Department of Rehabilitation, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Changchun University of Chinese Medicine.
Department of Rehabilitation, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, ChangChun, China.
Neuroreport. 2024 Aug 7;35(12):780-789. doi: 10.1097/WNR.0000000000002067. Epub 2024 Jun 18.
This study aims to investigate how electroacupuncture regulates the learning and memory abilities of poststroke cognitive impairment (PSCI) rats through the TLR4/NF-κB/NLRP3 signaling pathway on the hippocampal microglia. Thirty male rats were randomly divided into three groups: sham surgery group, PSCI model group, and electroacupuncture group, with 10 rats in each group. Middle cerebral artery occlusion was used to establish the PSCI model. The Zea Longa method was used to score the rats' neurological function. Electroacupuncture was utilized for 21 days to improve PSCI. The learning and memory abilities of rats were tested using the Morris water maze. Hematoxylin-eosin staining and immunofluorescence were used to find the hippocampus' pathological changes. The concentration of interleukin-1β, interleukin-6, tumor necrosis factor-α, and interleukin-18 were detected by ELISA. The mRNA expression levels of associated inflammatory corpuscles were measured by quantitative real-time PCR. The protein expression levels of TLR4, MyD88, NF-κB, and NLRP3 were measured using western blotting. Electroacupuncture improved not only the learning and memory abilities of PSCI rats but also hippocampal morphology. Electroacupuncture inhibited the activation of microglia and the TLR4/NF-κB/NLRP3 signaling pathway. Electroacupuncture also reduced proinflammatory factors and restrained the mRNA levels of NLRP3-associated inflammatory cytokines. Its mechanism was related to inhibiting the expression of the TLR4/NF-κB/NLRP3 signaling pathway, attenuating the release of inflammatory factors, and regulating the activation of hippocampal microglia in the brain.
本研究旨在探讨电针对 TLR4/NF-κB/NLRP3 信号通路介导的海马小胶质细胞在脑卒中后认知障碍(PSCI)大鼠学习记忆能力的调节作用。
将 30 只雄性大鼠随机分为三组:假手术组、PSCI 模型组和电针组,每组 10 只。采用大脑中动脉闭塞法建立 PSCI 模型,采用 Zea Longa 评分法对大鼠的神经功能进行评分。电针治疗 21 天,改善 PSCI。采用 Morris 水迷宫测试大鼠的学习记忆能力。苏木精-伊红染色和免疫荧光法观察海马区的病理变化。ELISA 法检测白细胞介素-1β、白细胞介素-6、肿瘤坏死因子-α和白细胞介素-18 的浓度。采用实时定量 PCR 法检测相关炎症小体的 mRNA 表达水平。Western blot 法检测 TLR4、MyD88、NF-κB 和 NLRP3 的蛋白表达水平。
电针不仅改善了 PSCI 大鼠的学习记忆能力,还改善了海马形态。电针抑制了小胶质细胞的激活和 TLR4/NF-κB/NLRP3 信号通路。电针还降低了促炎因子的表达,抑制了 NLRP3 相关炎症细胞因子的 mRNA 水平。其机制与抑制 TLR4/NF-κB/NLRP3 信号通路的表达、减轻炎症因子的释放、调节脑内海马小胶质细胞的激活有关。
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