Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine ›› 2023, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (2): 286-294.DOI: 10.19852/j.cnki.jtcm.20220928.002
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QU Dongxiao1, GE Yiqin2, ZHUO Limin4, CHEN Liji1, XUE Yonghua1,3, CHENG Jiwei1,3, TAO Jie1,3, LI Guoyi1,3, ZHU Yudan1(), XIAO Qian1()
Received:
2022-01-29
Accepted:
2022-04-29
Online:
2023-04-15
Published:
2023-03-14
Contact:
XIAO Qian, Department of Neurology, Putuo Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200062, China. emilyand208@126.com; ZHU Yudan, Department of Central Laboratory, Putuo Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200062, China. yudanzhu_putuo@foxmail.com. Telephone: +86-21-22233345
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QU Dongxiao, GE Yiqin, ZHUO Limin, CHEN Liji, XUE Yonghua, CHENG Jiwei, TAO Jie, LI Guoyi, ZHU Yudan, XIAO Qian. Efficacy and mechanisms of Dingxian pill (定痫丸) combined with valproic acid on pentylenetetrazol-induced chronic epilepsy in rats[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2023, 43(2): 286-294.
Animal group | n | Latency of seizures on the 1th day | Latency of seizures on the 7th day | Latency of seizures on the 14th day | Latency of seizures on the 21th day | Latency of seizures on the 28th day |
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CTRL | 10 | 207.0±8.3 | 117.9±13.0 | 168.5±23.0 | 126.9±17.1 | 177.6±21.2 |
DXP | 12 | 199.8±6.0 | 156.4±29.3a | 242.2±34.2a | 389.2±37.0a | 420.7±24.3b |
VPA | 8 | 202.1±5.0 | 195.6±27.9a | 297.4±31.1a | 295.1±35.0a | 395.4±27.2b |
D+V | 8 | 207.1±6.3 | 347.7±49.5bc | 435.6±53.7bc | 510.4±74.8bc | 449.8±45.2b |
Table 1 Effect of each group on the latency of seizures in rats induced by PTZ
Animal group | n | Latency of seizures on the 1th day | Latency of seizures on the 7th day | Latency of seizures on the 14th day | Latency of seizures on the 21th day | Latency of seizures on the 28th day |
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CTRL | 10 | 207.0±8.3 | 117.9±13.0 | 168.5±23.0 | 126.9±17.1 | 177.6±21.2 |
DXP | 12 | 199.8±6.0 | 156.4±29.3a | 242.2±34.2a | 389.2±37.0a | 420.7±24.3b |
VPA | 8 | 202.1±5.0 | 195.6±27.9a | 297.4±31.1a | 295.1±35.0a | 395.4±27.2b |
D+V | 8 | 207.1±6.3 | 347.7±49.5bc | 435.6±53.7bc | 510.4±74.8bc | 449.8±45.2b |
Figure 1 Comparison of anticonvulsant effects among different groups on seizure-like behavior induced by PTZ A-E: the percentage of seizure stage before treatment about each group; F: EEG waveforms of each group after 28 d of treatment; F1: CTRL group; F2: DXP group, F3: VPA group; F4: D+V group; G: average power spectral density (PSD) of each group; H: the energy of each single waveform after rats’ treatment. CTRL group: PTZ model rats without treatment (n = 6); DXP group: PTZ model rats treated with Dingxian pill (2.4 g/kg) (n = 5); VPA group: PTZ model rats treated with Valproic acid (0.2 g/kg) (n = 5); D + V group: PTZ model rats treated with Dingxian pill (2.4 g/kg) combined with Valproic acid (0.2 g/kg) (n = 5). PTZ: pentylenetetrazol. EEG: electroencephalograms. DXP: Dingxian pill. VPA: valproic acid. PSD: average power spectral density. aP < 0.001, DXP group vs CTRL group; bP < 0.001, D + V group vs CTRL group; cP < 0.05: VPA group vs D + V group; dP < 0.05, VPA group vs CTRL group; eP < 0.05, D+V group vs CTRL group; fP < 0.01, D + V group vs CTRL group. Differences among groups analyzed by one-way analysis of variance.
Figure 2 Comparation of cognitive impairments in MWM A-B: the swimming pathways and the latency of different groups at the end of training; C-D: The number of times each group crosses the platform area and the percentage of distance in the target quadrant after the platform is dismantled; E: Average swimming speed of each group; G1: CTRL group; G2: DXP group; G3: VPA group; G4: D + V group; D1: first day of training; D2: second day of training; D3: third day of training; D4: fourth day of training. CTRL group: PTZ model rats without treatment (n = 6); DXP group: PTZ model rats treated with Dingxian pill (2.4 g/kg) (n = 5); VPA group: PTZ model rats treated with Valproic acid (0.2 g/kg) (n = 5); D + V group: PTZ model rats treated with Dingxian pill (2.4 g/kg) combined with Valproic acid (0.2 g/kg) (n = 5). MWM: Morris water maze; DXP: Dingxian pill; VPA: valproic acid. PTZ: pentylenetetrazol. aP < 0.001, DXP group vs CTRL group. bP < 0.05, compared with the CTRL group. cP < 0.01, D + V group vs CTRL group. dP < 0.01, D + V group vs VPA group. eP < 0.05, D + V group vs VPA group. fP > 0.05, no significant difference.
Figure 3 Effects of the combination group and the single group on c-Fos expression in the hippocampus region elicited by PTZ A: these sections illustrated the c-Fos expression in hippocampus regions after treatment (G1/G2/G3/G4×100, A1/A2/A3/B1/B2/B3/C1/ C2/C3/D1/D2/D3×200); B: histograms about the statistical analysis of the number of labeled FLI neurons in hippocampal region after administrating saline, DXP, VPA and D + V. G1: CTRL group. G2: DXP group. G3: VPA group. G4: D + V group. CTRL group: PTZ model rats without treatment (n = 6); DXP group: PTZ model rats treated with Dingxian pill (2.4 g/kg) (n = 6); VPA group: PTZ model rats treated with Valproic acid (0.2 g/kg) (n = 6); D + V group: PTZ model rats treated with Dingxian pill (2.4 g/kg) combined with Valproic acid (0.2 g/kg) (n = 6). A1/B1/C1/D1: the CA1 subregion of hippocampus; A2/B2/C2/D2: the CA3 subregion of hippocampus; A3/B3/C3/D3: the DG subregion of hippocampus. PTZ: pentylenetetrazol; FLI: Fos-like protein immunoreactivity; DXP: Dingxian pill; VPA: valproic acid. aP < 0.001, compared with the Control group; bP < 0.05, D + V group vs VPA group; cP < 0.0001, D + V group vs VPA group; dP < 0.01, D + V group vs VPA group. Differences among groups analyzed by one-way analysis of variance.
Figure 4 Transcriptome analysis of VPA and Dingxian pill combined with VPA groups A: each column represents an experimental condition Each row represents a log2 Ratio value of a gene or log10 (FPKM + 0.01), and different expression variants or expression levels are expressed in different colors; B: the analysis of GO function of differentially expressed genes; B1: the first 30 genes with significantly up-or down-regulated gene expression; B2: functional and location classification of the top 30 genes; C: KEGG pathway enrichment analysis of differential expression genes; D: the comparison of differential gene expression between VPA group and DXP + VPA group by real time PCR analyze. VPA group, PTZ model rats treated with Valproic acid (0.2 g/kg), DXP + VPA group: PTZ model rats treated with Dingxian pill (2.4 g/kg) combined with Valproic acid (0.2 g/kg). VPA: valproic acid; FPKM: fragments per kilobase of transcript per million mapped reads; PTZ: pentylenetetrazol; KEGG: Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes; DXP: Dingxian pill; PCR: polymerase chain reaction; BDNF: brain-derived neurotrophic factor; GDNF: glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor; NTF4: neurotrophin-4; Cav3: Caveolin-3; DRD5: Dopamine D5 receptor. aP < 0.05, bP < 0.01, VPA group vs DXP + VPA group. Differences between VPA group and DXP + VPA group analyzed by two-sample t-test.
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