1. Protective Effects of Liu Wei Di Huang Wan on the Liver, Orbitofrontal Cortex Nissl Bodies, and Neurites in MSG+PH-Induced Liver Regeneration Rat Model
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Ze-fei Li, Qing-hua Long, Bo Xu, Hanmin Li, Ping Wang, Lin-lin Chen, Bin-Bin Zhao, Chao-yang Wang, Wen-ji Bo, and Guang-jing Xie
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Neurite ,Article Subject ,Monosodium glutamate ,medicine.medical_treatment ,03 medical and health sciences ,symbols.namesake ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,0302 clinical medicine ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Liu-wei-di-huang wan ,Saline ,lcsh:Other systems of medicine ,lcsh:RZ201-999 ,medicine.disease ,Liver regeneration ,Endocrinology ,Complementary and alternative medicine ,chemistry ,nervous system ,Nissl body ,symbols ,030211 gastroenterology & hepatology ,Orbitofrontal cortex ,Steatosis ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
Introduction. To examine the protective effects of Liu Wei Di Huang Wan formula (LWDH) on liver and orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) injuries in monosodium glutamate (MSG) and partial hepatectomy (PH) rat model. Methods. Neonatal Wistar rats were given MSG or saline on postnatal days 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10. The rats were caged into five groups and treated accordingly at six weeks old as follows: Saline group, Saline+PH group, MSG group, MSG+PH group, and LWDH group (MSG+PH+LWDH). The PH was performed during week 8 by excision of the left and median hepatic lobes (occupying about 68% of whole liver).On day 8 after the PH, the rats were subjected to an inner OFT before being sacrificed. The liver and OFC were stained using H&E, ORO, or Nissl staining. The expression of neurotrophic factors (β-NGF, BDNF) was examined in the OFC lysates by ELISA. Serum levels of cytokines (IL-1β, VEGF) were examined using the Bio-Plex suspension array. Results. LWDH increased the total distance traveled by the animals (p p p p pp>0.05) and decreased hepatic steatosis (pβ (p>0.05), while it increased VEGF (p>0.05) expression. LWDH administration increased the expression of BDNF (p>0.05) and β-NGF (p>0.05) in the OFC, all as compared to the MSG+PH group. Conclusion. LWDH partly protected the animals from depressive-like behaviors in the MSG+PH-induced liver regeneration neonatal rat model. LWDH alleviated hepatic injury and steatosis and, furthermore, protected the Nissl body integrity and the growth of neurites.
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- 2018
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