- P-ISSN 1010-0695
- E-ISSN 2288-3339
Objectives : The Korean traditional medicinal herbs have been used to improve the function of hematopoietic system. The purpose of this study is to examine the hematopoietic effects of Juakium-derivative on aplastic anemia.Methods : In vitro, after bone marrow cells of mice with aplastic anemia induced by benzene were cultured with Juakium-derivative, we measured the gene expressions of hematopoietic cytokines, the intracelluar TPO and SCF expression and the colony number of CFU-GEMM and BFU-E.Results : The results are summerized as follow:1. The gene expressions of hematopoietic cytokines(TPO, c-mpl, SCF, c-kit, IL-3, EPO, EpoR, GM-CSF) and the TPO and SCF expression of the group treated with Juakium-derivative increased significantly more than those of controll group.2. The colony number of CFU-GEMM and BFU-E in the rEPO plus rIL-3 plus Juakium-derivative group increased significantly, compared with the only rEPO plus rIL-3 group.Conclusion : It was acknowledged that Juakium-derivative has hematopotentiating effects on aplastic anemia induced by benzene and it is expected that Juakium-derivative can be used clinically to the patient with hematopoietic system disorder. This study could also be used further as a important research data for korean oriental medicine about hematopotentiating. The exact mechanism explaining our study would be studied furthermore.