GU Yining,LU Zhiyuan,BA Zongtao,et al.Effects of Tiaoxin Bushen Formula on microglial activation and neuroinflammatory responses in prefrontal cortex of mice with Alzheimer’s disease[J].Shanghai Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2022,56(08):84-89.
GU Yining,LU Zhiyuan,BA Zongtao,et al.Effects of Tiaoxin Bushen Formula on microglial activation and neuroinflammatory responses in prefrontal cortex of mice with Alzheimer’s disease[J].Shanghai Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2022,56(08):84-89. DOI: 10.16305/j.1007-1334.2022.2201086.
Effects of Tiaoxin Bushen Formula on microglial activation and neuroinflammatory responses in prefrontal cortex of mice with Alzheimer’s disease
Objective,2,To observe the effects of Tiaoxin Bushen Formula (TXBSF) on the activation of microglia and neuroinflammatory response in prefrontal cortex (PFC) of presenilin 1/2 conditional double knockout (PS cDKO) mice with Alzheimer’s disease.,Methods,2,Totally 60 PS cDKO mice aged 3-3.5 months and their littermates were randomly divided into three groups with 20 in each: wild type group (WT), model group (PS cDKO) and model+TXBSF group (PS cDKO+TXBSF). The mice in the WT and PS cDKO group were fed with standard chow, and the mice in the PS cDKO+TXBSF group were fed with standard chow containing TXBSF (17.918 g/kg) for 90 days. After drug administration, the mice were sacrificed for molecular biology detection. Immunohistochemical staining was used to observe the effect of TXBSF on the activation of microglia in PFC of mice in each group. qRT-PCR was used to analyze the effect of TXBSF on mRNA levels of proinflammatory factors in PFC of mice, such as cyclooxygenase-2 (,COX,-,2,), inducible nitric oxide synthase (,iNOS,), tumor necrosis factor-,α, (,TNF,-,α,), interleukin-1β (,IL,-,1β,) and interleukin-6 (,IL,-,6,). Western blot was used to detect the effect of TXBSF on the expressions of COX-2 protein and iNOS protein in PFC of mice in each group, and changes in the levels of TNF-α, IL-6 and IL-1β in PFC of mice in each group were measured by ELISA.,Results,2,Immunohistochemical staining showed that compared with PS cDKO mice, the mice with TXBSF demonstrated lower ratios of amoeboid microglia(,P<,0.05), more branching numbers (,P<,0.05), longer average branch length (,P<,0.05) and longer maximum branch length(,P<,0.05). The result of qRT-PCR showed that TXBSF significantly inhibited ,COX,-,2,, ,iNOS,, ,TNF,-,α,,,IL,-,1β, and ,IL,-,6, mRNA expression levels(,P,<,0.05). Western blot analysis showed that the protein expression levels of COX-2 and iNOS in PFC of PS cDKO mice treated with TXBSF were significantly lower than those in PS cDKO group (,P,<,0.05). The result of ELISA showed that compared with those of PS cDKO mice, the treatment of TXBSF could significantly reduce the levels of TNF-α,IL-6 and IL-1β in PFC of PS cDKO mice (,P,<,0.05).,Conclusion,2,TXBSF may improve the memory impairment by inhibiting the activation of microglia and neuroinflammatory responses in PFC of mice with Alzheimer’s disease.
关键词
阿尔茨海默病调心补肾方小胶质细胞神经炎症PS cDKO模型小鼠中药研究
Keywords
Alzheimer’s diseaseTXBSFmicroglianeural inflammationPS cDKOmouse modeltraditional Chinese herbal medicine research
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