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Administration of Asian Herb Bennet (Geum japonicum) Extract Reverses Depressive-Like Behaviors in Mouse Model of Depression Induced by Corticosterone

Geum japonicum, commonly known as Asian herb bennet, has been used as a diuretic, astringent, anti-dizziness, and anti-headache agent in traditional medicine. Since the antidepressant-like effects of G. japonicum extract have not been well studied, we examined the antidepressant-like effects of G. j...

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Autores principales: Lim, Dong Wook, Han, Taewon, Um, Min Young, Yoon, Minseok, Kim, Tae-Eun, Kim, Yun Tai, Han, Daeseok, Lee, Jaekwang, Lee, Chang Ho
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6950235/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31756901
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu11122841
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author Lim, Dong Wook
Han, Taewon
Um, Min Young
Yoon, Minseok
Kim, Tae-Eun
Kim, Yun Tai
Han, Daeseok
Lee, Jaekwang
Lee, Chang Ho
author_facet Lim, Dong Wook
Han, Taewon
Um, Min Young
Yoon, Minseok
Kim, Tae-Eun
Kim, Yun Tai
Han, Daeseok
Lee, Jaekwang
Lee, Chang Ho
author_sort Lim, Dong Wook
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description Geum japonicum, commonly known as Asian herb bennet, has been used as a diuretic, astringent, anti-dizziness, and anti-headache agent in traditional medicine. Since the antidepressant-like effects of G. japonicum extract have not been well studied, we examined the antidepressant-like effects of G. japonicum extract using depressive-like behavior induced in mice through daily injection of corticosterone (CORT). ICR mice (male, 8 weeks old) were treated with CORT (40 mg/kg, i.p.) and orally administered using oral gavage needles with G. japonicum extract (30, 100, and 300 mg/kg) for 4 weeks. Behavioral experiments were performed 1 h after administration. The control mice exhibited a significant increase in the immobility times in the tail suspension and forced swim tests as well as the step-through latency time in the passive avoidance test. Further, the control group showed a significant decrease in their sucrose consumption. However, treatment with G. japonicum extract at doses of 100 and 300 mg/kg significantly improved these depression-like behaviors without altering the locomotor activity. Moreover, treatment with G. japonicum extract significantly prevented the decrease in the expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in the hippocampus. In addition, G. japonicum extract had neuroprotective effects against CORT-induced neurotoxicity in SH-SY5Y cells. Our study indicates that G. japonicum extract exhibits antidepressant-like activity in CORT-induced depressive mice, which might be as a result of increased BDNF expression.
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spelling pubmed-69502352020-01-16 Administration of Asian Herb Bennet (Geum japonicum) Extract Reverses Depressive-Like Behaviors in Mouse Model of Depression Induced by Corticosterone Lim, Dong Wook Han, Taewon Um, Min Young Yoon, Minseok Kim, Tae-Eun Kim, Yun Tai Han, Daeseok Lee, Jaekwang Lee, Chang Ho Nutrients Article Geum japonicum, commonly known as Asian herb bennet, has been used as a diuretic, astringent, anti-dizziness, and anti-headache agent in traditional medicine. Since the antidepressant-like effects of G. japonicum extract have not been well studied, we examined the antidepressant-like effects of G. japonicum extract using depressive-like behavior induced in mice through daily injection of corticosterone (CORT). ICR mice (male, 8 weeks old) were treated with CORT (40 mg/kg, i.p.) and orally administered using oral gavage needles with G. japonicum extract (30, 100, and 300 mg/kg) for 4 weeks. Behavioral experiments were performed 1 h after administration. The control mice exhibited a significant increase in the immobility times in the tail suspension and forced swim tests as well as the step-through latency time in the passive avoidance test. Further, the control group showed a significant decrease in their sucrose consumption. However, treatment with G. japonicum extract at doses of 100 and 300 mg/kg significantly improved these depression-like behaviors without altering the locomotor activity. Moreover, treatment with G. japonicum extract significantly prevented the decrease in the expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in the hippocampus. In addition, G. japonicum extract had neuroprotective effects against CORT-induced neurotoxicity in SH-SY5Y cells. Our study indicates that G. japonicum extract exhibits antidepressant-like activity in CORT-induced depressive mice, which might be as a result of increased BDNF expression. MDPI 2019-11-20 /pmc/articles/PMC6950235/ /pubmed/31756901 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu11122841 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Lim, Dong Wook
Han, Taewon
Um, Min Young
Yoon, Minseok
Kim, Tae-Eun
Kim, Yun Tai
Han, Daeseok
Lee, Jaekwang
Lee, Chang Ho
Administration of Asian Herb Bennet (Geum japonicum) Extract Reverses Depressive-Like Behaviors in Mouse Model of Depression Induced by Corticosterone
title Administration of Asian Herb Bennet (Geum japonicum) Extract Reverses Depressive-Like Behaviors in Mouse Model of Depression Induced by Corticosterone
title_full Administration of Asian Herb Bennet (Geum japonicum) Extract Reverses Depressive-Like Behaviors in Mouse Model of Depression Induced by Corticosterone
title_fullStr Administration of Asian Herb Bennet (Geum japonicum) Extract Reverses Depressive-Like Behaviors in Mouse Model of Depression Induced by Corticosterone
title_full_unstemmed Administration of Asian Herb Bennet (Geum japonicum) Extract Reverses Depressive-Like Behaviors in Mouse Model of Depression Induced by Corticosterone
title_short Administration of Asian Herb Bennet (Geum japonicum) Extract Reverses Depressive-Like Behaviors in Mouse Model of Depression Induced by Corticosterone
title_sort administration of asian herb bennet (geum japonicum) extract reverses depressive-like behaviors in mouse model of depression induced by corticosterone
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6950235/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31756901
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu11122841
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