ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2024
Periostracum Cicadae Extract and N-Acetyldopamine Regulate the Sleep-Related Neurotransmitters in PCPA-Induced Insomnia Rats.
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- Insomnia: the gut microbiome connection, prospects for probiotic and postbiotic therapies, and future directions.Journal of advanced research · 2026Review
- The gut microbiota-metabolite-target axis in insomnia: network pharmacology and gut microbiota profiling insights into pathogenesis and intervention with Cinnamomi Cortex-Gardeniae Fructus.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- From Mechanistic Evidence to Clinical Translation: A Narrative Review of Chinese Herbal Medicine for Insomnia.Drug design, development and therapy · 2026Review
- Multi-target regulatory mechanisms and clinical assessment of natural products for insomnia: a review.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2026Review
- Tuina ameliorates sleep disturbances in PCPA-treated rats through Piezo1-mediated calcium signaling.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2026Article
- Ginsenoside Rg1 alleviates PCPA-induced insomnia by inhibiting NLRP3 inflammasome activation and pyroptosis through the Nrf2/HO-1 pathway in mice.Psychopharmacology · 2025Article
- Total Alkaloid Extract of Nelumbinis Plumula Promoted Sleep in PCPA-Induced Insomnia Rats by Affecting Neurotransmitters and Their Receptor Activities.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Investigation of c-Fos/c-Jun Signaling Pathways in Periostracum Cicadae's Inhibition of EMT in Gastric Tissue.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Pharmacodynamic Mechanisms of Cicadae Periostracum in Parkinson's Disease: A Metabolomics-Based Study.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
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Abstract
Insomnia is the second most prevalent mental illness worldwide. Periostracum cicadae (PC), as an animal traditional Chinese medicine with rich pharmacological effects, has been documented as a treatment for children's night cries, and later extended to treat insomnia. This study aimed to investigate the effects of PC extract and N-acetyldopamine compounds in ameliorating insomnia. The UPLC-ESI-QTOF-MS analysis determined that PC extract mainly contained N-acetyldopamine components. Previously, we also isolated some acetyldopamine polymers from PC extract, among which acetyldopamine dimer A (NADA) was present in high content. Molecular docking and molecular dynamic simulations demonstrated that NADA could form stable complexes with 5-HT1A, BDNF, and D2R proteins, respectively. The effects of PC extract and NADA on insomnia were evaluated in the PCPA-induced insomnia model. The results indicated that PC extract and NADA could effectively ameliorate hypothalamic pathology of insomnia rats, increase the levels of 5-HT, GABA, and BDNF, and decrease the levels of DA, DOPAC, and HVA. Meanwhile, the PC extract and NADA also could significantly affect the expression of 5-HT1A, BDNF, and DARPP-32 proteins. This study proved that PC extract and acetyldopamine dimer A could effectively improve PCPA-induced insomnia in rats. It is speculated that the main pharmacological substances of PC were acetyldopamine components.
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