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Electroacupuncture promotes the gastrointestinal motility of diabetic mice by CNP/NPR-B-cGMP and PDE3A-cGMP signaling.
Neurogastroenterology and Motility : the Official Journal of the European Gastrointestinal Motility Society 2019 January 23
BACKGROUND: Electroacupuncture (EA) can promote gastrointestinal (GI) motility of diabetic mice, but the mechanism is not clearly elucidated. Natriuretic peptides (NPs) were related to the diabetes-induced gut dysfunction of mice, which may be associated with ICC (interstitial cells of cajal). Besides, EA could increase the ICC of diabetic mice. Our aim was to explore whether EA can promote the gut motility by CNP/NPR-B-cGMP and PDE3A-cGMP signaling in diabetic mice, and the relationship between NPs and ICC.
METHODS: Wild C57BL/6 male mice were divided into five groups: control group, diabetic mellitus (DM group), diabetic mellitus plus sham EA group (SEA), diabetic mellitus plus low-frequency EA group (LEA), and diabetic mellitus plus high-frequency group (HEA). Gastrointestinal motility was assessed by gastric emptying and GI transit test. Immunofluorescence staining was applied to assess the expression level of CNP, NPR-B, and c-Kit. Western blot, PCR, and ELISA were used to detect the level of CNP, NPR-B, PDE2A, PDE3A, c-Kit, mSCF, and cGMP content. The correlativity between NPR-B and mSCF was evaluated by Pearson's correlation and linear regression analyses.
KEY RESULTS: (a) EA could improve the GI dysfunction of diabetic mice. (b) CNP, NPR-B, and cGMP contents were decreased, but the level of PDE3A, c-Kit, and mSCF was increased in the EA groups. (c) There was a negative correlation between NPR-B and mSCF among the groups.
CONCLUSIONS AND INFERENCES: Electroacupuncture promotes the GI function by CNP/NPR-B-cGMP and PDE3A-cGMP signaling in diabetic mice; up-regulated mSCF/c-Kit signaling by EA may be mediated partially via down-regulation of CNP/NPR-B signaling.
METHODS: Wild C57BL/6 male mice were divided into five groups: control group, diabetic mellitus (DM group), diabetic mellitus plus sham EA group (SEA), diabetic mellitus plus low-frequency EA group (LEA), and diabetic mellitus plus high-frequency group (HEA). Gastrointestinal motility was assessed by gastric emptying and GI transit test. Immunofluorescence staining was applied to assess the expression level of CNP, NPR-B, and c-Kit. Western blot, PCR, and ELISA were used to detect the level of CNP, NPR-B, PDE2A, PDE3A, c-Kit, mSCF, and cGMP content. The correlativity between NPR-B and mSCF was evaluated by Pearson's correlation and linear regression analyses.
KEY RESULTS: (a) EA could improve the GI dysfunction of diabetic mice. (b) CNP, NPR-B, and cGMP contents were decreased, but the level of PDE3A, c-Kit, and mSCF was increased in the EA groups. (c) There was a negative correlation between NPR-B and mSCF among the groups.
CONCLUSIONS AND INFERENCES: Electroacupuncture promotes the GI function by CNP/NPR-B-cGMP and PDE3A-cGMP signaling in diabetic mice; up-regulated mSCF/c-Kit signaling by EA may be mediated partially via down-regulation of CNP/NPR-B signaling.
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