title: The active principle region of Buyang Huanwu decoction induced differentiation of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells into neural-like cells: Superior effects over original formula of Buyang Huanwu decoction.
abstract: The present study induced in vitro-cultured passage 4 bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells to differentiate into neural-like cells with a mixture of alkaloid, polysaccharide, aglycone, glycoside, essential oils, and effective components of Buyang Huanwu decoction (active principle region of decoction for invigorating yang for recuperation). After 28 days, nestin and neuron-specific enolase were expressed in the cytoplasm. Reverse transcription-PCR and western blot analyses showed that nestin and neuron-specific enolase mRNA and protein expression was greater in the active principle region group compared with the original formula group. Results demonstrated that the active principle region of Buyang Huanwu decoction induced greater differentiation of rat bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells into neural-like cells in vitro than the original Buyang Huanwu decoction formula.
authors: Grade Three Laboratory of Molecular Biology, State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine of China, Ruikang Hospital, Guangxi Traditional Chinese Medical University, Nanning 530011, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China.
authors: Jinghui
authors: J
authors: Zheng
authors: Anhui University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hefei 230038, Anhui Province, China.
authors: Yi
authors: Y
authors: Wan
authors: Anhui University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hefei 230038, Anhui Province, China.
authors: Jianhuai
authors: J
authors: Chi
authors: Anhui University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hefei 230038, Anhui Province, China.
authors: Dekai
authors: D
authors: Shen
authors: Anhui University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hefei 230038, Anhui Province, China.
authors: Tingting
authors: T
authors: Wu
authors: Anhui University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hefei 230038, Anhui Province, China.
authors: Weimin
authors: W
authors: Li
authors: Anhui University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hefei 230038, Anhui Province, China.
authors: Pengcheng
authors: P
authors: Du
keywords: Buyang Huanwu decoction; active principle region; bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells; differentiation; nerve cells