Effect of nourishing "Yin"-removing "Fire" Chinese herbal mixture on hypothalamic kisspeptin expression in female precocious rats

Yan Sun, Genevieve Neal Perry, Jian Yu, Bo-Ying Chen, Boying Chen, Zhanzhuang Tian
Journal of ethnopharmacology · 2009 · vol. 127(2) , pp. 274–279 · doi:10.1016/j.jep.2009.11.009 · PMID:19931369 · W2055423546
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This study found that a Chinese herbal mixture delayed puberty and decreased hypothalamic kisspeptin expression in female rats with induced precocious puberty.

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AIM: The present study aims to investigate the effect of nourishing "Yin"-removing "Fire" herbal mixture, a Chinese herb-based formulation, on hypothalamic kisspeptin expression in danazol-induced female precocious model rats. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The female Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into intact normal (N), central precocious puberty (CPP) model (M), vehicle without CPP (V), CPP model exposed to herbal mixture (HM) and CPP model exposed to saline (S) groups. At postnatal day 5, a single subcutaneous injection of 300 microg of danazol was administered to induce CPP model rats. From P15, rats in the HM group were continuously gavaged with the 1 ml/50 g body weight mixture, until two consecutive regular estrous cycles were established. The hypothalamic Kiss-1 expression was detected by RT-PCR and immunohistochemistry. RESULTS: The day of vaginal opening and establishment of two regular estrous cycles were delayed in the HM group compared with M and S groups (P<0.05, respectively). The level of hypothalamic Kiss-1 mRNA and the number of kisspeptin-immunoreactive (kisspeptin-ir) cells in the arcuate nucleus (ARC), preoptic area (POA) and periventricular nucleus (PeN), were decreased significantly in the HM group compared with the M and S groups (P<0.01, respectively) on the day of onset-puberty. CONCLUSION: These results indicate that the kisspeptin signaling pathway might be involved in the effect of herbal mixture treatment on CPP.

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Disease Models, Animal Drugs, Chinese Herbal Hypothalamus Hypothalamus Proteins Puberty, Precocious Animals Down-Regulation Down-Regulation Down-Regulation Drugs, Chinese Herbal Drugs, Chinese Herbal Female Hypothalamus Kisspeptins Ovary Ovary Ovary Proteins Puberty, Precocious

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