Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2014, Vol. 18 ›› Issue (20): 3198-3201.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2014.20.015

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Effect of Breviscapine on the survival and growth of rat cortical neurons cultured in vitro

Li Jun-yan1, Wang Dong-yan2, Yang Jin-wei3, Zhao Nan1, Li Li-yan2, Cheng Jing-ru2, Ru Jin2, Guo Jian-hui3, Liu Jun1   

  1. 1Department of Neurosurgery, First People’s Hospital of Kunming City, Kunming 650031, Yunnan Province, China; 2Institute of Neuroscience, Kunming Medical University, Kunming 650500, Yunnan Province, China; 3Second Department of General Surgery, First People’s Hospital of Kunming City, Kunming 650032, Yunnan Province, China
  • Received:2014-04-08 Online:2014-05-14 Published:2014-05-14
  • Contact: Guo Jian-hui, Chief physician, Professor, Second Department of General Surgery, First First People’s Hospital of Kunming City, Kunming 650032, Yunnan Province, China Corresponding author: Liu Jun, Associate chief physician, Department of Neurosurgery, First People’s Hospital of Kunming City, Kunming 650031, Yunnan Province, China
  • About author:Li Jun-yan, Associate chief physician, Department of Neurosurgery, First People’s Hospital of Kunming City, Kunming 650031, Yunnan Province, China Wang Dong-yan, Institute of Neuroscience, Kunming Medical University, Kunming 650500, Yunnan Province, China Li Jun-yan and Wang Dong-yan contributed equally to this work.
  • Supported by:

    the National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 81260075, 31260253; Applied Basic Research Jointly by Yunnan Provincial Science and Technology Bureau-Kunming Medical University, No. 2012FB002, 2012FB092; Medical Engineering Technology Research Center for Tumor Transformation of Yunnan Province, No. 2011DH011

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Nerve growth factor plays an irreplaceable role on the survival, differentiation and maintenance of the central nervous system cells, also promote the growth and development of these cells.
OBJECTIVE: To explore effect of Breviscapine on the growth of in vitro cultured neurons in cerebral cortex of Sprague-Dawley rats, and preliminarily investigate the action mechanism.
METHODS: The cerebral cortex of newborn Sprague-Dawley rat embryos was collected, the neurons were primary cultured and randomly divided into three groups: normal control group (no treatment), control group (neurons were cultured with normal saline), Breviscapine group (neurons were cultured with 10 g/L Breviscapine). Furthermore each group was assigned into 24-hour and 48-hour subgroups. Images were captured from the 24-well plates at each time points. RT-PCR was applied to examine the expression of nerve growth factor and TrkA mRNA. MTT was used to detect the neuronal growth at each time point.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: There was no difference between normal control group and control group in the cell counts, cell body area, neurite length and viability (P > 0.05), as the time prolonged, all data were raised in the 
two groups (P < 0.05). Breviscapine group showed a higher cell count, cell body area, neurite length and viability than normal control group and control group (P < 0.05). No significant difference was found in the expression of nerve growth factor and TrkA mRNA between normal control group and control group (P > 0.05). At each time point, these data in Breviscapine group were increased compared with normal control group and control group (P < 0.05). Breviscapine can promote the survival and growth of brain-derived neurons in Sprague-Dawley rats, and the mechanism might depend on the up-regulating expression of nerve growth factor and its receptor TrkA.



中国组织工程研究
杂志出版内容重点:组织构建;骨细胞;软骨细胞;细胞培养;成纤维细胞;血管内皮细胞;骨质疏松组织工程


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Key words: drugs, Chinese herbal, nerve growth factor, receptor, TrkA

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