Rotenone- 및 MPTP-유도 파킨슨병 동물 모델에서 돌외 에탄올 추출물의 Dopamine 신경세포 보호작용

• Published in: Yaghag-hoi-ji Vol. 57; no. 2; pp. 77 - 86
• Main Authors: 서광훈, 최현숙, 신건성, 조정정, 김승환, 황방연, 이종길, 이명구
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Korean
• Published: The Pharmaceutical Society Of Korea 2013; 대한약학회
• Subjects: 약학; animal model of Parkinson's disease; L-DOPA; tyrosine hydrox-ylase; dopamine neuron; rotenone; Gynostemma pentaphyllum; MPTP; tyrosine hydroxylase
• ISSN: 0377-9556

The neuroprotective effects of herbal ethanol extract (GP-EX) from Gynostemma pentaphyllum on dopamine neurons in animal model of Parkinson's disease (PD) were investigated. Rats and mice were administered with rotenone (2.5 mg/kg) for 28 days and 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP, 30 mg/kg) for 5 days for the PD models, respectively and the animals were simultaneously treated with GP-EX (30 mg/kg, daily). After preparing the PD models, the animals were also administered with L-DOPA (10 mg/kg) for 14 days with or without GP-EX treatment. Treatment with GP-EX (30 mg/kg) inhibited the rotenone- and MPTP-induced neurotoxic effects in dopamine neurons of rats or mice, which was determined by the numbers of tyrosine hydroxylase-immunohistochemical staining survival cells, as well as the levels of dopamine, 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid and homovanillic acid. GP-EX (30 mg/kg) also showed the protective effects on neurotoxicity which was induced by long-term administration of L-DOPA (10 mg/kg) in rotenone- and MPTP-induced animal model of PD. The used doses of GP-EX (30 mg/kg) did not produce any signs of toxicity, such as weight loss, diarrhea, or vomiting, in rats and mice during the treatment periods. These results suggest that GP-EX has the protective functions against chronic L-DOPA-induced neurotoxic reactions in dopamine neurons of rotenone- and MPTP-induced animal model of PD. Therefore, the natural GP-EX may be beneficial in the prevention of PD progress and L-DOPA-induced neurotoxicity in PD patients.