Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine ›› 2023, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (5): 944-954.DOI: 10.19852/j.cnki.jtcm.20230727.001
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WANG Kun1, ZHOU Jie2, CUI Shuai3, WU Xin3, ZHU Guoqi1, WU Shengbing1(), ZHOU Meiqi4()
Received:
2022-06-26
Accepted:
2022-09-14
Online:
2023-10-15
Published:
2023-06-27
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Prof. ZHOU Meiqi, Bozhou Institute of Chinese Medicine, Anhui Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Supported by:
WANG Kun, ZHOU Jie, CUI Shuai, WU Xin, ZHU Guoqi, WU Shengbing, ZHOU Meiqi. Electroacupuncture ameliorates cardiac dysfunction in myocardial ischemia model rats: a potential role of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2023, 43(5): 944-954.
Group | n | Low shear rates (1/s)(/mPa.s) | Low shear rates (5/s)(/mPa.s) | Middle shear rates (30/s)(/mPa.s) | High shear rates (200/s)(/mPa.s) | Plasma viscosity (/mPa.s) | RBC aggregation index |
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Sham | 6 | 32.86±1.99 | 13.14±0.61 | 6.84±0.23 | 4.79±0.11 | 1.42±0.06 | 6.24±0.33 |
Model | 6 | 47.41±2.83a | 17.86±1.01c | 8.95±0.50c | 6.03±0.35a | 1.64±0.02c | 7.44±0.15c |
EA | 6 | 33.14±3.20b | 13.22±1.28d | 7.08±0.57d | 4.89±0.11d | 1.36±0.06b | 6.32±0.35d |
Control | 6 | 44.41±1.98 | 17.88±0.78 | 9.13±0.28 | 6.32±0.14 | 1.55±0.04 | 7.56±0.05 |
Table 1 Comparison of hemorheology in each group
Group | n | Low shear rates (1/s)(/mPa.s) | Low shear rates (5/s)(/mPa.s) | Middle shear rates (30/s)(/mPa.s) | High shear rates (200/s)(/mPa.s) | Plasma viscosity (/mPa.s) | RBC aggregation index |
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Sham | 6 | 32.86±1.99 | 13.14±0.61 | 6.84±0.23 | 4.79±0.11 | 1.42±0.06 | 6.24±0.33 |
Model | 6 | 47.41±2.83a | 17.86±1.01c | 8.95±0.50c | 6.03±0.35a | 1.64±0.02c | 7.44±0.15c |
EA | 6 | 33.14±3.20b | 13.22±1.28d | 7.08±0.57d | 4.89±0.11d | 1.36±0.06b | 6.32±0.35d |
Control | 6 | 44.41±1.98 | 17.88±0.78 | 9.13±0.28 | 6.32±0.14 | 1.55±0.04 | 7.56±0.05 |
Figure 1 HR and ECG-ST levels in the study rats A-D: ECGs of each group rats. A: Sham group; B: Model group; C: EA group; D: Control group; E: HR in the Sham, Model, EA and Control groups; F: ECG-ST level in the Sham, Model, EA and Control groups. Sham: performed with sham surgery without ligation; Model: received surgery to ligate the LAD; EA: model rats with EA at Shenmen (HT7)-Tongli (HT5) segment; Control: model rats with EA at points lying 5 and 10 mm from the base of the tail. ECG: electrocardiogram; EA: electroacupunture; HR: heart rate; ST: ST-segment; LAD: left anterior descending artery. aP < 0.01, compared with the Sham group; bP < 0.01, compared with the Model group; Data are presented as mean ± standard error of mean (n = 6). Analysis of variance was performed to compare the differences among the groups.
Figure 2 Histopathological comparison of myocardial tissue in each group (HE staining method, × 200) A-D: representative images of HE staining of myocardial tissue to identify pathological damage. A: Sham group; B: Model group; C: EA group; D: Control group; E: GPBB levels in the Sham, Model, EA and Control groups; F: H-FABP levels in the Sham, Model, EA and Control groups. Sham: performed with sham surgery without ligation; Model: received surgery to ligate the LAD; EA: model rats with EA at Shenmen (HT7)-Tongli (HT5) segment; Control: model rats with EA at points lying 5 and 10 mm from the base of the tail. HE: hematoxylin-eosin; EA: electroacupunture; GPBB: recombinant human glycogen phosphorylase; H-FABP: heart-type fatty acid binding protein; LAD: left anterior descending artery. Data are presented as mean± standard error of mean (n = 6). Analysis of variance was performed to compare the differences among the groups. aP < 0.01, compared with the Sham group; bP < 0.05, compared with the Model group; cP < 0.01, compared with the Model group.
Group | n | ACTH level (pg/mL) | CORT level (ng/mL) |
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Sham | 6 | 43.56± 1.39 | 10.01± 0.63 |
Model | 6 | 71.99± 2.96a | 15.9± 0.80a |
EA | 6 | 49.22± 2.38b | 10.7± 0.22b |
Control | 6 | 67.73± 0.92 | 15.1± 0.31 |
Table 2 Levels of ACTH and CORT in the study rats
Group | n | ACTH level (pg/mL) | CORT level (ng/mL) |
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Sham | 6 | 43.56± 1.39 | 10.01± 0.63 |
Model | 6 | 71.99± 2.96a | 15.9± 0.80a |
EA | 6 | 49.22± 2.38b | 10.7± 0.22b |
Control | 6 | 67.73± 0.92 | 15.1± 0.31 |
Figure 3 Expression of Vim and GFAP in the hippocampus in the study rats (immunofluorescence staining, × 400) A: representative Western blots of Vim and GFAP; B: Vimentin/β-actin quantification; C: GFAP/β-actin quantification of the blots in the Sham, Model, EA and Control groups; D: representative of immunofluorescence images of GFAP in the hippocampus. D1, D2, D3: Sham group; D4, D5, D6: Model group; D7, D8, D9: EA group; D10, D11, D12: Control group; D1, D4, D7, D10: merged images of GFAP and DAPI; D2, D5, D8, D11: expressed GFAP in the hippocampus; D3, D6, D9, D12: expressed DAPI in the hippocampus. Sham: performed with sham surgery without ligation; Model: received surgery to ligate the LAD; EA: model rats with EA at Shenmen (HT7)-Tongli (HT5) segment; Control: model rats with EA at points lying 5 and 10 mm from the base of the tail. EA: electroacupunture; Vim: vimentin; GFAP: glial fibrillary acidic protein; DAPI: 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole; LAD: left anterior descending artery. Data are presented as mean ± standard error of mean (n = 3). Analysis of variance was performed to compare the differences among the groups. aP < 0.01, compared with the Sham group; bP < 0.01, compared with the Model group.
Figure 4 Intraperitoneal injection of CORT aggravated the expression of GPBB, H-FABP and GFAP A: the levels of GPBB in Model and Model + CORT rats (n = 6); B: the levels of H-FABP in Model and Model + CORT rats (n = 6); C: Western blotting of GFAP in the Model and Model+CORT groups showing expression of GFAP (n = 3); D: GFAP/β-actin quantification of the blots in the Model and Model + CORT groups (n = 3). Model: received surgery to ligate the LAD; Model + CORT: injected with CORT at a dose of 20 mg/kg in a saline vehicle. GPBB: recombinant human glycogen phosphorylase; H-FABP: heart-type fatty acid binding protein; CORT: corticosterone; GFAP: glial fibrillary acidic protein; LAD: left anterior descending artery. Data are presented as mean ± standard error of mean. Analysis of variance was performed to compare the differences among the groups. aP < 0.01, compared with the Model group; bP < 0.05, compared with the Model group.
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