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ArticleFrontiers in pharmacology2020

The Traditional Chinese Medicine Fuyou Formula Alleviates Precocious Puberty by Inhibiting GPR54/GnRH in the Hypothalamus.

Guo-Liang Bai, Kai-Li Hu, Yi Huan, Xing Wang, Lei Lei, Meng Zhang, Chun-Yan Guo, Hong-Sheng Chang, Li-Bo Zhao, Jing Liu and 3 more

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Article in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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13 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Guo-Liang BaiClinical Research Center, Beijing Children's Hospital, National Center for Children's Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Kai-Li HuDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Yi HuanState Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Functions of Natural Medicines, Key Laboratory of Polymorphic Drugs of Beijing, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Xing WangState Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Functions of Natural Medicines, Key Laboratory of Polymorphic Drugs of Beijing, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Lei LeiState Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Functions of Natural Medicines, Key Laboratory of Polymorphic Drugs of Beijing, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Meng ZhangClinical Research Center, Beijing Children's Hospital, National Center for Children's Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Chun-Yan GuoClinical Research Center, Beijing Children's Hospital, National Center for Children's Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Hong-Sheng ChangDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Li-Bo ZhaoClinical Research Center, Beijing Children's Hospital, National Center for Children's Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Jing LiuClinical Research Center, Beijing Children's Hospital, National Center for Children's Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Zhu-Fang ShenState Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Functions of Natural Medicines, Key Laboratory of Polymorphic Drugs of Beijing, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Xiao-Ling WangClinical Research Center, Beijing Children's Hospital, National Center for Children's Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Xin NiClinical Research Center, Beijing Children's Hospital, National Center for Children's Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Capital Medical University · CNBeijing University of Chinese Medicine · CNChinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to explore the effect of the traditional Chinese medicine Fuyou formula on precocious puberty (PP). The Fy formula may exert an effect in female rats with PP and GT-7 cells through the GPR54/GnRH signaling pathway. To confirm the effect of the Fy formula on PP through the GPR54/GnRH signaling pathway, we first treated GT1-7 cells with the Fy formula and observed changes in the expression of related genes and proteins and in GnRH secretion. Then, we randomly divided young female Sprague-Dawley rats into the control group, model group, leuprorelin group and the Fy formula group. A PP model was established by injection of danazol on postnatal day 5, and the Fy formula was administered on PND15. The time of vaginal opening, the wet weights of the ovary and uterus, serum hormone levels and the expression of hypothalamic-related genes were observed. We found that the Fy formula delayed vaginal opening, decreased the wet weights and coefficients of the ovary and uterus, decreased the levels of serum hormones (E2, follicle-stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone) and the cellular GnRH level, and downregulated the gene expression of Kiss1, GPR54 and GnRH in the hypothalamus and the gene and protein expression of GPR54 and GnRH in GT1-7 cells. In conclusion, the Fy formula may alleviate PP via the GPR54/GnRH signaling pathway.

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Fy formulaGPR54/GnRHhypothalamicprecocious pubertytraditional Chinese medicine

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