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ArticleMetabolic brain disease2018

Ethanol extract of Rehmannia glutinosa exerts antidepressant-like effects on a rat chronic unpredictable mild stress model by involving monoamines and BDNF.

Jun-Ming Wang, Li-Xin Pei, Yue-Yue Zhang, Yong-Xian Cheng, Chun-Ling Niu, Ying Cui, Wei-Sheng Feng, Gui-Fang Wang

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Jun-Ming WangCollege of Pharmacy, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, East Jinshui Road & Boxue road, Zhengzhou, 450046, China. mjw98_2010@163.com.
Li-Xin PeiCollege of Pharmacy, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, East Jinshui Road & Boxue road, Zhengzhou, 450046, China.
Yue-Yue ZhangCollege of Pharmacy, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, East Jinshui Road & Boxue road, Zhengzhou, 450046, China.
Yong-Xian ChengHealth Science Center, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China.
Chun-Ling NiuCollege of Basic Medicine, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, 450046, China.
Ying CuiCollege of Pharmacy, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, East Jinshui Road & Boxue road, Zhengzhou, 450046, China.
Wei-Sheng FengCollege of Pharmacy, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, East Jinshui Road & Boxue road, Zhengzhou, 450046, China. fwsh@hactcm.edu.cn.
Gui-Fang WangCollege of Pharmacy, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, East Jinshui Road & Boxue road, Zhengzhou, 450046, China.
First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University · CNHenan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNShenzhen University Health Science Center · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The dried roots of Rehmannia glutinosa Libosch. (Scrophulariaceae) are of both medicinal and nutritional importance. Our previous study has found that the 80% ethanol extract of R. glutinosa (RGEE) produced antidepressant-like activities in mouse behavioral despair depression models. However, its mechanisms are still unclear. The present study aimed to observe the antidepressant-like mechanisms of RGEE on a rat chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS) model by involving monoaminergic neurotransmitters and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). CUMS-stressed rats were orally given RGEE daily (150, 300, and 600 mg/kg) or fluoxetine hydrochloride (FH) for 3 weeks after starting the CUMS procedure. Sucrose preference test was carried out to observe depression-like behavior, and serum and brain tissues were used for neurochemical and fluorescent quantitative reverse transcription PCR analysis. Results demonstrated that CUMS induced depression-like behavior, whereas RGEE and FH administration inhibited this symptom. Furthermore, CUMS caused excessively elevated levels of serum corticosterone (CORT), an index of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis hyperactivity, in a manner attenuated by RGEE and FH administration. RGEE administration also further elevated monoamine neurotransmitters and BDNF levels, up-regulated the mRNA expression of BDNF and tropomyosin-related kinase B (TrkB) in hippocampus of rats suffering CUMS. Together, our findings suggest that RGEE can improve CUMS-evoked depression-like behavior, and indicate its mechanisms may partially be associated with restoring HPA axis dysfunctions, enhancing monoamineergic nervous systems, and up-regulating BDNF and TrkB expression.

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AnimalsAntidepressive AgentsBrain-Derived Neurotrophic FactorCorticosteroneDepressive DisorderDisease Models, AnimalEthanolHypothalamo-Hypophyseal SystemMalePituitary-Adrenal SystemPlant ExtractsRats, Sprague-DawleyRehmanniaAntidepressive AgentsBrain-Derived Neurotrophic FactorCorticosteroneEthanolPlant ExtractsAntidepressantBDNFChronic unpredictable mild stressMonoamineergic nervous systemRehmannia glutinosa

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