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<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study the effects of kaixinsan on behavior and expression of p-CREB in hippocampus of the chronic stress rats.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>The male Wistar rats which gained the similar scores by Open-field test were selected, then the depression model rat was produced by separation and chronic unpredictable mild stress. Open-field test was performed to detect the behavior of rats and immunohistochemistry was used to observe the changes of p-CREB expression in hippocampus.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>On the 22nd day, the body weight and sacchar-intake of the depression model rats were all lower than those of the normal rats and the body weight and sacchar-intake of the rats treated by drugs were higher compared with model rats (P < 0.01). The depressive behavior in kaixinsan 4 g x kg(-1) group was significantly improved compared with the model group, the crossing scores and rearing scores were all increased (P < 0.01) and the expression of p-CREB in CA1, CA3 and DG in hippocampus was higher than that in the model group (P < 0.05 and P < 0.01).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Kaixinsan might improve depressive behavior by increasing expression of p-CREB in CA1, CA3 and DG in hippocampus of the chronic stress rats.</p>
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Animals , Male , Rats , Antidepressive Agents , Pharmacology , Behavior, Animal , Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein , Metabolism , Depression , Drug Combinations , Drugs, Chinese Herbal , Pharmacology , Hippocampus , Metabolism , Plants, Medicinal , Chemistry , Random Allocation , Rats, Wistar , Stress, PsychologicalABSTRACT
<p><b>AIM</b>To study the effect of catechin, the active component of Spatholobus suberectus Dunn, on bone marrow cell cycle and the expression of IL-6 and GM-CSF mRNA in spleen cells of normal and marrow-depressed mice in order to clarify the mechanism of hematopoietic-supportive effect of catechin.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Flow cytometry was adopted to investigate the influence of catechin on bone marrow cell cycle in mice and the expression of IL-6 and GM-CSF mRNA induced by catechin in spleen cells was detected by RT-PCR technique simultaneously.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The cell proportion of normal and marrow-depressed mice in G0/G1 phase was reduced significantly, while that in S + G2/M phase increased significantly. Being induced by catechin, IL-6 mRNA and GM-CSF mRNA in spleen cells were markedly up-regulated.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Catechin (2 g x L(-1), intraperitoneally injected to mice daily immediately after irradiation for 7 consecutive days) was shown to promote the expression of IL-6 mRNA and GM-CSF mRNA in spleen cells of mice, through which it can accelerate bone marrow cells of normal mice into cell cycle and help those of marrow-depressed mice to get out of "G1-phase-block", enter into cell cycle and radically accelerate the proliferation and differentiation of hematopoietic stem cell/hematopoietic progenitor cell (HSC/HPC).</p>