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.
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)