Abstract:To investigate the effect of Qishenyiqi Dripping Pills on urothelial carcinoma antigen 1 (UCA1) LncRNA, apoptosis and apoptosis related gene expression of myocardial cells in rats with myocardial ischemia reperfusion. Methods Ischemia reperfusion injury model of SD rats was established by ligating left anterior descending branch of coronary artery for 40 min followed by reperfusion for 120 min. Thirty-six rats were randomly divided into sham operation group (only puncture wihout ligation), ischemia-reperfusion group (IR group) and Qishenyiqi intervention group (QS+IR group). After operation, the apoptosis index was detected by TUNEL method; fluorescence quantitative PCR technique and Western blot were used to detect the expression levels of UCA1 and p27 protein respectively. Results The number of apoptosis in the QS+IR group was significantly smaller than that in the IR group ( p< 0.05). The overall level of UCA1 expression significantly increased and p27 protein markedly decreased in the QS+IR group compared with the IR group (p < 0.05); and the expression of UCA1 was negatively correlated with the expression of p27 protein. Conclusions Qishenyiqi Dripping Pills can reduce myocardial apoptosis rate in rats with myocardial ischemia and reperfusion, which may protect the injured myocardial cells by increasing the level of UCA1 and reducing the expression of p27protein.