Wuling powder prevents the depression-like behavior in learned helplessness mice model through improving the TSPO mediated-mitophagy

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• 作者：Dongmei Li¹ ; Ji Zheng¹ ; Mingyang Wang ; Lu Feng ; Yanyong Liu ; ^{liuyanyong@126.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Nan Yang ; ^{yangnanbeijing@126.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Pingping Zuo
• 关键词：Fluoxetine (PubChem CID ; 62857) ; CMC-Na (PubChem CID ; 6328154) ; Pentobarbital sodium (PubChem CID ; 23676152) ; Phosphate buffered saline (PubChem CID ; 24978514) ; Paraformaldehyde (PubChem CID ; 62081) ; Sucrose (PubChem CID ; 5988) ; SDS (PubChem CID ; 3423265) ; EDTA (PubChem CID ; 6049) ; H2O2 (PubChem CID ; 784) ; Tris (PubChem CID ; 6503)
• 刊名：Journal of Ethnopharmacology
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：20 June 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：186
• 期：Complete
• 页码：181-188
• 全文大小：2138 K

文摘

Wuling powder (trade name: Wuling capsule), a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), was extracted from mycelia of precious Xylaria Nigripes (Kl.) Sacc by modern fermentation technology, and has been claimed to be fully potent in improving the signs of insomnia and cognitive deficits. Moreover, Wuling capsule was effective in treating post-stroke and orther co-cormbid depression both in clinical and in basic research. In order to clarify the molecular mechanisms of the antidepressant effect of Wuling powder, we established learned helplessness (LH) depression animal model and focused on 18 kDa translocator protein (TSPO) mediated-mitophagy pathway.

Materials and methods

Mice were exposed to the inescapable e-shock (IS) once a day for three consecutive days to establish the LH model. Then mice were orally administered Wuling powder for 2 weeks. For the behavioral assessment, Shuttle box test, novelty suppressed feeding test (NSF) and forced swimming test (FST) were performed. Following the behavioral assessment, we assessed the protein expression level that were related to TSPO-mediated mitophagy signaling pathway by Western blotting analysis. Finally, immunohistochemistry method was used to assess the neuroprotective effects of Wuling powder.

Results

Compared with mice that were subjected to inescapable e-shock, Wuling powder exhibited antidepressant effect in the multiple behavioral tests. In addition, Wuling powder altered the expression level of multiple proteins related to TSPO-mediated mitophagy signaling pathway.

Conclusions

Our results suggested that Wuling powder exhibited an obvious antidepressant effect, which could be due to the improvement of TSPO-mediated mitophagy signaling pathway.