Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2015, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (27): 4282-4287.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2015.27.004

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Changes in the myocardial and liver tissues of exercise-induced fatigue rats after acupuncturing different acupoints 

Ma Hai-feng, Wu Ying, Yang Rui   

  1. Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai 200438, China
  • Online:2015-06-30 Published:2015-06-30
  • Contact: Wu Ying, M.D., Professor, Doctoral supervisor, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai 200438, China
  • About author:Ma Hai-feng, M.D., Associate professor, Master’s supervisor, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai 200438, China
  • Supported by:

    a grant from the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality, No. 13490503700

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: According to the theory of Traditional Chinese Medicine, stimulating certain acupoints of the body after exercise may improve its antioxidant capacity, but different acupoints have different effects.
OBJECTIVE: To compare the effect of different acupuncture combinations on the antioxidant capacity of myocardial and liver tissues in rats after exhausted swimming exercise, and screen out the optimal acupoint combination for exercise-induced fatigue.  
METHODS: Seventy Sprague-Dawley male rats were divided into five groups: control group (n=10), model group (n=15), Sanyinjiao + Zusanli group (n=15), Shenshu + Zusanli group (n=15), Dazhui + Zusanli group (n=15). Except the control group, rats in the other four groups were subject to exhausted swimming. In the three acupuncture groups, rats were given acupuncture at corresponding acupint combinations at 15 minutes after exercise.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Compared with the control group, the activities of superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxidase in the myocardial and liver tissues were significantly reduced in the model group, while the malonaldehyde content in cardiac muscle was significantly increased. Compared with the model group, the activities of superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxidase in the cardiac muscle were significantly increased in Sanyinjiao + Zusanli group, the superoxide dismutase in liver tissue was significantly increased in Shenshu Zusanli group, the malonaldehyde content in the myocardial tissue was significantly decreased in Sanyinjiao + Zusanli group and Dazhui + Zusanli group, the malonaldehyde content in the liver tissue was significantly decreased in Sanyinjiao + Zusanli group. Different acupuncture combinations have different effects on the activities of superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxidase, as well as the malonaldehyde content in the myocardial and liver tissues of fatigued rats. Acupunture could increase the antioxidant ability in cardiac muscle of rats and the best combination might be Dazhui + Zusanli; acupoint combinations of Shenshu + Zusanli and Sanyinjiao + Zusanli are specific for liver tissue.

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