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KMID : 0370220130570020077
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Yakhak Hoeji
2013 Volume.57 No. 2 p.77 ~ p.86
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Neuroprotective Effects of Herbal Ethanol Extract from Gynostemma pentaphyllum on Dopamine Neurons in Rotenone- and MPTP-induced Animal Model of Parkinson’s Disease
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Suh Kwang-Hoon
Choi Hyun-Sook
Shin Kun-Seong
Zhao Ting-Ting
Kim Seung-Hwan
Hwang Bang-Yeon
Lee Chong-Kil
Lee Myung-Koo
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Abstract
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The neuroprotective effects of herbal ethanol extract (GP-EX) from Gynostemma pentaphyllum on dopamine neurons in animal model of Parkinson’s disease (PD) were investigated. Rats and mice were administered with rotenone (2.5 mg/kg) for 28 days and 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP, 30 mg/kg) for 5 days for the PD models, respectively and the animals were simultaneously treated with GP-EX (30 mg/kg, daily). After preparing the PD models, the animals were also administered with L-DOPA (10 mg/kg) for 14 days with or without GP-EX treatment. Treatment with GP-EX (30 mg/kg) inhibited the rotenone- and MPTP-induced neurotoxic effects in dopamine neurons of rats or mice, which was determined by the numbers of tyrosine hydroxylase-immunohistochemical staining survival cells, as well as the levels of dopamine, 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid and homovanillic acid. GP-EX (30 mg/kg) also showed the protective effects on neurotoxicity which was induced by long-term administration of L-DOPA (10 mg/kg) in rotenone- and MPTP-induced animal model of PD. The used doses of GP-EX (30 mg/kg) did not produce any signs of toxicity, such as weight loss, diarrhea, or vomiting, in rats and mice during the treatment periods. These results suggest that GP-EX has the protective functions against chronic L-DOPA-induced neurotoxic reactions in dopamine neurons of rotenone- and MPTP-induced animal model of PD. Therefore, the natural GP-EX may be beneficial in the prevention of PD progress and L-DOPA-induced neurotoxicity in PD patients.
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KEYWORD
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Gynostemma pentaphyllum, animal model of Parkinson’s disease, rotenone, MPTP, L-DOPA, tyrosine hydroxylase, dopamine neuron
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