Shengmai Formula Ameliorates Pathological Characteristics in AD C. elegans
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- 作者：Weimin Zhang ; Dejuan Zhi ; Hui Ren ; Dong Wang…
- 关键词：AD ; SM formula ; Paralysis ; Chemotaxis ; Synergistic effect ; Caenorhabditis elegans
- 刊名：Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：November 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：36
- 期：8
- 页码：1291-1302
- 全文大小：1,459 KB
- 刊物类别：Biomedical and Life Sciences
- 刊物主题：Biomedicine
Neurosciences
Animal Anatomy, Morphology and Histology - 出版者：Springer Netherlands
- ISSN：1573-6830
- 卷排序：36
文摘
Shengmai (SM) formula, a classical traditional Chinese medicine formula, is composed of Panax ginseng (Pg), Ophiopogon japonicus (Oj), and Schisandra Chinesis (Sc). SM has been clinically used to treat heart failure and ischemic heart disease. Although SM formula has been reported to be potential for fighting against Alzheimer’s disease (AD) by previous works, there are many gaps in our knowledge on its usage in AD treatment on an organism level and will then need to be further clarified. In this study, transgenic Caenorhabditis elegans expressing human Aβ1–42 are used to evaluate SM formula efficacy to treat AD phenotype and to investigate its underlying mechanism. The results showed that SM formula ameliorated AD pathological characteristics of paralysis behavior and chemotaxis defect in transgenic C. elegans. With SM treatment, the number of Aβ deposits decreased, the levels of gene expressions of hsp16-2, hsp16-41, ace-1, ace-2, and TNFA1P1 homolog genes were down-regulated. Our results also showed that Oj exhibited more stronger effect on delaying paralysis in worms than Pg and Sc did, and synergistic action was observed between Pg and Oj, and Sc further enhanced the activity of Pg/Oj combination on delaying paralysis behavior. Further, SM with herbs of Pg, Oj, and Sc at a dose proportion of 9:9:6 exhibited superior therapeutic efficacy in comparison with herbs at other dose proportions. After SM formula extracted by ethanol, it delayed AD symptoms on a wider dose from 0.2 to 10.0 mg/mL with no toxic effect. These results provided more evidence for SM formula being potential to be used to treat AD.