Influence of electro-acupuncture on central and peripheral calcitonin gene-related peptide and receptor modifying protein 1 expression in functional dyspepsia rats with liver stagnation and spleen deficiency.
Shijie Huaren Xiaohua Zazhi 2015;
23:3433-3439. [DOI:
10.11569/wcjd.v23.i21.3433]
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Abstract
AIM: To observe the influence of electric acupuncture (EA) on central and peripheral calcitoningene-related peptide (CGRP) and receptor activity modifying protein 1 (RAMP1) expression in functional dyspepsia (FD) rats with liver stagnation and spleen deficiency.
METHODS: Forty-eight rats were randomly divided into three groups (n = 16 each): a blank group, a model group, and an EA group. Except for the blank group, the other two groups underwent modeling by tail clamp stimulation (14 d, 2 times/d), giving an irregular diet (fasting every other day, with free access to water), and gavage of ice physiological saline (-7 ℃ 0.9% NaCl injection 2 mL, 2 times/d). As FD was successfully induced, EA treatment started (4 wk, once a day). After 28 d, the rats were killed to take tissue samples. The rates of gastric emptying and small intestinal transit were determined; the expression levels of CGRP and its receptor RAMP1 in the hypothalamus, stomach, and intestine were measured by Western blot.
RESULTS: Compared with the blank group, gastric emptying rate significantly increased (P < 0. 001), small intestinal transit rate significantly decreased (P < 0.001), the levels of CGRP and RAMP1 expression in the stomach and intestine significantly increased (P < 0.05), and their expression levels in the hypothalamus significantly increased (P < 0.01) in the model group. Compared with the model group, gastric emptying rate significantly decreased (P < 0.001), small intestinal transit rate significantly increased (P < 0.01), and the expression levels of both central and peripheral CGRP and RAMP1 significantly decreased (P < 0.05) in the EA group.
CONCLUSION: EA treatment can significantly decrease peripheral CGRP and its receptor RAMP1 expression, thereby promoting gastrointestinal motility and reducing the sensitivity of the gastrointestinal tract. Similarly, EA has a significant effect on the expression of CGRP and its receptor in the central nervous system, indicating that EA regulates the brain gut peptide through the brain-gut axis and thereby regulates gastrointestinal activity.
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