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The effect of RHIZOMA COPTIDIS and COPTIS CHINENSIS aqueous extract on radiation-induced skin injury in a rat model.
- Source :
- BMC Complementary & Alternative Medicine; 2013, Vol. 13 Issue 1, p105-110, 6p, 2 Color Photographs, 1 Chart, 3 Graphs
- Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- Background: Radiation-induced skin injury is a common complication of radiotherapy. The RHIZOMA COPTIDIS and COPTIS CHINENSIS aqueous extract (RCE) can ameliorate radiation-induced skin injury in our clinical observation. But, the protective mechanism of RHIZOMA COPTIDIS and COPTIS CHINENSIS in radiation-induced skin injury remains unclear. Methods: In this experiment, we developed a radiation-induced skin injury rat model to study the mechanism. The animals were randomly divided into control group, treatment group, radiation group, and treatment and radiation group. 5 rats in each group were separately executed on 2 d and 49 d post-radiation. The semi-quantitative skin injury score was used to measure skin reactions by unblinded observers, and hematoxylin and eosin staining was used to evaluate the damage areas by irradiation. The MDA content, SOD activity of skin and serum were measured to detect the oxidative stress. Results: Acute skin reactions were caused by a single dose of 45 Gy of ?-ray irradiation, and the skin injury could be found in all rats receiving irradiation based on the observation of HE staining of skin at different time-points, while RCE could significantly ameliorate those changes. The MDA content in serum and skin of control rats was 4.13 ± 0.12 mmol/ ml and 4.95 ± 0.35 mmol/mgprot on 2 d post-radiation. The rats receiving radiation showed an increased content of MDA (5.54 ± 0.21 mmol/ml and 7.10 ± 0.32 mmol/mgprot), while it was 4.57 ± 0.21 mmol/ml and 5.95 ± 0.24 mmol/ mgprot after treated with RCE (p < 0.05). Similar changes of the MDA content could be seen on 49 d post-radiation. However, the SOD activity of rats receiving radiation decreased compared with control group on both time-points, which was inhibited by RCE (p < 0.05). Meanwhile, no valuable changes could be found between control group and treatment group on 2 d and 49 d. Conclusions: Our study provides evidences for the radioprotective role of RCE against radiation-induced skin damage in rats by modulating oxidative stress in skin, which may be a useful therapy for radiation-induced skin injury. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- RADIATION injuries
ALTERNATIVE medicine
ANIMAL experimentation
BIOPHYSICS
HISTOLOGICAL techniques
RESEARCH methodology
MEDICINAL plants
BOTANIC medicine
CHINESE medicine
LIPID peroxidation (Biology)
RATS
RESEARCH funding
STATISTICAL sampling
SKIN physiology
STAINS & staining (Microscopy)
SUPEROXIDE dismutase
T-test (Statistics)
MALONDIALDEHYDE
OXIDATIVE stress
DATA analysis software
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
PREVENTION
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14726882
- Volume :
- 13
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- BMC Complementary & Alternative Medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 88878090
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6882-13-105