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WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY
卷 17, 期 45, 页码 4960-4970出版社
BAISHIDENG PUBLISHING GROUP INC
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i45.4960
关键词
Moxibustion; Colonic epithelial cells apoptosis; Tight junctions; Colonic epithelial barrier; Crohn's disease; Rats
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [30772831]
- National Basic Research Program of China, 973 program [2009CB522900]
- Shanghai Leading Discipline Project [S30304]
AIM: To investigate the effects of moxibustion on down-regulation of the colonic epithelial cell apoptosis and repair of the tight junctions in rats with Crohn's disease (CD). METHODS: Sixty male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into a normal control (NC) group, a model control (MC) group, an herbs-partitioned moxibustion (HPM) group, a mild-warm moxibustion (MWM) group and a salicylazosulphapyridine (SASP) group, with 12 rats in each group. The CD model rats were treated with trinitrobenzene sulphonic acid to induce intestinal inflammation. The rats in the HPM and MWM groups were treated at the Tianshu (ST25) and Qihai (CV6) acupoints once daily for 14 d, and the SASP group was fed SASP twice daily for 14 d. No additional treatment was given to the MC and NC groups. The microstructure of the colonic epithelium was observed under a transmission electron microscope, the transepithelial resistance was measured using a short-circuit current, colonic epithelial cell apoptosis was determined by terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP-biotin nick end labelling assay, and the expression of occludin, claudin-1 and zonula occludens-1 (ZO-1) in the colonic epithelial junction was determined by Western blotting and immunofluorescence staining. RESULTS: Compared with the MC group, the microstructure of the colonic epithelial barrier was significantly improved in rats treated with HPM, MWM or SASP, meanwhile, the current flow was reduced significantly, with values of 168.20 +/- 6.14 vs 99.70 +/- 3.13, 99.10 +/- 4.28 and 120.30 +/- 3.65 mA, respectively (P = 0.001). However, the HPM and MWM groups had higher current flow rates than the SASP group (99.70 +/- 3.13, 99.10 +/- 4.28 vs 120.30 +/- 3.65 mA, P = 0.001). The number of the apoptotic colonic epithelial cells in HPM, MWM and SASP groups was largely reduced (61.5 +/- 16.91 vs 15.5 +/- 8.89, 14.8 +/- 6.27 and 24.7 +/- 9.68, respectively (P = 0.001); and the expression of occludin, claudin-1 and ZO-1 in the MWM and HPM groups was significantly enhanced (0.48 +/- 0.10, 0.64 +/- 0.09 vs 0.18 +/- 0.05 for occludin, 0.12 +/- 0.02, 0.17 +/- 0.03 vs 0.05 +/- 0.01 for claudin-1, and 0.08 +/- 0.01, 0.11 +/- 0.01 vs 0.02 +/- 0.01 for ZO-1). And in SASP group, the expression of occludin and ZO-1 was also significantly increased (0.27 +/- 0.04 vs 0.18 +/- 0.05 for occludin and 0.05 +/- 0.01 vs 0.02 +/- 0.01 for ZO-1), but there was no significant difference for claudin-1. The HPM and MWM groups had higher expression of occludin, claudin-1 and ZO-1 than the SASP group. CONCLUSION: HPM and MWM treatment can downregulate apoptosis of colonic epithelial cells, repair tight junctions and enhance colonic epithelial barrier function in rats with CD. (C) 2011 Baishideng. All rights reserved.
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