{"paper_id":"65c2cc28-4b73-4937-91a6-8505aae98081","body_text":"Abstract\nObjectives\nNeiyi Prescription of QIU (NYPQ) is a traditional Chinese medicine prescription for the treatment of endometriosis (EMS). Here, we aimed to examine the effects and mechanisms of NYPQ on angiogenic ability in EMS.\nStudy design\nEMS rats were established with estradiol valerate and autologous transplantation. EMS rats were intraperitoneally injected with chloroquine (CQ, 40 mg/kg), rapamycin (RAPA, 1 mg/kg), and monoclonal antibody VEGF (anti-VEGF, 3 mg/g/d) or administered 5, 10, 20 mg/g/d NYPQ decoction through oral gavage for 4 weeks, respectively. By the before and end of the treatment period, the volume of the endometriotic lesions was measured. The pathological morphology, angiogenesis, and the number of autophagosomes of the endometriotic lesion were observed by hematoxylin and eosin staining, immunohistochemistry, and transmission electron microscope, respectively. The cell viability, apoptosis, and angiogenesis of HUVECs were detected by MTT, flow cytometry, and lumen formation experiment, respectively. The expression levels of VEGF, autophagy-/apoptosis-/PPARγ/NF-κB- pathway-related proteins in endometrium tissues or HUVECs were detected by western blot assays.\nResults\nThe autophagy agonist rapamycin reduced the lesion size, the microvessel density, and VEGF expression, and promoted the production of autophagosomes and the expression of autophagy-related proteins, while the autophagy inhibitor chloroquine had the opposite effects. In vivo, NYPQ could dose-dependently reduce lesion volume and microvessel density, ameliorate histopathological features and promote autophagosome production of ectopic endometrium. Moreover, serum-containing NYPQ could significantly inhibit the cell viability and tube formation of HUVECs and elevate HUVECs apoptosis. 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LQ20H270003); National Natural Science Foundation of China (no. 82104909); Traditional Chinese Medicine Administration Project of Zhejiang Province, China (no. 2022ZB128); Health Commission Project of Zhejiang Province, China (no. 2020ZY664) and Science and Technology Project of Jinhua, Zhejiang province, China (2019-4-159).\nAuthor information\nAuthors and Affiliations\nContributions\nYG and HDY: initiated this study and designed the experiments. HDY, QFZ, HL, XQX: performed experiments and XLJ analyzed the data. HDY and HL: wrote the manuscript. YG reviewed the manuscript. 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