title: Protective effects of paeonol on cultured rat hippocampal neurons against oxygen-glucose deprivation-induced injury.
abstract: Mounting evidence has suggested that paeonol possesses plenty of pharmacologic actions. Our research is to determine if paeonol can protect cultured rat hippocampal neurons from oxygen-glucose deprivation(OGD)-induced injury and elucidate the underlying mechanism. We cultivated the rat hippocampal neurons as the object of study and then established the model of oxygen-glucose deprivation. Neuronal viability was measured by the reduction of 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2, 5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT), while intracellular Ca(2+) concentration was observed by fluorospectrophotometer. The binding force of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor was evaluated by liquid scintillation counting. Compared with oxygen-glucose deprivation group, paeonol treatment obviously increased cell survival rate and reduced the activity of the binding force of NMDA receptors, reversing the overload of intracellular Ca(2+). These results demonstrate that paeonol protected rat neurons from oxygen-glucose deprivation-induced injury, resulting in alleviating the morphological damage and increasing neuron viability and suggest that paeonol may exhibit its protective effect against oxygen-glucose deprivation-induced injury by targeting on NMDA receptors.
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, Shandong 266003, PR China.
authors.forename: Ji-biao
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Ning-ning
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Xin-bing
authors.initials: XB
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Hua-shi
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Guan
authors.forename: Xiu-mei
authors.initials: XM
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000098:Acetophenones / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D020520:Brain Infarction / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D019610:Cytoprotection / Q000502:physiology; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000098:blood supply / Q000187:drug effects / Q000503:physiopathology; D020925:Hypoxia-Ischemia, Brain / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D008024:Ligands; D009410:Nerve Degeneration / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D018696:Neuroprotective Agents / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009498:Neurotoxins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D013778:Tetrazolium Salts
chemical_list: D000098:Acetophenones; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D008024:Ligands; D018696:Neuroprotective Agents; D009498:Neurotoxins; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate; D013778:Tetrazolium Salts; C013638:paeonol