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Antidepressant Mechanism Research of Acupuncture: Insights from a Genome-Wide Transcriptome Analysis of Frontal Cortex in Rats with Chronic Restraint Stress
Joint Authors
Meng, Hong
Yang, Xinjing
Wang, Yu
Jiang, Huili
Li, Jing
Zhao, Bingcong
Sun, Yang
Tu, Ya
Source
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 2017 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-13, 13 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2017-09-26
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
13
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a chronic disease that adversely affects mood and cognition.
In this study, we randomly divided the rats into control group (C), model group (M), fluoxetine group (F), and acupuncture group (A), used open-field test to ascertain whether acupuncture affects chronic restraint stress (CRS) induced depression-like behaviors of rats, and explored the antidepressant mechanism of acupuncture at the molecular level of transcriptome in the frontal cortex of CRS rats by RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq).
According to differentially expressed genes (DEG) analysis, we identified 134, 46, and 89 response genes differentially expressed in C versus M, F versus M, and A versus M, respectively.
Through Gene Ontology (GO) term enrichment analysis and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway enrichment analysis, we identified the gene sets involved in extracellular space, inflammatory response, Toll-like receptor signaling pathway, chemokine signaling pathway, and TNF signaling pathway.
In this study, RNA-seq technology was used to investigate the frontal cortex genome-wide transcriptomes in depression rats under CRS, which suggested that the antidepressant effect of acupuncture is effective and has a multitarget characteristic, which may be related to amino acid metabolism and inflammatory pathways, especially the Toll-like receptor signaling pathway, TNF signaling pathway, and NF-kappa B signaling pathway.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Wang, Yu& Jiang, Huili& Meng, Hong& Li, Jing& Yang, Xinjing& Zhao, Bingcong…[et al.]. 2017. Antidepressant Mechanism Research of Acupuncture: Insights from a Genome-Wide Transcriptome Analysis of Frontal Cortex in Rats with Chronic Restraint Stress. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1153055
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Wang, Yu…[et al.]. Antidepressant Mechanism Research of Acupuncture: Insights from a Genome-Wide Transcriptome Analysis of Frontal Cortex in Rats with Chronic Restraint Stress. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1153055
American Medical Association (AMA)
Wang, Yu& Jiang, Huili& Meng, Hong& Li, Jing& Yang, Xinjing& Zhao, Bingcong…[et al.]. Antidepressant Mechanism Research of Acupuncture: Insights from a Genome-Wide Transcriptome Analysis of Frontal Cortex in Rats with Chronic Restraint Stress. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1153055
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1153055