Effects of ginsenoside-Rg on mechanical allodynia, heat hyperalgeia, depressive state of rats with chronic sciatic nerve constriction injury / 中国应用生理学杂志

OBJECTIVE@#To investigate the effects of ginsenoside-Rg on mechanical allodynia, heat hyperalgeia, depressive state of rats with chronic sciatic nerve constriction injury.@*METHODS@#Fifty SD rats were randomly divided into 5 groups: blank control group (Normal, normal + saline),sham operation group (Sham, sham operation + saline),chronic constriction injury of the sciatic nerve group (CCI, CCI + saline),ginsenoside-Rg low dose group (CCI + Rg 5 mg/kg), and ginsenoside-Rg high dose group (CCI + Rg 10 mg/kg).After the CCI model was established,drug were injected into the abdominal cavity through the syringe once a day,for 14 consecutive days.The mechanical shrinkage foot reflex threshold (MWT) and thermal withdrawal latency(TWL) were determined at 1 d before the operation and at 1,3,5,7,10 and 14 d after the operation.Light-dark transition test, forced swimming test were determined at 1 d before the operation and at 14 d after the operation.@*RESULTS@#Compared with the sham group, the MWL and TWL of the CCI rats were decreased significantly (P＜0.01), time in the light compartment and number of transition were decreased (P＜0.01), the immobility time in FST was also prolonged significantly (P＜0.01). At 14 days after CCI operation, the MWL and TWL of the ginsenoside-Rg groups were increased significantly (P＜0.01), time in the light compartment and number of transition were also shortened significantly (P＜0.01), the immobility time in FST was also shortened significantly (P＜0.01).@*CONCLUSION@#Intraperitoneal injection of ginsenoside-Rg can inhibit the mechanical and thermal pain sensitivity of CCI rats,and can relieve depressive state.

The protective effects of sacral nerve electrostimulation on intestinal mucosal mechanical barrier in rats with spinal cord injury / 中国应用生理学杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study the protective effects of sacral nerve root electrostimulation on intestinal mechanical barrier in rats with spinal cord injury (SCI).</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Fifty six Wistar rats were divided into normal group, SCI control group and SCI group with sacral nerve root electrostimulation (8 rats in each subgroup at 24, 48, 72 h after spinal cord injury). The following experiments were performed respectively in rats from the 3 groups: bacteria culture from intestinal mesentery lymph nodes, liver, spleen, intestinal morphology observation and detection the protein expression level of ZO-1.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The intestinal mucosa appeared different degree of damage in SCI control group; cell-cell connections between intestinal epithelial cells were destroyed; Endotoxin levels in blood and the number of bacterial translocation increased obviously. Sacral nerve stimulation was found toimprove the intestinal mucosal, reduce the endotoxin content in the blood to normal level and the decrease the incidences of bacterial translocation of the gut origin. The expression of tight junction protein ZO-1 of rat intestinal tissue had no statistical differences among the 3 groups. On the other hand, the distribution of tight junction protein ZO-1 appeared different degrees of scattered and irregular in the control group while that in the experimental group appeared different degree of improvement as determined by the immunohistochemistry of rat intestinal tissue.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>sacral nerve root electrostimulation can rehabilitate the peristalsis of denervated colon, promote defeacation and decrease bacterial amount, protection of the intestinal mechanical barrier between intestinal epithelial cells and tight junction, reducing the endotoxin content in the blood and suppressing bacterial translocation from the gut.</p>