Autor: |
Sung-Min Cho, Sun Haeng Lee, Donghun Lee, Ji Hong Lee, Gyu Tae Chang, Hocheol Kim, Jin Yong Lee |
Jazyk: |
angličtina |
Rok vydání: |
2017 |
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Zdroj: |
BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Vol 17, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2017) |
Druh dokumentu: |
article |
ISSN: |
1472-6882 |
DOI: |
10.1186/s12906-017-1651-1 |
Popis: |
Abstract Background Yukmijihwangtang (YJT) is a traditional Korean medicine that has been used to treat kidney-yin deficiency symptoms such as dizziness and tinnitus. In addition, because it is also thought to nourish kidney-yin, it has been used to treat short stature from congenital deficiency. This study evaluated the effects of YJT on longitudinal bone growth in rats. Methods Female adolescent rats were randomly assigned to groups that received distilled water (per os [p.o.] twice a day; control), recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH; 20 μg/kg, subcutaneous [s.c.] once a day), or two different doses of YJT (100 or 300 mg/kg, p.o. twice a day). In each group, treatment was maintained for 4 days. Rats were injected intraperitoneally with 5-bromo-2’-deoxyuridine (BrdU; 50 mg/kg) to label proliferating chondrocytes on days 2 – 4. Tetracycline hydrochloride (20 mg/kg) was injected intraperitoneally to form fluorescent bands on the growth plates on day 3 for measuring the longitudinal bone growth rate. Expression of insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) and bone morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP-2) in the growth plate was identified using immunohistochemistry. Results There was a significant increase in the rate of bone growth in the 300 mg/kg YJT group (523.8 ± 23.7 μm/day; P |
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