title: Protective effect of paeoniflorin against optic nerve crush.
abstract: In order to evaluate the efficacy of traditional paeonia extract paeoniflorin against optic nerve crush, 16 Brown Norway rats were divided into two groups at random, with 8 rats in each group. In paeoniaflorin-treated group, 2 mg paeoniaflorin (total volume: 1 mL) was injected into rat's peritoneum one time a day for a period of 8 days. Rats in untreated group were given a single dose of vehicle. The optic nerve was crushed by a special forceps for 30 s in the left eye and a sham procedure was performed in the right eye on the 2nd day after the first injection. The retrograde fluorogold labeling of ganglion cells was conducted 5 days after optic nerve crush. The whole retina was flat-mounted thereafter. The ganglion cells that survived the crush were counted under fluorescent microscope by using an automatic counting software. As compared with the contralateral eye, the survival rate of ganglion cells in the left eye increased from 40.22% to 64.53% with a significant difference found between them (t=2.55, P=0.023). The results suggested that the paeonia extract paeoniflorin possessed a protective effect against optic nerve crush.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacy, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China. sprpanda@yahoo.com.cn
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xinchun
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xiong
authors.forename: Yunhai
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001565:Benzoates / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001952:Bridged-Ring Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005960:Glucosides / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D039821:Monoterpenes; D020221:Optic Nerve Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control*; D029596:Paeonia / Q000737:chemistry; D008517:Phytotherapy; D011897:Random Allocation; D051381:Rats; D011914:Rats, Inbred BN; D006027:Glycosides
chemical_list: D001565:Benzoates; D001952:Bridged-Ring Compounds; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D005960:Glucosides; D039821:Monoterpenes; C015423:peoniflorin; D006027:Glycosides