title: The Protective Effect of Aucubin from Eucommia ulmoides Against Status Epilepticus by Inducing Autophagy and Inhibiting Necroptosis.
abstract: Eucommia ulmoides Oliv. is a famous traditional Chinese medicine which exhibits anti-oxidative stress ability and neuro-protective effects. Aucubin is the predominant component of Eucommia ulmoides Oliv. Our present study is intended to investigate aucubin's potential protective effects on neurons against epilepsy in the hippocampus by establishing the lithium-pilocarpine induced status epilepticus (SE) rat model in vivo. Aucubin (at a low dose and a high dose of 5[Formula: see text]mg/kg and 10[Formula: see text]mg/kg, respectively) was administered through gavage for two weeks before lithium-pilocarpine injection. Rats were sacrificed at 4, 24 and 72[Formula: see text]h after SE induction. Pretreatment with both low-dose and high-dose aucubin significantly reduced the number of death neurons ([Formula: see text]) and increased the number of surviving neurons ([Formula: see text]) in DG, Hilus, CA1 and CA3 hippocampal regions post SE. Meanwhile, it significantly inhibited necroptosis proteins (MLKL and RIP-1) ([Formula: see text] or [Formula: see text]) and enhanced autophagy protein (Beclin-1 and LC3BII/LC3BI) prevalence in the hippocampus ([Formula: see text] or [Formula: see text]). In conclusion, aucubin appeared to ameliorate damages in lithium-pilocarpine induced SE in hippocampus, reduce the number of apoptotic neurons, and increased the number of survival neurons by inducing autophagy and inhibiting necroptosis. These original findings might provide an important basis for the further investigation of the therapeutic role of aucubin in treatment or prevention of epilepsy-related neuronal damages.
authors.affiliation: ** Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Science, Central South University, Changsha 410000, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Jin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: †† Department of Healthy Management Center, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410013, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: † Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410008, P.R. China.|∥ Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Hunan Key Laboratory of Pharmacogenetics, Central South University, Changsha 410078, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Wei-Hua
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: † Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410008, P.R. China.|∥ Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Hunan Key Laboratory of Pharmacogenetics, Central South University, Changsha 410078, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Xiang-Chang
authors.initials: XC
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.affiliation: ** Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Science, Central South University, Changsha 410000, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Xiao-Hui
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: ‡ Department of Laboratory Medicine, Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha 410008, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: § Medical Science Research Center, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410008, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: ¶ Department of Pharmacy, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410008, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.affiliation: * Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410008, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.affiliation: † Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410008, P.R. China.|∥ Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Hunan Key Laboratory of Pharmacogenetics, Central South University, Changsha 410078, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Dong-Sheng
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Ouyang
authors.affiliation: * Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410008, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001343:Autophagy / Q000187:drug effects*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D031283:Eucommiaceae / Q000737:chemistry*; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D057888:Iridoid Glucosides / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis / Q000517:prevention & control*; D018696:Neuroprotective Agents; D008517:Phytotherapy; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013226:Status Epilepticus / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000517:prevention & control
chemical_list: D057888:Iridoid Glucosides; D018696:Neuroprotective Agents; C006650:aucubin
keywords: Aucubin; Autophagy; Epilepsy; Hippocampus; Necroptosis; Status Epilepticus