LI Tingting,LI Xiangting,CHEN Yu,et al.Effect of Guipi Decoction on plasticity of prefrontal cortex neurons in rats with chronic stress-induced depression[J].Academic Journal of Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2023,37(03):57-62.
LI Tingting,LI Xiangting,CHEN Yu,et al.Effect of Guipi Decoction on plasticity of prefrontal cortex neurons in rats with chronic stress-induced depression[J].Academic Journal of Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2023,37(03):57-62. DOI: 10.16306/j.1008-861x.2023.03.010.
Effect of Guipi Decoction on plasticity of prefrontal cortex neurons in rats with chronic stress-induced depression
Objective: To observe the effect of Guipi Decoction on the plasticity of prefrontal cortex neurons in rats with chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS)-induced depression, and explore the antidepressant mechanism of Guipi Decoction.,Method,2,Ninety healthy male SD rats were subjected to sugar water adaptation, and after establishing the baseline of sugar water preference, they were randomly divided into control group (15 rats) and modeling group (75 rats). Rats in the control group received routine feeding, while rats in the modeling group was subjected to CUMS combined with solitary housing for 3 weeks to establish a depression model. Rats in the modeling group were randomly divided into model group, fluoxetine group, and high, medium, and low dose Guipi Decoction groups, and were administered with pure water, fluoxetine, and corresponding doses of Guipi Decoction by gavage, respectively. After 4 weeks of administration, behavioral tests were conducted on rats in each group, and the expression levels of neuronal nuclei (NeuN) and glycogen synthase kinase-3β (GSK-3β) in the prefrontal cortex of rats in each group were observed using immunofluorescence and Western blot methods.,Result,2,Immunofluorescence and Western blot results showed that the expression of NeuN in the prefrontal cortex of rats in the high dose Guipi Decoction group was significantly higher than that of the model group (,P,<,0.05, ,P,<,0.01); Western blot results showed that the expression of GSK-3β in the prefrontal cortex of rats in the high dose Guipi Decoction group was significantly lower than that of the model group (,P,<,0.01).,Conclusion,2,Guipi Decoction may exert antidepressant effect by regulating the plasticity of prefrontal cortex neurons in depressed rats.
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