Resveratrol derived from rhizoma et radix polygoni cuspidati and its liposomal form protect nigral cells of Parkinsonian rats.
- Author:
Yanchun WANG
1
;
Hanlin XU
;
Qin FU
;
Rong MA
;
Jizhou XIANG
Author Information
1. Department of Pharmacology of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China. wangyanchunonly@yahoo.com.cn
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Animals;
Antioxidants;
metabolism;
Behavior;
drug effects;
Cell Death;
drug effects;
Disease Models, Animal;
Drugs, Chinese Herbal;
pharmacology;
Liposomes;
pharmacology;
Neurons;
drug effects;
metabolism;
Neuroprotective Agents;
pharmacology;
Oxidative Stress;
drug effects;
Parkinson Disease;
drug therapy;
pathology;
Rats;
Rats, Wistar;
Reactive Oxygen Species;
metabolism;
Stilbenes;
pharmacology;
Substantia Nigra;
drug effects;
metabolism;
pathology
- From:
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica
2011;36(8):1060-1066
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Oxidative stress is a hallmark in the pathogenesis of Parkinson disease (PD), which involves the selective loss of nigral dopaminergic neurons in PD. Resveratrol (3,5,4'-trihydroxy-trans-stilbene) is well known for its powerful antioxidant property and a wide range of other biological effects. In this study, we investigated the protective effect of resveratrol derived from Rhizoma Et Radix Polygoni Cuspidati and its liposomal form on the nigral cells of PD rats induced by unilateral microinjection of 6-hydroxy dopamine in the striatum. The results showed that after 14 days gavage of resveratrol and resveratrol liposome respectively (20 mg x kg(-1) WB per day), the abnormal rotational behavior of PD rats were deceased evidently, the numbers of total nigral cells, total nigral neurons and TH immuno-positive neurons were more than that of PD rats without given resveratrol or resveratrol liposome, simultaneously, the number of apoptotic nigral cells were decreased obviously. The results also showed that resveratrol and resveratrol liposome could decrease the total ROS activity, increase the total antioxidant capability of the nigral tissues. All the data indicated that resveratrol liposome performed stronger effects than resveratrol except for behavioral improvement. Our study confirmed that resveratrol derived from Rhizoma Et Radix Polygoni Cuspidati and its liposomal form could inhibit the loss of dopaminergic neurons of PD rats, the underlying mechanism may be attributed to their radical scavenging effect and antioxidant property. Due to presumably increased bioavailability, resveratrol liposome possesses the stronger therapeutic effect and may become a better clinical agent for the treatment of PD than free resveratrol.
