Effect of bushen yizhi recipe on neurotransmitter release in A beta segment neurotoxin induced NG108-15 cellular model of Alzheimer disease / 中国中西医结合杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To observe the effect of Bushen Yizhi Recipe (BSYZR) on neurotransmitter release in A beta segment neurotoxin induced NG108-15 cellular model of Alzheimer disease (AD).</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The levels of choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) activity, synapsin and functional synapse formation rate in the cellular model treated with BSYZR containing serum were determined by Western blot analysis, immunoradiometric assay and electrophysiologic technique.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>BSYZR containing serum treatment could cause increase of ChAT activity and synapsin level in model cells, as compared with those in normal control model cells treated with non-drug containing serum, it also could regulate the release capacity of transmitter and raise the functional synapse formation.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>BSYZR could reduce the reaction of cell to A beta neurotoxin, indicating that it could be antagonistic to the pathological development of AD by means of raising the neurotransmitter release capacity.</p>