期刊
BMC COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE
卷 19, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s12906-019-2508-6
关键词
Dendropanax morbifera extract; Mercury; Morris water maze; Neurogenesis; Hippocampus
资金
- National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Ministry of Education [NRF-2016R1A2B4009156]
- Seoul National University (SNU)
- Research Institute for Veterinary Science, Seoul National University
BackgroundThe brain is susceptible to methylmercury toxicity, which causes irreversible damage to neurons and glia and the leaf extract Dendropanax morbifera Leveille (DML) has various biological functions in the nervous system. In this study, we examined the effects of DML on mercury-induced proliferating cells and differentiated neuroblasts.MethodsDimethylmercury (5g/kg) and galantamine (5mg/kg) was administered intraperitoneally and/or DML (100mg/kg) was orally to 7-week-old rats every day for 36days. One hour after the treatment, novel object recognition test was examined. In addition, spatial probe tests were conducted on the 6th day after 5days of continuous training in the Morris swim maze. Thereafter, the rats were euthanized for immunohistochemical staining analysis with Ki67 and doublecortin and measurement for acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity.ResultsDimethylmercury-treated rats showed reduced discrimination index in novel object recognition test and took longer to find the platform than did control group. Compared with dimethylmercury treatment alone, supplementation with DML or galatamine significantly ameliorated the reduction of discrimination index and reduced the time spent to find the platform. In addition, the number of platform crossings was lower in the dimethylmercury-treated group than in controls, while the administration of DML or galantamine significantly increased the number of crossings than did dimethylmercury treatment alone. Proliferating cells and differentiated neuroblasts, assessed by Ki67 and doublecortin immunohistochemical staining was significantly decreased in the dimethylmercury treated group versus controls. Supplementation with DML or galantamine significantly increased the number of proliferating cells and differentiated neuroblasts in the dentate gyrus. In addition, treatment with dimethylmercury significantly increased AChE activity in hippocampal homogenates, while treatment with dimethylmercury+DML or dimethylmercury+galantamine significantly ameliorated this increase.ConclusionsThese results suggest that DML may be a functional food that improves dimethylmercury-induced memory impairment and ameliorates dimethylmercury-induced reduction in proliferating cells and differentiated neuroblasts, and demonstrates corresponding activation of AChE activity in the dentate gyrus.
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