Zhong-kang ZHU, Lin ZHANG, Chun LIU, et al. Intervention Effect of Kidney-tonifying and Essence-filling Therapy on Hippocampal Autophagy in Kidney-deficiency Alzheimer Mice[J]. Chinese journal of experimental traditional medical formulae, 2019, 25(20): 43-48.
DOI:
Zhong-kang ZHU, Lin ZHANG, Chun LIU, et al. Intervention Effect of Kidney-tonifying and Essence-filling Therapy on Hippocampal Autophagy in Kidney-deficiency Alzheimer Mice[J]. Chinese journal of experimental traditional medical formulae, 2019, 25(20): 43-48. DOI: 10.13422/j.cnki.syfjx.20192038.
Intervention Effect of Kidney-tonifying and Essence-filling Therapy on Hippocampal Autophagy in Kidney-deficiency Alzheimer Mice
To study the effect of Liuwei Dihuangwan on the improvement of autophagy level of hippocampal neurons in mice with kidney deficiency Alzheimer's disease (AD) and its partial mechanism
in order to explore part of therapeutic mechanisms of kidney-tonifying and essence-filling therapy for AD.
Method:
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Healthy male C57-B6 mice were divided into control group
AD group
kidney deficiency AD group and Liuwei Dihuangwan group(1.08 g·kg
-1
). The control group and the AD group were subcutaneously injected with normal saline (15 mL·kg
-1
) daily
and the kidney deficiency AD group and the Liuwei Dihuangwan group were subcutaneously injected with hydrocortisone injection (15 mL·kg
-1
) daily for 20 consecutive days. On the 21
st
day
the other three groups were injected with 6 μg amyloid beta protein 25-35(A
β
25-35
) in the lateral ventricle
while the control group was injected with sterile saline into the lateral ventricle. The levels of serum cortisol and testosterone in each group were detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)
the morphological changes in hippocampal neurons were observed by transmission electron microscopy
the expression of microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3 (LC3) was detected by immunofluorescence
and the expression of selective autophagic junction protein (p62) was detected by Western blot.
Result:
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Compared with normal group
serum cortisol and testosterone levels in AD group and kidney deficiency AD group were significantly reduced (
P
<
0.01)
LC3 expression in hippocampus of mice was significantly reduced (
P
<
0.01)
and p62 protein expression in hippocampus of mice was significantly increased (
P
<
0.01). Compared with AD group
serum cortisol and testosterone levels in kidney deficiency AD group were significantly reduced (
P
<
0.05
P
<
0.01)
and p62 protein expression in hippocampus of mice was significantly increased (
P
<
0.01). Compared with AD group and kidney deficiency AD group
serum cortisol and testosterone levels of mice in Liuwei Dihuangwan group were significantly increased (
P
<
0.01)
LC3 expression in hippocampus was significantly increased (
P
<
0.01)
and p62 protein expression was significantly reduced (
P
<
0.01). Autophagosomes were observed in mouse neuron cells in normal group and Liuwei Dihuangwan group
and rarely in AD group and kidney deficiency AD group.
Conclusion:
2
Kidney-tonifying and essence-filling therapy can protect hippocampal neurons
increase LC3 expression in hippocampal neurons
decrease p62 expression level and increase autophagy level of hippocampal neurons. It has a certain therapeutic effect on kidney-deficiency Alzheimer's disease.
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