Effects of Some Crude Drug Extracts on the Brain Neurotransmitters in the Ethanol-Treated Rats

수종의 생약 추출물이 에탄올 투여 흰쥐의 뇌 부위별 신경전달물질에 미치는 영향

  • Received : 2000.09.01
  • Published : 2000.10.25

Abstract

The concentration of neurotransmitters in rat brain was determined by HPLC-ECD (electrochemical detection) method and the effects of methanol extracts of some crude drugs, such as Polygala Radix, Myristicae Semen, Zizyphi Semen, Acori graminei Rhizoma, Visci Herba, Liriopsis Tuber, Myrrha on the concentration of neurotransmitters in the ethanol-treated rat brain were investigated. By the administration of ethanol, dopamine (DA), 3, 4-dihydroxyphenyl acetic acid (DOPAC) and serotonin (5-HT) levels in frontal cortex and 5-HT level in hippocampus were significantly increased compared with the neurotransmitter levels in the brain of saline-treated rats. The ${\gamma}$-aminobutyric acid (GABA) level in frontal cortex was decreased by the same treatment. There was a tendency that the DA level in frontal cortex and striatum of ethanol-treated rats were increased by the administration of crude drug extracts. Especially, Myrrha and Visci Herba significantly increased the DA level of frontal cortex in ethanol-treated rats, while they significantly decreased the 5-HT level in the same region of the brain. GABA level in striatum of ethanol-treated rats was significantly decreased by Myristicae Semen, Visci Herba and Myrrha. These results suggest that the tested crude drug extracts have selective interaction with neurotransmitters in specified region of central nervous system.

전기화학검출기를 이용한 HPLC법으로 흰쥐의 뇌 부위별 신경전달물질의 함량을 측정하였고 이것을 이용하여 뇌기능 개선에 빈용되는 원지, 육두구, 산조인, 석창포, 상기생, 맥문동, 몰약의 메탄올 추출물이 에탄올 투여 흰쥐의 뇌 부위별 신경전달 물질의 함량변화에 미치는 영향을 검토하였다. 에탄올 투여에 의해 전피질의 dopamine (DA), 3,4-dihydroxyphenyl acetic acid (DOPAC) 및 serotonin (5-HT) 함량이, 해마의 5-HT 함량이 각각 생리식염수 투여군에 비해 증가하였고, 전피질의 ${\gamma}$-aminobutyric acid(GABA) 함량은 생리식염수 투여군에 비해 감소하였다. 에탄올 투여 흰쥐의 선조체와 전피질의 DA 함량은 생약 추출물의 투여로 증가되는 경향을 보였다. 특히, 몰약 및 상기생은 에탄을 투여 휜쥐의 전피질에서 DA함량은 유의적으로 증가시키는 반면, 5-HT 함량은 유의적으로 감소시키는 것으로 나타났다. 몰약, 육두구, 상기생은 에탄올 투여 흰쥐의 선조체에서 GABA 함량을 유의적으로 감소시켰다. 이러한 결과는 실험에 사용된 생약 추출물의 작용이 에탄올 투여 흰쥐에서 뇌 부위 및 신경전달물질에 대해 선택적으로 나타나고 있음을 보여준다.

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