SHU Ya, YANG Huayuan, XI Qianhui, et al. Effects of simulated acupuncture on myocardial circadian clock genes Bmal1, Clock and Per2 in spontaneously hypertensive rats. [J]. Academic Journal of Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine 35(4):89-93(2021)
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SHU Ya, YANG Huayuan, XI Qianhui, et al. Effects of simulated acupuncture on myocardial circadian clock genes Bmal1, Clock and Per2 in spontaneously hypertensive rats. [J]. Academic Journal of Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine 35(4):89-93(2021) DOI: 10.16306/j.1008-861x.2021.04.013.
Effects of simulated acupuncture on myocardial circadian clock genes Bmal1, Clock and Per2 in spontaneously hypertensive rats
Objective:,2,To discuss the effects of simulated acupuncture at different time points on systolic blood pressure and expressions of myocardial circadian clock genes in spontaneous hypertensive rats(SHR), including brain and muscle arnt-like protein 1(Bmal1) 、circadian locomotor output cycles kaput(Clock) and period 2(Per2) .,Methods:,2,Twenty-four male SHR were randomly divided into the SHR model group, acupuncture at 14: 00 group and acupuncture at 21: 00 group, 8 rats in each group.Another 7 male WKY rats were used as control.Bilateral Zusanli and Quchi acupoints were selected, with the aid of ATP-1 simulated acupuncture manipulation instrument, the rats in the acupuncture at 14: 00 group and acupuncture at 21: 00 group were treated with simulated acupuncture at the corresponding time points, once every other day for 10 times.The systolic blood pressure of tail artery was measured before and after treatment.After the last intervention, the myocardial tissue was isolated.The mRNA expressions of ,Bmal1,Clock, and ,Per2, in the myocardial tissue were detected by PCR, and the protein expressions of Bmal1, Clock and Per2 were detected by Western blot.,Results:,2,①After treatment, compared with the SHR model group, the systolic blood pressure of rats in the acupuncture at 14: 00 group and acupuncture at 21: 00 group was decreased significantly(,P,<,0.01), and the systolic blood pressure of the acupuncture at 21: 00 group was significantly lower than that of the acupuncture at 14: 00 group(,P,<,0.01) .After treatment, compared with that before treatment, the systolic blood pressure of rats in the acupuncture at 21: 00 group was decreased significantly(,P,<,0.01) .②Compared with the SHR model group, the mRNA expression levels of ,Bmal1,Clock, and ,Per2, in the myocardial tissue were significantly down-regulated in the acupuncture at 14: 00 group and acupuncture at 21: 00 group(,P,<,0.05) .The mRNA expression levels of ,Clock, and ,Per2, in the acupuncture at 21: 00 group were significantly lower than those in the acupuncture at 14: 00 group(,P,<,0.05) .③Compared with the SHR model group, the protein expression levels of Bmal1, Clock and Per2 in the myocardial tissue were significantly down-regulated in the acupuncture at 14: 00 group and acupuncture at 21: 00 group(,P,<,0.05) .The protein expression levels of Bmal1, Clock and Per2 in the acupuncture at 21: 00 group were significantly lower than those in the acupuncture at 14: 00 group(,P,<,0.01) .,Conclusion:,2,Simulated acupuncture can reduce the systolic blood pressure of SHR and down-regulate the mRNA and protein expression levels of Bmal1, Clock and Per2 in the myocardial tissue, and the antihypertensive effect of simulated acupuncture at 21: 00 is better than that of simulated acupuncture at 14: 00.
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