Protection Mechanism ofZi-Bu Pi-Yin Recipe on Cortex Mitochondrial Dysfunction of Diabetes-associated Cognitive Dysfunction Rats / 世界科学技术-中医药现代化

ABSTRACT

This study was aimed to observe the protection ofZi-Bu Pi-Yin recipe (ZBPYR) on the cortex mitochondrial dysfunction of diabetes-associated cognitive dysfunction rats. SD rats were randomly divided into four groups, which were the control (Con) group, the diabetes (DM) group, the ZBPYR treatment (ZBPYR1) group and the ZBPYR protection (ZBPYR2) group. Morris water maze test was taken to evaluate the learning and memory ability of rats. The transmission electron microscope (TEM) was used to detect the ultrastructure and quantity changes of cortex mitochondria. Western blot was used to detect the expression of Cyto C. The results showed that compared to Con group, the learning and memory ability were decreased in the DM group (P < 0.05); the learning and memory ability of the ZBPYR1 group was improved compared to the DM group (P < 0.05); compared to the DM group, the ZBPYR2 group was significantly improved (P < 0.01). Compared with the Con group, the number of cortex mitochondria in DM group was decreased (P< 0.05), and the structure was disordered, blurred, or even completely destroyed. After ZBPYR intervention, these pathological changes were reduced obviously. And the number of mitochondria in the ZBPYR2 group was increased than that of the DM group (P < 0.05). The expression of Cyto C in cytoplasm of the DM group was significantly higher than that of the Con group (P < 0.01). After ZBPYR intervention, the expression of Cyto C was decreased. It was concluded that ZBPYR regulated the mitochondrial morphology and changes of volume in the cortex, prevented the releasing of Cyto C from mitochondria to cytoplasm, and improved the cognitive function of diabetes rats.