PMID- 30194657 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190521 LR - 20210109 IS - 1861-0293 (Electronic) IS - 1340-3443 (Linking) VI - 73 IP - 1 DP - 2019 Jan TI - Ameliorative effect of Xiaoyao-jieyu-san on post-stroke depression and its potential mechanisms. PG - 76-84 LID - 10.1007/s11418-018-1243-5 [doi] AB - A stroke is a severe life-threatening disease with high fatality and disability rate. This investigation aimed to study the effect of Xiaoyao-jieyu-san (XYJY) on post-stroke depression (PSD) and its potential mechanisms. PSD rats were prepared using middle cerebral artery embolization (MCAO) and chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS), and divided into six groups (n = 10)-sham; MCAO; MCAO + CUMS (PSD); PSD + fluoxetine (1.84 mg/kg/day, 4 weeks); and PSD + XYJY (450 mg/kg/day and 900 mg/kg/day, 4 weeks). Body weight recording, despair swimming test, and sucrose preference test were performed at 0, 3 and 7 weeks. Histopathological examination and levels of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT), norepinephrine (NE) and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in ventral tegmental area-nucleus accumbens (VTA-NAc) tissue were determined at the end of a 7-week period. Real-time polymerase chain reaction PCR was used to determine mRNA expression of 5-HT(1A)R and 5-HT(2A)R, and Western blot was performed to determine expression of BDNF, corticotrophin-releasing factor (CRF), and cannabinoid receptors (CB(1)R and CB(2)R) in VTA-NAc tissue. High-performance liquid chromatography coupled with electrospray mass spectroscopy revealed that the constituents of XYJY are mainly paeoniflorin, imperatorin, naringin, arnesene, 2,3,5,4'-tetrahydroxyl-diphenylethylene-2-O-glucoside, kaempferol-3-O-rutinoside, quercetin, hesperidin, cycloastragenol and atractylenolide III. XYJY (900 mg/kg) increased the body weight of PSD rats, while XYJY (450 mg/kg and 900 mg/kg) shortened the duration of immobility and enhanced the sucrose preference of PSD rats. XYJY (450 mg/kg and 900 mg/kg) increased the levels of 5-HT, NE and BNDF, up-regulated mRNA expression of 5-HT(1A)R, down-regulated 5-HT(2A)R, and up-regulated BNDF, CB(1)R, and CB(2)R expression in the VTA-NAc tissue of PSD rats but down-regulated CRF. Collectively, the present findings suggested that XYJY has an ameliorative effect on PSD in rats via modulation of BNDF, cannabinoid receptors and CRF in VTA-NAc tissue. FAU - Wang, Changde AU - Wang C AD - Department of Encephalopathy, Shanghai TCM-Integrated Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of TCM, No. 303 Changyang Road, Hongkou District, Shanghai, 200082, China. 15618075507@163.com. FAU - Wu, Chunlan AU - Wu C AD - Department of Encephalopathy, Shanghai TCM-Integrated Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of TCM, No. 303 Changyang Road, Hongkou District, Shanghai, 200082, China. FAU - Yan, Zhenguo AU - Yan Z AD - Department of Encephalopathy, Shanghai TCM-Integrated Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of TCM, No. 303 Changyang Road, Hongkou District, Shanghai, 200082, China. FAU - Cheng, Xiao AU - Cheng X AD - Department of Encephalopathy, Shanghai TCM-Integrated Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of TCM, No. 303 Changyang Road, Hongkou District, Shanghai, 200082, China. LA - eng GR - 16ZR1433700/Shanghai Science and Technology Commission, Shanghai Natural Science Foundation/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20180907 PL - Japan TA - J Nat Med JT - Journal of natural medicines JID - 101518405 RN - 0 (Drugs, Chinese Herbal) RN - 0 (xiaoyao) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Depression/*drug therapy/pathology MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Drugs, Chinese Herbal/pharmacology/*therapeutic use MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Stroke/*complications MH - Stroke Rehabilitation/*methods/psychology OTO - NOTNLM OT - Brain-derived neurotrophic factor OT - Cannabinoids receptors OT - Corticotropin-releasing factor OT - Post-stroke depression OT - Xiaoyao-jieyu-san EDAT- 2018/09/09 06:00 MHDA- 2019/05/22 06:00 CRDT- 2018/09/09 06:00 PHST- 2018/05/17 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/08/22 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/09/09 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/05/22 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/09/09 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s11418-018-1243-5 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s11418-018-1243-5 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Nat Med. 2019 Jan;73(1):76-84. doi: 10.1007/s11418-018-1243-5. Epub 2018 Sep 7.