Kohwang Medical Research Institute, School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Department of Surgery, International St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, Catholic Kwandong University, Incheon, Republic of Korea.
Biomed Res Int. 2019 Jan 14;2019:2462561. doi: 10.1155/2019/2462561. eCollection 2019.
Chronic prostatitis typically occurs in aging men, and its symptoms include frequent and painful urination. In recent study, several studies have shown that Korean red ginseng (KRG) can be used in the prevention and treatment of various diseases. The objective of this study is to investigate whether KRG can play a role in repressing the development of chronic nonbacterial prostatitis (CNP) in male Wistar rats. To induce CNP, rats were castrated and beta-estradiol (0.25 mg/kg) was subcutaneously (s.c.) injected daily. 7-week-old male Wistar rats were divided into 5 groups (the normal group, CNP group, positive group, and KRG group (0.25g/kg) and another KRG (0.50g/kg) group. After 4 weeks, all rats were sacrificed and their prostate and serum were analyzed. Compared to the positive group, the KRG groups (0.25g/kg and 0.50g/kg) showed similar protective properties on CNP based on the histopathologic morphology of the prostate and the inflammation cytokines in the prostate tissue. Also, results of the immunohistochemistry staining showed that expression levels of vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGFA), interleukin 6 (IL6), interleukin 1 beta (IL-1ß), tumor necrosis factor (TNF-alpha), and cytochrome c oxidase subunit II (COX2) were also decreased in KRG group (0.25g/kg) and KRG group (0.50g/kg). These results suggested that KRG inhibited the development of CNP and might a useful herbal treatment or functional food for CNP.
慢性前列腺炎通常发生在老年男性中,其症状包括频繁和疼痛的排尿。最近的研究表明,高丽红参(KRG)可用于预防和治疗各种疾病。本研究的目的是探讨 KRG 是否可以抑制雄性 Wistar 大鼠慢性非细菌性前列腺炎(CNP)的发展。为了诱导 CNP,对大鼠进行去势,并每日皮下(s.c.)注射雌二醇(0.25mg/kg)。将 7 周龄雄性 Wistar 大鼠分为 5 组(正常组、CNP 组、阳性组、KRG 组(0.25g/kg)和另一个 KRG(0.50g/kg)组。4 周后,所有大鼠均被处死,分析其前列腺和血清。与阳性组相比,KRG 组(0.25g/kg 和 0.50g/kg)在前列腺组织的组织病理学形态和炎症细胞因子方面对 CNP 表现出相似的保护作用。此外,免疫组织化学染色结果表明,KRG 组(0.25g/kg)和 KRG 组(0.50g/kg)中血管内皮生长因子 A(VEGFA)、白细胞介素 6(IL6)、白细胞介素 1β(IL-1β)、肿瘤坏死因子(TNF-α)和细胞色素 c 氧化酶亚基 II(COX2)的表达水平也降低。这些结果表明,KRG 抑制了 CNP 的发展,可能是 CNP 的一种有用的草药治疗或功能性食品。