The Alleviating Effects and the Underlying Mechanism of the Total Glucosides from Paeonia lactiflora on Irritable Bowel Syndrome / 中国药学杂志

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: To clarify the effect of total glucosides from paeony(PTG) on irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and to explore the molecular mechanism of PTG on alleviating diarrhea symptoms and abdominal pain.METHODS: The diarrhea model was conducted by exposing rat to restraint stress stimulation and bellyache model was conducted by subcutaneous injection of neostigmine to mice. Based on these two models, the curative effect of PTG on IBS was investigated. To investigate the regulative effects of PTG on Caco-2 cells, the Caco-2 monolayer cell model with barrier dysfunction was established by trypsin stimulation, and the inflammatory Caco-2 cell model was established by interleukin-1β (IL-1β) stimulation.RESULTS: PTG could significantly reduce the frequency of defecation in diarrhea rat model (P<0.05) and relieve abnormal bowel movements in bellyache mice model (P<0.05). After PTG treatment, the TEER value of Caco-2 monolayer was significantly increased (P<0.01), the transmittance of fluorescence yellow was significantly decreased (P<0.001) and the expression of tight junction (ZO-1)protein was notably up-regulated (P<0.001). In addition, the gene and protein expression of nuclear factor profilin kappa B(IκBα)in inflammatory Caco-2 cell model was significantly improved (P<0.001) after PTG treatment.CONCLUSION: PTG significantly ameliorates IBS symptoms by protecting the barrier function of Caco-2 cell monolayer and relieving inflammation of Caco-2 cells.