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Chaigui granule exerts anti-depressant effects by regulating the synthesis of Estradiol and the downstream of CYP19A1-E2-ERKs signaling pathway in CUMS-induced depressed rats

Background: There is a significant gender difference in the prevalence of depression. Recent studies have shown that estrogen plays a crucial role in depression. Therefore, studying the specific mechanism of estrogen’s role in depression can provide new ideas to address the treatment of depression....

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Autores principales: Tian, Jun-sheng, Qin, Peng-fei, Xu, Teng, Gao, Yao, Zhou, Yu-zhi, Gao, Xiao-xia, Qin, Xue-mei, Ren, Yan
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9637986/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36353500
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2022.1005438
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author Tian, Jun-sheng
Qin, Peng-fei
Xu, Teng
Gao, Yao
Zhou, Yu-zhi
Gao, Xiao-xia
Qin, Xue-mei
Ren, Yan
author_facet Tian, Jun-sheng
Qin, Peng-fei
Xu, Teng
Gao, Yao
Zhou, Yu-zhi
Gao, Xiao-xia
Qin, Xue-mei
Ren, Yan
author_sort Tian, Jun-sheng
collection PubMed
description Background: There is a significant gender difference in the prevalence of depression. Recent studies have shown that estrogen plays a crucial role in depression. Therefore, studying the specific mechanism of estrogen’s role in depression can provide new ideas to address the treatment of depression. Chaigui granule has been shown to have exact antidepressant efficacy, and the contents of saikosaponin (a, b(1), b(2), d) and paeoniflorin in Chaigui granule are about 0.737% and 0.641%, respectively. Some studies have found that they can improve depression-induced decrease in testosterone (T) levels (∼36.99% decrease compared to control). However, whether Chaigui granule can exert antidepressant efficacy by regulating estrogen is still unclear. This study aimed to elucidate the regulation of estrogen levels by Chaigui granule and the underlying mechanism of its anti-depressant effect. Methods: Eighty-four male Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were modeled using a chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS) procedure. The administration method was traditional oral gavage administration, and behavioral indicators were used to evaluate the anti-depressant effect of Chaigui granule. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was adopted to assess the modulating impact of Chaigui granule on sex hormones. Then, reverse transcription-quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR), and Western blot (WB) techniques were employed to detect extracellular regulated protein kinases (ERK) signaling-related molecules downstream of estradiol in the hippocampus tissue. Results: The administration of Chaigui granule significantly alleviated the desperate behavior of CUMS-induced depressed rats. According to the results, we found that Chaigui granule could upregulate the level of estradiol (E2) in the serum (∼46.56% increase compared to model) and hippocampus (∼26.03% increase compared to model) of CUMS rats and increase the levels of CYP19A1 gene and protein, which was the key enzyme regulating the synthesis of T into E2 in the hippocampus. Chaigui granule was also found to have a significant back-regulatory effect on the gene and protein levels of ERβ, ERK1, and ERK2. Conclusion: Chaigui granule can increase the synthesis of E2 in the hippocampus of CUMS-induced depressed rats and further exert antidepressant effects by activating the CYP19A1-E2-ERKs signaling pathway.
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spelling pubmed-96379862022-11-08 Chaigui granule exerts anti-depressant effects by regulating the synthesis of Estradiol and the downstream of CYP19A1-E2-ERKs signaling pathway in CUMS-induced depressed rats Tian, Jun-sheng Qin, Peng-fei Xu, Teng Gao, Yao Zhou, Yu-zhi Gao, Xiao-xia Qin, Xue-mei Ren, Yan Front Pharmacol Pharmacology Background: There is a significant gender difference in the prevalence of depression. Recent studies have shown that estrogen plays a crucial role in depression. Therefore, studying the specific mechanism of estrogen’s role in depression can provide new ideas to address the treatment of depression. Chaigui granule has been shown to have exact antidepressant efficacy, and the contents of saikosaponin (a, b(1), b(2), d) and paeoniflorin in Chaigui granule are about 0.737% and 0.641%, respectively. Some studies have found that they can improve depression-induced decrease in testosterone (T) levels (∼36.99% decrease compared to control). However, whether Chaigui granule can exert antidepressant efficacy by regulating estrogen is still unclear. This study aimed to elucidate the regulation of estrogen levels by Chaigui granule and the underlying mechanism of its anti-depressant effect. Methods: Eighty-four male Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were modeled using a chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS) procedure. The administration method was traditional oral gavage administration, and behavioral indicators were used to evaluate the anti-depressant effect of Chaigui granule. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was adopted to assess the modulating impact of Chaigui granule on sex hormones. Then, reverse transcription-quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR), and Western blot (WB) techniques were employed to detect extracellular regulated protein kinases (ERK) signaling-related molecules downstream of estradiol in the hippocampus tissue. Results: The administration of Chaigui granule significantly alleviated the desperate behavior of CUMS-induced depressed rats. According to the results, we found that Chaigui granule could upregulate the level of estradiol (E2) in the serum (∼46.56% increase compared to model) and hippocampus (∼26.03% increase compared to model) of CUMS rats and increase the levels of CYP19A1 gene and protein, which was the key enzyme regulating the synthesis of T into E2 in the hippocampus. Chaigui granule was also found to have a significant back-regulatory effect on the gene and protein levels of ERβ, ERK1, and ERK2. Conclusion: Chaigui granule can increase the synthesis of E2 in the hippocampus of CUMS-induced depressed rats and further exert antidepressant effects by activating the CYP19A1-E2-ERKs signaling pathway. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-10-24 /pmc/articles/PMC9637986/ /pubmed/36353500 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2022.1005438 Text en Copyright © 2022 Tian, Qin, Xu, Gao, Zhou, Gao, Qin and Ren. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Pharmacology
Tian, Jun-sheng
Qin, Peng-fei
Xu, Teng
Gao, Yao
Zhou, Yu-zhi
Gao, Xiao-xia
Qin, Xue-mei
Ren, Yan
Chaigui granule exerts anti-depressant effects by regulating the synthesis of Estradiol and the downstream of CYP19A1-E2-ERKs signaling pathway in CUMS-induced depressed rats
title Chaigui granule exerts anti-depressant effects by regulating the synthesis of Estradiol and the downstream of CYP19A1-E2-ERKs signaling pathway in CUMS-induced depressed rats
title_full Chaigui granule exerts anti-depressant effects by regulating the synthesis of Estradiol and the downstream of CYP19A1-E2-ERKs signaling pathway in CUMS-induced depressed rats
title_fullStr Chaigui granule exerts anti-depressant effects by regulating the synthesis of Estradiol and the downstream of CYP19A1-E2-ERKs signaling pathway in CUMS-induced depressed rats
title_full_unstemmed Chaigui granule exerts anti-depressant effects by regulating the synthesis of Estradiol and the downstream of CYP19A1-E2-ERKs signaling pathway in CUMS-induced depressed rats
title_short Chaigui granule exerts anti-depressant effects by regulating the synthesis of Estradiol and the downstream of CYP19A1-E2-ERKs signaling pathway in CUMS-induced depressed rats
title_sort chaigui granule exerts anti-depressant effects by regulating the synthesis of estradiol and the downstream of cyp19a1-e2-erks signaling pathway in cums-induced depressed rats
topic Pharmacology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9637986/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36353500
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2022.1005438
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