Elemene Emulsion Injection Administration Reduces Neuropathic Pain by Inhibiting Astrocytic NDRG2 Expression within Spinal Dorsal Horn / 中国结合医学杂志

OBJECTIVE@#To investigate the mechanisms underlying elemene-induced analgesia in rats with spared nerve injury (SNI).@*METHODS@#Sixty-five rats were equally divided into 5 groups using a random number table: naive group, sham group, SNI group, SNI + elemene (40 mg·kg@*RESULTS@#The SNI rat model exhibited a significant decrease in paw withdrawal threshold and exploratory behaviour in the EPM (P<0.05). Consecutive administration of elemene alleviated SNI-induced mechanical allodynia and anxiety in rats (P<0.05). Immunohistochemical data showed that elemene decreased SNI-induced upregulation of NDRG2 within the SDH (P<0.05). Double immunofluorescent staining data further showed that elemene decreased SNI-induced upregulation of the number of GFAP immunoreactive (-ir), NDRG-ir, and GFAP/NDRG2 double-labelled cells within the SDH (P<0.05). Immunoblotting data showed that elemene decreased SNI-induced upregulation of GFAP and NDRG2 within the SDH (P<0.05).@*CONCLUSION@#Elemene possibly alleviated neuropathic pain by downregulating the expression of NDRG2 in spinal astrocytes in a rat model of SNI.

Effect of Elemene Emulsion Injection Combined with Ganciclovir on Invasive Ability and TIMP-1 mRNA Expression in C6 Brain Tumor Stem Cells / 中国药房

OBJECTIVE:To study the effect of Elemene emulsion combined with ganciclovir on invasive ability and TIMP-1 mRNA expression in C6 brain tumor stem cells. METHODS:Cells with 3 generations were isolated and cultured from rats'C6 ma-lignant glioma cell lines,and immunocytochemistry was adopted to detect the protein expressions of stem cell markers CD133,Nes-tin. 20 rats were randomly divided into blank control group(normal saline),ganciclovir group(intragastrically administrated,216 mg/kg),Elemene emulsion injection group (intravenously injected in tail,36 mg/kg) and combination group (intragastrically ad-ministrated 216 mg/kg of ganciclovir+intravenously injected 36 mg/kg of Elemene emulsion injection in tail),5 in each group, once every day,for 10 d. After 2 h of last administration,the blood of rats in each group was collected,serum was isolated and co-cultured 24 h with C6 BTSCs in in vitro culture medium. Boyden invasion test was used to detect the invasive ability of C6 BTSCs,and real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction(RT-PCR)method was used to determine the TIMP-1 mRNA expres-sion of C6 BTSCs. RESULTS:Cells with 3 generations had obvious protein expressions in CD133 and Nestin,indicating they were BTSCs. Compared with blank control group,the cell invasion rates of C6 BTSCs in ganciclovir group,Elemene emulsion in-jection group and combination group were obviously decreased,TIMP-1 mRNA expression was obviously enhanced,with statisti-cal significances(P<0.05). Compared with ganciclovir group and Elemene emulsion injection group,the cell invasion rate of C6 BTSCs in combination group was obviously decreased,TIMP-1 mRNA expression was obviously enhanced,with statistical signifi-cances(P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS:Elemene emulsion injection combined with ganciclovir can obviously inhibit the cell invasion of C6 BTSCs,the mechanism may be associated with promoting the TIMP-1 generation,and combination use shows better effect than single use.