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KMID : 0387420100210020061
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Korean Society of Oriental Neuropsychiatry
2010 Volume.21 No. 2 p.61 ~ p.73
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Experimental Study on the Anti-depressive Effect of Bee Venom Injection
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Lee Jin-Hee
Kim Geun-Woo
Koo Byung-Su
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Abstract
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Objectives : The purpose of this study was to assess anti-depressive effects of Bee Venom(BV) on an Animal Model of Depression induced immobility stress.
Methods : There was 2 pre-experiments MTT(3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide) assay and Western blot test and 3 main experiments ; forced swimming test, tail suspension test and Y-maze task. Male rats were used for main experiment. The subject was divided into 4 groups(1. control group injected only saline, without immobility stress 2. Negative group injected saline after 2 hours immobility stress 3. Positive group injected Amitriptyline after 2 hours immobility stress 4. BV group injected Bee Venom after 2 hours immobility stress). Each group consisted of 6 rats. Forced swimming test, tail suspension test, Y-maze task were used to evaluate anti-depressive effect of Bee Venom.
Results : In MTT assay, as the density of BV increased, the existence rate of primary neuronal cell increased. In Western blot test, the density of CREB and AKT was increasing as time went by. In forced swimming test, BV group showed immobility decreased more than Normal group and Positive group. In tail suspension test, Normal group and Positive group showed immobility decreased more than BV group. In Y-maze task, BV group showed immobility decreased more than Normal group, but Positive group showed immobility decreased more than BV group.
Conclusions : These results suggest that Bee Venom may have anti-depressive effect on depression.
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KEYWORD
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Bee Venom, Depression, Immobility stress, Tail suspension, Y-maze task
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