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ArticleChinese medicine2020

Hejie Zhitong prescription promotes sleep and inhibits nociceptive transmission-associated neurotransmitter activity in a rodent migraine model.

Xinna Wang, Hongfei Zhao, Liming Liu, Ping Niu, Chao Zhai, Jinjian Li, Qiaoli Xu, Dexi Zhao

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Article in Chinese medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Xinna Wang *Changchun University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Changchun, Jilin, 130117 China.
Hongfei Zhao *Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Jilin Province, Changchun, Jilin, 130051 China.
Liming LiuChangchun University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Changchun, Jilin, 130117 China.
Ping NiuChangchun University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Changchun, Jilin, 130117 China.
Chao ZhaiChangchun University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Changchun, Jilin, 130117 China.
Jinjian LiChangchun University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Changchun, Jilin, 130117 China.
Qiaoli XuChangchun University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Changchun, Jilin, 130117 China.
Dexi ZhaoChangchun University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Changchun, Jilin, 130117 China.
Changchun University of Chinese Medicine · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMigraine is painful disease in which neurotransmitters related to pain transmission play an important role. Hejie Zhitong prescription (HJZT) has been used in the clinic as an effective prescription for the treatment of migraine for many years. Our team aimed to further explore its antimigraine mechanism based on previous research results and to explore the inhibitory effect of HJZT on the transmission of pain related to nitroglycerine (NTG)-induced migraine as well as the synergistic effect of HJZT with pentobarbital sodium on promoting sleep.

methodsSixty mice were randomly assigned to groups and received the corresponding interventions. Sleep latency and sleep time were recorded to calculate the incidence of sleep. Forty-eight Wistar rats were randomly assigned and administered an intervention corresponding to their group. Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), serotonin (5-HT), substance P (SP), and cholecystokinin (CCK) levels were measured using ELISAs. Levels of the cannabinoid receptor type 1 (CB1R) and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) protein were assessed using immunohistochemistry. The expression of the CGRP and CCK mRNAs in the midbrain and trigeminal ganglion (TG) were measured using real-time quantitative PCR.

resultsHJZT promoted the occurrence of sleep in mice. HJZT downregulated COX-2 expression in the midbrain and TG of rats but upregulated the expression of the CB1R, and decreased the plasma level of the CGRP protein and expression of its mRNA in the midbrain and TG. It also downregulated the expression of the CCK mRNA in the midbrain and TG. The high-dose HJZT treatment increased plasma 5-HT levels, but did not induce changes in the plasma levels of the SP or CCK protein.

conclusionsHJZT exerts a synergistic effect with pentobarbital sodium on promoting sleep. As for anti-migraine, HJZT can inhibits the expression of nociceptive transmission-associated neurotransmitters, including 5-HT, CGRP and CCK, which may be related to its upregulation of CB1R and downregulation of COX-2.

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Hejie Zhitong prescriptionMigraineNociceptive transmission-associated neurotransmitterSleep

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