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KMID : 1123920190330060356
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Korean Journal of Oriental Physiology and Pathology
2019 Volume.33 No. 6 p.356 ~ p.362
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Effects of Fermented Scutellaria Baicalensis Extract on H2O2 - Induced Impairment of Long-term Potentiation in Hippocampal CA1 Area of Rats
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Heo Jun-Ho
Rong Zhang Xiao
Kim Min-Sun
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Abstract
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Scutellaria baicalensis (SB) has widely used in the treatment for various brain diseases in the field of Oriental medicine. Biofermantation of SB can make major chemical constituents of SB to pass blood-brain barrier easily and to have more potent anti-oxidant ability. There is a little information about the contribution of fermented SB (FSB) to the formation or maintenance of the neural plasticity in the hippocampus. The purpose of this study was to evaluate effects of FSB extract on hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) - induced impairments of the induction and maintenance of long-term potentiation (LTP), an electrophysiological marker for the neural plasticity in the hippocampus. From hippocampal slices of rats, the field excitatory postsynaptic potentials (fEPSPs) were evoked by the electrical stimulation to the Schaffer collaterals - commissural fibers in the CA1 areas and LTP by theta-burst stimulation by using 64 - channels in vitro multi-extracellular recording system. In order to induce oxidative stress to hippocampal slices two different concentrations (200, 400 μM) of H2O2 were given to the perfused aCSF before and after the LTP induction, respectively. The ethanol extract of FBS with concentration of 25 ㎍/ml, 50 ㎍/ml was diluted in perfused aCSF that had 200 μM H2O2, respectively. Oxidative stress by the treatment of H2O2 resulted in decrease of the induction rate of LTP in the CA1 area with a dose - dependent manner. However, the ethanol extract of FSB prevented the reduction of the induction rate of LTP caused by H2O2 - induced oxidative stress with a dose - dependent manner. These results may support a potential application of FSB to ameliorate impairments of hippocampal dependent neural plasticity or memory caused by oxidative stress.
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KEYWORD
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Scutellaria baicalensis, Fermentation, Oxidative stress, Hippocampus, Long - term potentiation
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