Protective Effects of Folium Artemisiae Argyi Herbal Acupuncture on Transient Forebrain Ischemic Injury in Rats

흰쥐의 일과성 전뇌 허혈 손상에 대한 애엽 약침의 신경보호 작용

  • 김재효 (원광대학교 한의과대학 경혈학교실) ;
  • 장진요 (원광대학교 한의과대학 경혈학교실) ;
  • 박병림 (원광대학교 의과대학 생리학교실) ;
  • 김경식 (원광대학교 한의과대학 경혈학교실) ;
  • 손인철 (원광대학교 한의과대학 경혈학교실)
  • Published : 2003.06.01

Abstract

Objectives : Recently, the new therapeutic tool, that is herbal acupuncture, has been developed and applied to various diseases including the cerebrovascular accident. The main characteristics of herbal acupuncture are a combination of acupuncture and herbal medicine. It was not well known the therapeutic effect and the mechanism of herbal acupuncture on transient forebrain ischemic injury, although it has been used frequently in clinics. The objective was to determine the effect of folium artemisiae argyi (艾葉) herbal acupuncture on the trasient forebrain ischemic injured rat. Methods : In this study, the effects of folium artemisiae argyi (艾葉) herbal acupuncture on the $LR_3$ named Taechung, on neuroprotection after the transient forebrain ischemia were investigated in Sprague-Dawely rats. Expressions of cFos, FosB and BDNF protein in the hippocampus and cortex were observed at 2 hrs and 48 hrs after transient forebrain ischemia by immunohistochemistry and ELISA technique. Results : Expression of cFos protein was increased slightly in the hippocampus and cortex at 2 hrs after transient forebrain ischemia, but FosB protein was increased highly comparing to cFos protein. However, pretreatment with folium artemisiae argyi' herbal acupuncture on $LR_3$ significantly increased expression of cFos protein and significantly decreased expression of FosB protein compared to control group. These features were observed in the retrosplenial granular cortex as well as the hippocampus. Also, pretreatment with folium artemisiae argyi' herbal acupuncture on $LR_3$ significantly increased the expression of BDNF protein in the hippocampus ($263.26{\pm}44.56{\;}pg/ml$ extracted by water, $275.35{\pm}51.47{\;}pg/ml$ extracted by moxa tar)and the cortex ($102.33{\pm}13.65{\;}pg/ml$ extracted by water, $109.54{\pm}9.37{\;}pg/ml$ extracted by moxa tar) compared to the hippocampus ($134.07{\pm}2.96{\;}pg/ml$) and the cortex ($61.16{\pm}4.11{\;}pg/ml$) in control group at 48 hrs after transient forebrain ischemia. Conclusions : These results suggest that pretreatment with folium artemisiae argyi' herbal acupuncture on $LR_3$ has neuroprotective effect on transient forebrain ischemia and the herbal acupunture on $LR_3$ may be related to antioxidative function of folium artemisiae argyi.

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