Effect of Shenqi Jieyu Formula on magnetic resonance spectroscopy of Papez circuit-related brain regions in adult offspring of maternal separation rats

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  • Affiliation:

    Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China

    Beijing University of Chinese Medicine Third Affiliated Hospital, Beijing 100029, China

  • Introduction:
LI Boliang12,  
  • Affiliation:

    Staff Hospital of China Power Construction Group Shandong Electric Power Construction First Engineering Co., Ltd., Jinan 250100, China

JIANG Shengnan3,  
  • Affiliation:

    Beijing University of Chinese Medicine Third Affiliated Hospital, Beijing 100029, China

TANG Qisheng2,  
  • Affiliation:

    Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China

    Beijing University of Chinese Medicine Third Affiliated Hospital, Beijing 100029, China

SUN Di12,  
  • role: Corresponding author通信作者
  • Affiliation:

    Beijing University of Chinese Medicine Third Affiliated Hospital, Beijing 100029, China

  • Email:ivy_miao@163.com
  • Introduction:QU Miao, Ph. D., Associate Chief Physician, Masters Supervisor. Beijing University of Chinese Medicine Third Affiliated Hospital, No. 51, Xiaoguan Street, Wai Andingmen, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100029. E-mail: ivy_miao@163.com
QU Miao2*

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ObjectiveTo explore the effect and mechanism of Shenqi Jieyu Formula (SQJYF) on depression and anxiety-like behavior in adult offspring rats after maternal separation (MS). This was done by observing the levels of metabolites in the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex of the Papez circuit through magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS).MethodsTwenty-four Sprague-Dawley rats at 16 days of pregnancy were divided into the normal, model, SQJYF, and fluoxetine groups using the random number table method, with six rats per group. MS was performed 4 h a day from the first to the 21st day after birth. Starting from the 15th day, the corresponding medications(SQJYF group: 12.5 g/kg, fluxetine group: 2.33 mg/kg) were administered to mother rats once a day for 7 consecutive days. Normal breastfeeding was performed during the gavage. The offspring rats were weaned on the 22nd day. According to the experimental grouping of mother rats, one male and one female offspring rat of each mother rat were randomly selected using the random number table method, with six rats per group. They were divided into normal, model, SQJYF, and fluoxetine female and male rat groups, respectively. After 8 weeks of feeding, the offspring rats in each group were subjected to forced swimming test(FST), the sucrose water consumption test, and open field tests (OFT), and the elevated plus maze (EPM) test was conducted. The relative values of N-acetyl-aspartate (NAA), choline (Cho), glutamic acid (Glu), myo-inositol (mI), and creatine (Cr) in the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex were detected using MRS.ResultsCompared with that of the normal female and male rat groups, the weight of the rats in the model group was decreased as well as sucrose water consumption and the horizontal and vertical scores of OFT, whereas the immobility time of FST increased. Compared with the normal female and male rat group, the NAA/Cr and Glu/Cr values in the bilateral hippocampus and prefrontal cortex of the female and male rats in the model group decreased (all P<0.01). The proportion of rats entering the open arm and open arm residence time of the model female rat group in the EPM test decreased, whereas the Cho/Cr value of the right hippocampus of the female rats in the model group increased (P<0.05). Compared with the model female and male rat group, the weight of the rats in the SQJYF and fluoxetine groups increased, the immobility time of FST decreased, but the sucrose water consumption and the horizontal and vertical OFT scores increased (P<0.01). The proportion of rats entering the open arm and open arm residence time in the EPM increased in the SQJYF and fluoxetine female rat groups compared to those of the model female rat group (P<0.01). Compared with the model female rat group, the NAA/Cr and Glu/Cr values in the bilateral hippocampus and prefrontal cortex of female rats in the SQJYF and fluoxetine groups increased. The NAA/Cr and Glu/Cr values in the right hippocampus and prefrontal cortex of male rats in the SQJYF and fluoxetine groups were higher than those in the model group (P<0.05), whereas the Cho/Cr value in the right hippocampus of female and male rats in the SQJYF and fluoxetine groups decreased (P<0.05).ConclusionMS in early life can lead to depression and anxiety-like behavior in adult offspring. However, SQJYF may exert antidepressant and anti-anxiety effects by regulating the metabolite levels in related brain regions of the Papez circuit.

Schlüsselwort

maternal separation;magnetic resonance spectroscopy;Papez circuit;offspring;Shenqi Jieyu Formula;rats

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