Ethanol extract of Oenanthe javanica increases cell proliferation and neuroblast differentiation in the adolescent rat dentate gyrus  

作　　者：Bai Hui Chen Joon Ha Park Jeong Hwi Cho In Hye Kim Bich Na Shin Ji Hyeon Ahn Seok Joon Hwang Bing Chun Yan Hyun Jin Tae Jae Chul Lee Eun Joo Bae Yun Lyul Lee Jong Dai Kim Moo-Ho Won Il Jun Kang 

机构地区：[1]Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, and Institute of Neurodegeneration and Neuroregeneration, Hallym University [2]Department of Neurobiology, School of Medicine, Kangwon National University [3]Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kangwon National University [4]Department of Integrative Traditional & Western Medicine, Medical College, Yangzhou University [5]Department of Biomedical Science and Research Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology, Hallym University [6]Department of Pediatrics, Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital, College of Medicine, Hallym University [7]Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Hallym University

出　　处：《Neural Regeneration Research》2015年第2期271-276,共6页中国神经再生研究（英文版）

基　　金：supported by Hallym University Specialization Fund,No.HRF-S-12

摘　　要：Oenanthe javanica is an aquatic perennial herb that belongs to theOenanthe genus in Apiaceae family, and it displays well-known medicinal properties such as protective effects against glu-tamate-induced neurotoxicity. However, few studies regarding effects ofOenanthe javanica on neurogenesis in the brain have been reported. In this study, we examined the effects of a normal diet and a diet containing ethanol extract ofOenanthe javanica on cell proliferation and neu-roblast differentiation in the subgranular zone of the hippocampal dentate gyrus of adolescent rats using Ki-67 （an endogenous marker for cell proliferation） and doublecortin （a marker for neuroblast）. Our results showed thatOenanthe javanica extract signiifcantly increased the number of Ki-67-immunoreactive cells and doublecortin-immunoreactive neuroblasts in the subgranular zone of the dentate gyrus in the adolescent rats. In addition, the immunoreactivity of brain-derived neurotrophic factor was signiifcantly increased in the dentate gyrus of the Oenanthe javanica extract-treated group compared with the control group. However, we did not ifnd that vascular endothelial growth factor expression was increased in theOenanthe javanica extract-treated group compared with the control group. These results indicate thatOenanthe javanica extract improves cell proliferation and neuroblast differentiation by increasing brain-de-rived neurotrophic factor immunoreactivity in the rat dentate gyrus.Oenanthe javanica is an aquatic perennial herb that belongs to theOenanthe genus in Apiaceae family, and it displays well-known medicinal properties such as protective effects against glu-tamate-induced neurotoxicity. However, few studies regarding effects ofOenanthe javanica on neurogenesis in the brain have been reported. In this study, we examined the effects of a normal diet and a diet containing ethanol extract ofOenanthe javanica on cell proliferation and neu-roblast differentiation in the subgranular zone of the hippocampal dentate gyrus of adolescent rats using Ki-67 （an endogenous marker for cell proliferation） and doublecortin （a marker for neuroblast）. Our results showed thatOenanthe javanica extract signiifcantly increased the number of Ki-67-immunoreactive cells and doublecortin-immunoreactive neuroblasts in the subgranular zone of the dentate gyrus in the adolescent rats. In addition, the immunoreactivity of brain-derived neurotrophic factor was signiifcantly increased in the dentate gyrus of the Oenanthe javanica extract-treated group compared with the control group. However, we did not ifnd that vascular endothelial growth factor expression was increased in theOenanthe javanica extract-treated group compared with the control group. These results indicate thatOenanthe javanica extract improves cell proliferation and neuroblast differentiation by increasing brain-de-rived neurotrophic factor immunoreactivity in the rat dentate gyrus.

关 键 词：nerve regeneration Oenanthe javanica extract cell proliferation neuroblast differentiation brain-derived neurotrophic factor vascular endothelial growth factor rat neural regeneration 

分 类 号：R285.5[医药卫生—中药学]