Effects of Tianxiang capsule on neurotransmitters and hormone level in rats with motion sickness
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-4246.2019.04.012
- VernacularTitle:天香胶囊对晕动病模型大鼠神经递质及激素水平的影响
- Author:
Yanhong HU
1
,
2
;
Feng LI
;
Weiyue ZHANG
;
Fan ZHANG
;
Chujun ZHANG
;
Tianshi SUN
;
Yixin DONG
;
Weihong LI
Author Information
1. 北京中医药大学中医学院 100029
2. 中国中医科学院医学实验中心
- Keywords:
Motion sickness;
Histamine;
Cortisol;
Arginine vasopressin;
Tianxiang capsule;
Rats
- From:
International Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2019;41(4):369-374
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To investigate the effects of Tianxiang capsule on Neurotransmitters and Hormone Level of rats with motion sickness. Methods Male SD rats were randomly divided into six groups, including blank control group, model control group, positive drug control group, low-dose, mid-dose and high-dose Tianxiang capsule groups with the method of random digital table, and every group had 10 mice. Except the normal group, the rats in the other groups were intragastrically pre-administered for 1 hour, and the low, medium and high doses of Tianxiang capsule were 0.91, 1.82, 3.64 g/kg, the positive drug control group was given scopolamine 1 mg/kg, and then the rat motion sickness model was induced by a rotary stimulation device. After the modeling, the feces, urine, standing hair, trembling were immediately observed and recorded, and the halo response index of the rats was calculated. The blood from the heart puncture was taken and the vestibular nucleus were put on the ice. Then, the content of histamine (HIS) in the vestibular nucleus and plasma was detected by ELISA. The expression of plasma cortisol (Cort) and arginine vasopressin (AVP) were measured by radioimmunoassay. Results Compared with the model control group, the motion sickness index of rats with low, medium and high doses of Tianxiang capsule (6.56 ± 2.16, 6.10 ± 1.35, 4.46 ± 2.50 vs. 8.90 ± 2.61) significantly decreased (P<0.05 or P<0.01). The HIS content in the vestibular nucleus (12.70 ± 3.86 μg/L, 11.45 ± 1.57 μg/L, 10.02 ± 1.30 μg/L vs. 17.50 ± 4.82 μg/L) significantly decreased (P<0.05 or P<0.01). The plasma content of HIS (4.24 ± 1.75 μg/L vs. 7.69 ± 3.06 μg/L), Cort (286.90 ± 8.72 ng/ml vs. 329.26 ± 29.04 ng/ml) and AVP (16.54 ± 2.48 pg/ml vs. 22.35 ± 3.08 pg/ml) in the high doses of Tianxiang capsule significantly decreased (P<0.05 or P<0.01). Conclusions The Tianxiang capsule could effectively reduce the motion sickness index of rats with motion sicknes, which might be related to the down-regulation of HIS in Vestibule Nucleus and HIS, Cort and AVP in plasma.
