Aurantii Fructus Immaturus， Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma， and Their Combination Treat Colonic Motility Disorders in Rats with Slow Transit Constipation via PINK1/Parkin Signaling Pathway-mediated Mitophagy
10.13422/j.cnki.syfjx.20230340
- VernacularTitle:枳实-白术调节PINK1/Parkin信号通路介导的线粒体自噬改善慢传输型便秘大鼠结肠动力障碍
- Author:
Xiaopeng WANG
1
;
Huiju YANG
2
;
Mingming SUN
1
;
Jing LIU
1
;
Bensheng WU
1
;
Yinzi YUE
1
;
Yuanyuan QIN
1
;
Yinghui CHEN
1
;
Lie TIAN
1
;
Yan LI
2
;
Yahui WANG
1
;
Shuai YAN
1
Author Information
1. Suzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine Affiliated to Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine， Suzhou 215009， China
2. The Third Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Chinese Medicine， Zhengzhou 450000， China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Aurantii Fructus Immaturus;
Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma;
slow transit constipation;
autophagy;
PTEN-induced putative kinase 1/Parkin signaling pathway
- From:
Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae
2023;29(13):45-53
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
ObjectiveTo observe the effects of Aurantii Fructus Immaturus， Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma， and their combination on slow transit constipation via PTEN-induced putative kinase 1 （PINK1）/Parkin pathway-mediated mitophagy. MethodFifty-six male SD rats were randomly assigned into normal group， model group， natural recovery group， Aurantii Fructus Immaturus group， Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma group， Aurantii Fructus Immaturus combined with Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma group， and mosapride group， with 8 rats in each group. Slow transit constipation model was established by gavage with loperamide （3 mg·kg-1·d-1） for 14 days in other groups except the normal group. After successful modeling， except that the model group was continuously induced by loperamide， the normal group and the natural recovery group were administrated with 0.9% normal saline by gavage， and the rats in the Aurantii Fructus Immaturus （1.35 g·kg-1·d-1） group， the Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma （2.7 g·kg-1·d-1） group， the Aurantii Fructus Immaturus combined with Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma （4.05 g·kg-1·d-1） group， and the mosapride （1.56 mg·kg-1·d-1） group were administrated with corresponding drugs by gavage for 7 days. The amount of feces， fecal water content， and intestinal propulsion rate of rats were determined. The pathological changes of the colon were evaluated by hematoxylin-eosin （HE） staining and Alcian blue-periodic acid-Schiff （AB-PAS） staining. The activity of respiratory chain complex and the ultrastructure of the colon tissue were determined by ultraviolet spectrophotometry and observed by transmission electron microscopy， respectively. Real-time fluorescence quantitative polymerase chain reaction（Real-time PCR） was employed to determine the mRNA levels of PINK1， Parkin， and p62， and Western blot to determine the protein levels of microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3 （LC3）， PINK1， and Parkin. ResultCompared with the normal group， the model group and the natural recovery group showed decreases in the amount of feces， fecal water content， intestinal propulsion rate （P<0.05，P<0.01）， and activities of mitochondrial respiratory chain complexes Ⅱ， Ⅲ， and Ⅳ in the colon tissue （P<0.05，P<0.01）. Further， the mRNA levels of PINK1 and Parkin and the protein levels of PINK1， Parkin， and LC3 were up-regulated （P<0.01） and the mRNA level of p62 was down-regulated in the model group （P<0.05） and the natural recovery group. Compared with the model group and the natural recovery group， the Aurantii Fructus Immaturus combined with Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma group showed increased amount of feces， fecal water content， intestinal propulsion rate， and activities of mitochondrial respiratory chain complexes Ⅱ， Ⅲ， and Ⅳ （P<0.05，P<0.01）. Moreover， the combination meliorated the degree of mitochondrial swelling in the colon tissue， down-regulated the mRNA levels of PINK1 and Parkin and the protein levels of PINK1， Parkin， and LC3 （P<0.05，P<0.01）， and up-regulated the mRNA level of p62 （P<0.05）. ConclusionAurantii Fructus Immaturus and Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma， and their combination may remedy the colonic motility disorders in rats with slow transit constipation by blocking PINK1/Parkin signaling pathway to inhibit the excessive mitophagy in interstitial cells of Cajal in the colon tissue.
