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[Effects of Chinese herbal medicine Tianqi Pingchan Granule on G protein-coupled receptor kinase 6 involved in the prevention of levodopa-induced dyskinesia in rats with Parkinson disease].

AbstractOBJECTIVE:
To investigate the effects of Tianqi Pingchan (TQPC) Granule, a compound traditional Chinese herbal medicine with antitremor activity, on levodopa-induced dyskinesia and the expression of G protein-coupled receptor kinase 6 (GRK6) in rats with Parkinson disease (PD).
METHODS:
The hemi-Parkinsonian rat model was established by sterotaxically injecting 6-hydroxydopa (6-OHDA) to the right medial forebrain bundle. Rats with PD were randomly divided into 5 groups with 5 in each. PD group was intraperitoneally injected with vitamin C; levodopa group was intraperitoneally injected with levodopa and benserazide; low-, medium- and high-dose TQPC Granule groups were intraperitoneally injected with levodopa and benserazide and treated with different dosages of TQPC Granule by gavage for 29 d. Another 5 rats were served as control with sham-operation. The behaviors of rats were observed and classified with abnormal involuntary movement (AIM) score. The expression of GRK6 in the striate of rats was detected by immunohistochemical method and Western blotting.
RESULTS:
AIM score was increased and the expression of GRK6 protein in lesion side was decreased after the long-tern treatment with levodopa and benserazide in rats. The AIM scores of rats with PD were decreased after TGPC Granule treatment. Immunohistochemical results showed that the number of GRK6-positive cells in medium- and high-dose TQPC Granule groups was increased as compared to that in the levodopa group (P<0.05). The expression level of GRK6 protein was increased in medium-dose TQPC Granule group when compared with the levodopa group (P<0.01), which was observed by Western blotting.
CONCLUSION:
TGPC Granule can increase the expression of GRK6, inhibit the increase of AIM, and reduce the incidence of levodopa-induced dyskinesia in rats with PD.
AuthorsNa Wu, Lu Song, Xin-xin Yang, Jiang-lei Wei, Zhen-guo Liu
JournalZhong xi yi jie he xue bao = Journal of Chinese integrative medicine (Zhong Xi Yi Jie He Xue Bao) Vol. 10 Issue 9 Pg. 1018-24 (Sep 2012) ISSN: 1672-1977 [Print] China
PMID22979934 (Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.)
Chemical References
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal
  • Levodopa
  • G-Protein-Coupled Receptor Kinases
  • G-protein-coupled receptor kinase 6
Topics
  • Animals
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal (administration & dosage, pharmacology)
  • Dyskinesias (drug therapy, metabolism)
  • G-Protein-Coupled Receptor Kinases (metabolism)
  • Levodopa (adverse effects)
  • Male
  • Parkinson Disease (metabolism, prevention & control)
  • Phytotherapy
  • Rats
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley

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