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Front Psychiatry ; 11: 579995, 2020.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33329121

RESUMO

Jie-Yu Pill (JYP) is a proprietary herbal medicine initially developed to treat menstrual mood disorders. This study sought to determine whether JYP could alleviate menopausal psychiatric symptoms in ovariectomized (OVX) mice, an animal model of estrogen deprivation, exposed to chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS) and the underlying mechanisms in comparison with estrogen therapy. The OVX+CUMS mice were treated with 0.3 mg/kg estradiol (E2), 2.5 g/kg or 5 g/kg JYP for 36 days, and tested in multiple behavioral paradigms. Serum, uterus, and brain tissues were collected for the measurement of hypothalamus-pituitary-ovarian axis (HPO) and hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis hormones, γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA), glutamate, neurotrophins, and estrogen receptors. JYP and E2 had comparable efficacy in reducing anxiety- and depression-like behavior and cognitive impairment of the OVX+CUMS mice. E2 strikingly increased ratio of uterus to body weight of the OVX+CUMS mice, but JYP did not. Both agents suppressed HPO-axis upstream hormones, inhibited HPA-axis hyperactivity by reinstating hypothalamic GABA, restored hippocampal and prefrontal glutamate contents and its receptor expression in the OVX+CUMS mice. While JYP and E2 protected against decreases in hippocampal and prefrontal neurotrophins and estrogen receptors of the OVX+CUMS mice, unlike E2, JYP had no significant effects on these biomarkers in the uterus. These results suggest that JYP has comparable efficacy in ameliorating mood disorder-like behavior and cognitive impairment induced by a combination of estrogen deprivation and chronic stress in association with certain differential uterus-brain mechanisms compared to estrogen therapy. JYP may be a potential therapy for menopause-associated psychiatric disorders.

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Phytomedicine ; 63: 153012, 2019 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31301535

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Menopause is closely associated with the risk of anxiety and depression in a woman's life. Despite the numerous reports on the effects of Radix rehmanniae extract (RRE) on various types of depression, there are few studies exploring the effects of RRE on the menopausal anxiety and depression. PURPOSE: To investigate whether RRE could alleviate the menopausal anxiety and depression in ovariectomized (OVX) mice submitted to chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS). METHODS: OVX mice were treated with 2.6 g/kg RRE for 5 weeks. After a series of behavior tests, serum, uterus, and brain tissues were collected for the measurement of neurotransmitters and their related biomarkers, neurotrophins, and estrogen receptor α (ERα) and ß (ERß). RESULTS: RRE showed antidepressant and anxiolytic effects through these behavior tests, but had no effects on the OVX-induced weight gains, uterine shrinkage and drop of serum estrogen level. RRE restored the levels of serotonin (5-HT), dopamine (DA) and its metabolite 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC), Glutamate (Glu), gamma-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) and their related biomarkers in different brain regions. RRE also reversed OVX-induced decrease in the expression levels of neurotrophins in uterus and brain regions except for uterine nerve growth factor (NGF). Moreover, RRE restored and even enhanced ERß expression levels in uterus and brain without affecting uterine, hippocampal and cortical ERα. CONCLUSION: This study demonstrated the antidepressant and anxiolytic effects of RRE in OVX mice, which were possibly mediated via their modulation of brain neurotransmitters, and regulation of neurotrophins and activation of ERß.


Assuntos
Antidepressivos/farmacologia , Transtornos de Ansiedade/tratamento farmacológico , Depressão/tratamento farmacológico , Orobanchaceae/química , Extratos Vegetais/farmacologia , Animais , Comportamento Animal/efeitos dos fármacos , Encéfalo/efeitos dos fármacos , Encéfalo/metabolismo , Depressão/metabolismo , Dopamina/metabolismo , Estradiol/sangue , Feminino , Menopausa/psicologia , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Neurotransmissores/metabolismo , Ovariectomia/efeitos adversos , Receptores de Estrogênio/metabolismo , Serotonina/metabolismo , Útero/efeitos dos fármacos
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Biomed Pharmacother ; 117: 109114, 2019 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31207575

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Lily bulb is often used as a dietary supplement for menopause. This study was aimed to investigate the ameliorative effects of aqueous extract of lily bulb (AELB) on the menopause-associated psychiatric disorders and the underlying mechanisms in comparison with estrogen therapy. METHODS: Ovariectomized (OVX) mice were treated with 1.8 g/kg AELB or 0.3 mg/kg estradiol for 5 weeks. Animals were tested in multiple behavioral paradigms. Serum, uterus, and brain tissues were collected for the measurement of neurotransmitters and their related biomarkers, neurotrophins, and estrogen receptor α (ERα) and ß (ERß). RESULTS: AELB and estradiol had similar anxiolytic, antidepressant, and cognition-improving effects. While estradiol limited OVX-induced weight gains and prevented uterine shrinkage and the drop of serum estrogen level, AELB had minor and even no effects on these indices. AELB, but not estradiol, reversed OVX-induced decreases in the expression levels of hippocampal nerve growth factor (NGF) and prefrontal glial cell-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF). In addition to hypothalamic and prefrontal ERα, AELB enhanced uterine and brain regional ERß expression levels without affecting uterine ERα, NGF, and GDNF. Conversely, estradiol completely restored the expression levels of estrogen receptors and neurotrophins in uterus. CONCLUSIONS: While AELB is comparable to estradiol in alleviating menopause-like behavior, it has distinct brain-uterus mechanisms in association with the predominant protection of catecholamine synthesis, neurotrophins, and ERß receptors in brain, but with minor effects on uterus. AELB and its constituents may be novel treatments for menopause.


Assuntos
Comportamento Animal , Encéfalo/fisiologia , Estrogênios/uso terapêutico , Lilium/química , Menopausa/efeitos dos fármacos , Ovariectomia , Extratos Vegetais/farmacologia , Útero/fisiologia , Animais , Ansiedade/complicações , Peso Corporal/efeitos dos fármacos , Encéfalo/efeitos dos fármacos , Cognição , Depressão/complicações , Dopamina/metabolismo , Estradiol/sangue , Feminino , Terapia de Reposição Hormonal , Menopausa/sangue , Metaboloma , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Fatores de Crescimento Neural/metabolismo , Tamanho do Órgão/efeitos dos fármacos , Receptores de Estrogênio/metabolismo , Serotonina/metabolismo , Útero/efeitos dos fármacos , Água
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J Food Drug Anal ; 27(1): 221-230, 2019 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30648575

RESUMO

Depression and anxiety often co-occur with cardiac diseases. The Shexiang Baoxin pill (SBP) is a proprietary Chinese medicine initially used to treat cardiac conditions. This study explored whether SBP has antidepressant and anxiolytic effects in addition to hormonal and psychotropic mechanisms. Mice underwent 6 weeks of chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS) to induce depression- and anxiety-like behavior. During the 6-week experiment, mice received SBP at intragastric doses of 20.25 mg/kg or 40.5 mg/kg daily. Animals were then tested for depression in sucrose preference, forced-swimming, and tail suspension paradigms, and for anxiety in open field and elevated plus maze tests. Both SBP doses significantly reduced anhedonic behavior in the sucrose preference test; the high SBP dose also increased the number of entries into the central zone of the open field. SBP-treated mice had markedly lower blood levels of corticotrophin-releasing hormone (CRH) and adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) than stressed mice treated with vehicle. Either low- or high-dose SBP reversed stress-induced reductions of norepinephrine (NE) and dopamine (DA) metabolites and the expression levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), nerve growth factor (NGF), and glial cell-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) in related brain regions. These results suggest that SBP could prevent and alleviate prolonged stress-induced anhedonia and anxiety in association with its suppression of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis hyperactivity, modulation of brain monoamine neurotransmitter metabolism and neurotrophins. SBP may be particularly suitable for the management of depressive and anxiety disorders in patients with cardiac conditions.


Assuntos
Ansiolíticos/administração & dosagem , Antidepressivos/administração & dosagem , Depressão/tratamento farmacológico , Medicamentos de Ervas Chinesas/administração & dosagem , Animais , Fator Neurotrófico Derivado do Encéfalo , Depressão/psicologia , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Feminino , Humanos , Sistema Hipotálamo-Hipofisário/efeitos dos fármacos , Sistema Hipotálamo-Hipofisário/metabolismo , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Sistema Hipófise-Suprarrenal/efeitos dos fármacos , Sistema Hipófise-Suprarrenal/metabolismo
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Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi ; 40(2): 275-9, 2015 Jan.
Artigo em Chinês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26080558

RESUMO

OBJECTIVE: To discriminate Descurainiae Semen and Pantagirus Semen. METHOD: A high-performance liquid chromatographic method was developed to establish the fingerprint of Descurainiae Semen, and hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA) and partial least squares discriminant analysis (PLS-DA) were applied to study HPLC fingerprinting and chemical recognition. RESULT: There exists large difference of chromatographic peaks and its relative peak area of HPLC fingerprints between Descurainiae Semen and Pantagirus Semen, and after conducting statistical analysis, the result demonstrated that all samples were classified into three categories: Descurainiae Semen, Pantagirus Semen and their mixtures. CONCLUSION: The developed HPLC fingerprint combined with chemometrics can be utilized to discriminate between Descurainiae Semen and Pantagirus Semen, which was quick, simple, accurate and reliable an can provide the basis for the characterization and quality assess of Descurainiae Semen and Pantagirus Semen.


Assuntos
Brassicaceae/química , Cromatografia Líquida de Alta Pressão/métodos , Plantas Medicinais/química , Análise por Conglomerados , Análise dos Mínimos Quadrados
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Arch Pharm Res ; 38(6): 1054-8, 2015 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25142941

RESUMO

A phytochemical investigation on the seeds of Cassia obtusifolia led to the isolation of five new anthraquinones, including one aglycon and four glycosides. The structures were elucidated by analysis of extensive spectroscopic data and the results of acid hydrolysis. All these isolates were evaluated for their inhibitory effects against α-glucosidase, and 1 showed potent activity with IC50 value of 185 ± 15 µM.


Assuntos
Antraquinonas/farmacologia , Cassia/química , Sementes/química , Antraquinonas/isolamento & purificação , Inibidores Enzimáticos/isolamento & purificação , Inibidores Enzimáticos/farmacologia , Glicosídeos/química , Glicosídeos/isolamento & purificação , Hidrólise , Extratos Vegetais/química , Espectrofotometria Infravermelho , Espectrofotometria Ultravioleta , alfa-Glucosidases/efeitos dos fármacos
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Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi ; 39(24): 4699-708, 2014 Dec.
Artigo em Chinês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25898564

RESUMO

"Tinglizi", the ripe seed of Descurainia sophia and Lepidium apetalum, is a member of Brassicaceae (Cruciferae). Traditionally, the former is called "Nantinglizi" (Descurainiae Semen) while the latter is called "Beitinglizi" (Lepidii Semen). In the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, it has the power to purge lung-fire, relieve dyspnea, promote diuresis and reduce edema, and it is mainly indicated in a case with phlegm-fluid accumulation, cough with excessive sputum, dyspnea with being unable to lie, and general swelling. In view of its wide-spread application in clinic, a comprehensive review of Lepidii Semen and Descurainiae Semen was conducted from the following aspects: herbalogical study, variety identification, historical evolution of processing, chemical constituents, pharmacological effects, quantitative determination and toxicity which could provide reference for further research and development of "Tinglizi".


Assuntos
Brassicaceae/química , Medicamentos de Ervas Chinesas , Sementes/química , Diurese/efeitos dos fármacos , Medicamentos de Ervas Chinesas/efeitos adversos , Medicamentos de Ervas Chinesas/química , Medicamentos de Ervas Chinesas/isolamento & purificação , Medicamentos de Ervas Chinesas/farmacologia , Dispneia/tratamento farmacológico , Edema/tratamento farmacológico , Humanos , Lepidium/química , Pulmão/efeitos dos fármacos , Medicina Tradicional Chinesa , Estrutura Molecular , Componentes Aéreos da Planta/química , Plantas Medicinais
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