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http://dx.doi.org/10.6116/kjh.2012.27.2.77

Effects of the water extract from Achyranthis Radix on serum-deprivation-induced apoptosis in PC12 cells and transient cerebral middle artery occlusion-induced ischemic brains of rats  

Oh, Tae-Woo (Department of Herbology, College of Oriental Medicine, Dongguk University)
Park, Ki-Ho (Department of Herbology, College of Oriental Medicine, Dongguk University)
Lee, Mi-Young (Aging Research Center, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine)
Choi, Go-Ya (Aging Research Center, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine)
Park, Yong-Ki (Department of Herbology, College of Oriental Medicine, Dongguk University)
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The Korea Journal of Herbology / v.27, no.2, 2012 , pp. 77-83 More about this Journal
Abstract
Objectives : This work was designed to investigate the effect of The root of Achyranthes japonica Nakai (AJN) water extract on serum deprivation reperfusion-induced apoptosis in PC-12 cells and transient middle cerebral artery occlusion (tMCAO)-induced ischemic brains of rats. Methods : Apoptosis in PC12 cells was induced by serum deprivation and reperfusion. The cells were treated with AJN water extract at doses of 0.5 and 1.0 mg/ml for 24 hr after inducing the apoptosis. Cell viability was determined by WST-1 assay. The expression of caspase-3 protein was determined by Western blot. Ischemic brains were prepared from tMCAO-induced ischemic rats after oral administration with AJN at dose of 50 and 100 mg/kg, and then brain infarction was measured by TTC staining. Results : AJN significantly increased the cell viability in apoptocic-induced PC-12 cells, and also decreased the expression of caspase-3 protein. Furthermore, the administration of AJN significantly inhibited tMCAO-induced brain infarction in rats. Conclusions : Our results suggest that AJN extract has a neuroprotective property via suppressing the apoptosis in PC12 cells and the infarction of ischemic brains.
Keywords
Achyranthes japonica Nakai; Neuroprotection; anti-apoptotic; PC-12 cell; Cerebral ischemia-reperfusion;
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