1. Dynamic observation and analysis of metabolic response to moxibustion stimulation on ethanol-induced gastric mucosal lesions (GML) rats
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Ying-jie Wang, Qi-da He, Jia-cheng Shen, Long-bin Zhang, Miao-sen Huang, Cai-chun Liu, Zong-bao Yang, Yuan Zhang, Lin-yu Lian, and Mi Liu
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Moxibustion ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Stimulation ,Traditional Chinese medicine ,Zusanli ,Pharmacology ,Gastric mucosal lesion ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,medicine ,Dynamic analysis ,Metabolomics ,Medulla ,030304 developmental biology ,0303 health sciences ,business.industry ,Research ,Stomach ,1H NMR ,Metabolism ,lcsh:Other systems of medicine ,lcsh:RZ201-999 ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Complementary and alternative medicine ,Cerebral cortex ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,business - Abstract
Background Gastric mucosal lesion (GML) is the initiating pathological process in many refractory gastric diseases. And moxibustion is an increasingly popular alternative therapy that prevents and treats diseases. However, there are few published reports about developing pathology of GML and therapeutic mechanism of moxibustion treatment on GML. In this study, we investigated pathology of GML and therapeutic mechanism of moxibustion treatment on GML. Methods The male Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were induced by intragastric administration of 75% ethanol after fasting for 24 h and treated by moxibustion at Zusanli (ST36) and Liangmen (ST21) for 1 day, 4 days or 7 days. Then we applied 1H NMR-based metabolomics to dynamic analysis of metabolic profiles in biological samples (stomach, cerebral cortex and medulla). And the conventional histopathological examinations as well as metabolic pathways assays were also performed. Results Moxibustion intervention showed a beneficial effect on GML by modulating comprehensive metabolic alterations caused by GML, including energy metabolism, membrane metabolism, cellular active and neurotransmitters function. Conclusions Moxibustion can effectively treat gastric mucosal damage and effectively regulate the concentration of some related differential metabolites to maintain the stability of the metabolic pathway.
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- 2019