacrificed at 1 h, 2 h, and 6 h post treatment (each time point) to sample the 0.5 ml of eyeball blood and the liver tissues. Blood was stored in heparinized tubes and the plasma was separated by centrifugation, then stored at −80 °C for further analysis.
Scientific RepoRtS |(2020) 10:1308 | https://doi.