Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2017, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (5): 730-735.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2017.05.013

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Effects of Bushen Huoxue Recipe combined with neural stem cell transplantation in rats with tinnitus

Wang Rong-guo1, Pi Li-hong1, Chen Hong-yao1, Zhang Hai-zhong2   

  1. 1Department of ENT, People’s Hospital of Hebei Province, Shijiazhuang 050000, Hebei Province, China
    2Department of ENT, Second Affiliated Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050000, Hebei Province, China
  • Online:2017-02-18 Published:2017-03-20
  • About author:Wang Rong-guo, Master, Attending physician, Department of ENT, People’s Hospital of Hebei Province, Shijiazhuang 050000, Hebei Province, China
  • Supported by:

    the Hebei Provinical Medical Science Research Project in 2014, No. ZL20140084

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Neural stem cells have multi-directional differentiation potential, self-sustaining and self-renewal capacity as well as have strong migration ability. Bushen Huoxue Recipe can reduce neuronal damage and promote nerve cell regeneration, to achieve neural function reconstruction. Underlying mechanisms of Bushen Huoxue Recipe combined with neural stem cell transplantation in rats with tinnitus induced by sodium salicylate are yet unclear.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects of Bushen Huoxue Recipe combined with neural stem cell transplantation in rats with tinnitus induced by sodium salicylate.
METHODS: Sixty Sprague-Dawley rats were randomized into five groups (n=12): normal control group, tinnitus model group, Bushen Huoxue Recipe group, stem cell group and combined treatment group (Bushen Huoxue Recipe combined with neural stem cell transplantation). Animal models of tinnitus induced by sodium salicylate were made in all the groups except for the normal control group. Fifteen days after modeling, rats were given intragastric administration of Bushen Huoxue Recipe water decoction (3 mL, 2.592 g/mL) for consecutive 7 days in the Bushen Huoxue Recipe group, intravenous injection of neural stem cells (1 mL, 1.0×109/L) in the stem cell group, or their combined treatment in the combined treatment group.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Bushen Huoxue Recipe, neural stem cell transplantation and their combination all could effectively promote the recovery of drinking water inhibitory rate that was ranked as follows: combined treatment group < Bushen Huoxue Recipe group < stem cell group. Additionally, the above-mentioned methods could effectively reduce pathological damage of primary auditory cortex in the rat brain. Western blot results showed higher 5-serotonin levels in the Bushen Huoxue Recipe group and combined treatment group than in the stem cell group, which were identical to ELISA findings. Our experimental findings indicate that Bushen Huoxue Recipe combined with neural stem cell transplantation exhibit certain effects on tinnitus induced by sodium salicylate in rats, and the mechanism of action is associated with neuronal repair and expression of 5-serotonin at mRNA and protein levels.

 

中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点:干细胞;骨髓干细胞;造血干细胞;脂肪干细胞;肿瘤干细胞;胚胎干细胞;脐带脐血干细胞;干细胞诱导;干细胞分化;组织工程

Key words: Tinnitus, Drugs, Chinese Herbal, Tissue Engineering

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