Ge-Gen Decoction attenuates oxytocin-induced uterine contraction and writhing response: potential application in primary dysmenorrhea therapy

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摘要 Theuterinetetaniccontractionanduterinearterybloodflowreductionarepossiblereasonsforprimarydysmenorrhea(PD).Inthepresentstudy,weaimedtoevaluatetheuterinerelaxanteffectandtheinfluenceonuterinearterybloodvelocityofGe-GenDecoction(GGD),awell-knownChineseherbalformula.InfemaleICRmice,uterinecontractionwasinducedbyoxytocinexposurefollowingestradiolbenzoatepretreatment,andtheuterinearterybloodvelocitywasdetectedbyDopplerultrasound.HistopathologicalexaminationoftheuterinetissuesampleswereperformedbyH&Estaining.Exvivostudiesdemonstratedthatoxytocin,posteriorpituitary,oracetylcholineinducedcontractionsinisolatedmouseuterus.GGDinhibitedbothspontaneousandstimulatedcontractions.InvivostudydemonstratedthatGGDsignificantlyreducedoxytocin-inducedwrithingresponseswithamaximalinhibitionof87%.FurtherstudydemonstratedthatGGDnormalizedoxytocin-inducedabnormalitiesofprostaglandinsF2alpha(PGF2α)andCa2+inmice.Inaddition,injectionofoxytocininducedadecreaseinuterinearterybloodflowvelocity.PretreatmentwithGGDreversedtheoxytocinresponseonbloodflowvelocity.HistopathologicalexaminationshowedpretreatmentwithGGDalleviatedinflammationandedemaintheuteruswhencomparedwiththemodelgroup.BothexvivoandinvivoresultsindicatedthatGGDpossessedasignificantspasmolyticeffectonuterinetetaniccontractionaswellasimprovementonuterinearterybloodvelocitywhichmayinvolvePGF2αandCa2+signaling,suggestingthatGGDmayhaveaclinicpotentialinPDtherapy.
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出版日期 2016年02月12日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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