SHANG Li-zhi,MAO Meng-di,XU Er-ping,et al.Immunoregulatory Effect of Chaihu Jia Longgu Mulitang Modified with Bupleuri Radix on Hippocampal NLRP3 Pathway in Depressed Rats[J].Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae,2021,27(24):33-39.
SHANG Li-zhi,MAO Meng-di,XU Er-ping,et al.Immunoregulatory Effect of Chaihu Jia Longgu Mulitang Modified with Bupleuri Radix on Hippocampal NLRP3 Pathway in Depressed Rats[J].Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae,2021,27(24):33-39. DOI: 10.13422/j.cnki.syfjx.20202303.
Immunoregulatory Effect of Chaihu Jia Longgu Mulitang Modified with Bupleuri Radix on Hippocampal NLRP3 Pathway in Depressed Rats
To investigate the effect and mechanism of Chaihu Jia Longgu Mulitang (CJLM) on hippocampal NOD-like receptor protein 3 (NLRP3)inflammasome pathway in rats with depression.
Method
2
Sixty male SD rats were randomly divided into a normal group,a model group, a MCC950 (1 mg·kg
-1
) group, and high- (13 g·kg
-1
), medium- (6.5 g·kg
-1
), and low-dose (3.25 g·kg
-1
) Chaihu Jia Longgu Mulitang groups, with 10 rats in each group.The depression model was induced by isolation combined with chronic unpredictable mild stimulation(CUMS) in rats except for those in the normal group. Rats were treated correspondingly for 21 days by intraperitoneal injection in the MCC950 group and gavage in other groups. The normal group and the model group received an equal volume of normal saline. The depression-like behaviors of rats were observed by sucrose preference test (SPT) and novelty-suppressed feeding test. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used to determine the levels of interleukin-1
β
(IL-1
β
) and IL-18 in the hippocampus of depressed rats. Western blot was used to detect the protein levels of NLRP3, apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing a C-terminal caspase recruitment domain (ASC), and Caspase-1.
Result
2
Compared with the normal group, the model group showed decreased sucrose preference rate (
P
<
0.01), prolonged novelty-suppressed feeding time (
P
<
0.01), enhanced protein expression of NLRP3,ASC, and caspase-1
(
P
<
0.05,
P
<
0.01), and elevated expression of IL-1
β
and IL-18 (
P
<
0.01).
Conclusion
2
CJLM can alleviate depression-like behaviors in CUMS-induced model rats, and the underlying mechanism is related to the inhibition of the NLRP3 inflammasome pathway.
关键词
抑郁症柴胡加龙骨牡蛎汤炎症海马NOD样受体蛋白3(NLRP3)炎症小体
Keywords
depressionChaihu Jia Longgu MulitanginflammationhippocampusNOD-like receptor protein 3(NLRP3)inflammasome
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