Background:Although the buried wood of Phoebe zhennan is known as the“mummy”of the plant kingdom,there is little research on its pharmacological activity.This study endeavored to investigate the effect and mechanism...Background:Although the buried wood of Phoebe zhennan is known as the“mummy”of the plant kingdom,there is little research on its pharmacological activity.This study endeavored to investigate the effect and mechanism of buried wood of Phoebe zhennan extract(BPE)on physical fatigue mice induced by weight-loaded forced swimming.Methods:Firstly,BPE was obtained by 70%ethanol extraction and freeze-drying processes.Then,the effect of BPE on physical fatigue mice was evaluated by swimming time,rotating stick time,levels of lipid peroxidation,lactate,lactate dehydrogenase,urea nitrogen,creatine kinase and muscle glycogen.Finally,real time fluorescence quantification and western blot were used to investigate the possible mechanism of BPE.Results:BPE could significantly alleviate muscle tissue damage,prolong the exhaustion time of weight-bearing swimming and rotating stick time.Meanwhile,BPE treatment could notably reduce the accumulation of serum lactate,urea nitrogen,and activities of lactate dehydrogenase and creatine kinase,while increasing the levels of glycogen and activities of glutathione peroxidase and superoxide dismutase in muscles.Moreover,BPE treatment obviously increased HO-1,Nrf-2,AMPK,PGC-1αmRNA and protein expressions in the muscles of physical fatigue mice.Conclusion:BPE treatment could ameliorate various impairments and oxidative stress injury induced by physical fatigue via activating Nrf-2/HO-1 and AMPK/PGC-1αsignaling pathway.展开更多
基金supported by the Scientific Research Foundation for the introduction of talent of Pingdingshan University(No.PXY-BSQD-2022040,PXY-BSQD-2023024)Henan Province Science and Technology Research Project(No.242102310313,232102310460).
文摘Background:Although the buried wood of Phoebe zhennan is known as the“mummy”of the plant kingdom,there is little research on its pharmacological activity.This study endeavored to investigate the effect and mechanism of buried wood of Phoebe zhennan extract(BPE)on physical fatigue mice induced by weight-loaded forced swimming.Methods:Firstly,BPE was obtained by 70%ethanol extraction and freeze-drying processes.Then,the effect of BPE on physical fatigue mice was evaluated by swimming time,rotating stick time,levels of lipid peroxidation,lactate,lactate dehydrogenase,urea nitrogen,creatine kinase and muscle glycogen.Finally,real time fluorescence quantification and western blot were used to investigate the possible mechanism of BPE.Results:BPE could significantly alleviate muscle tissue damage,prolong the exhaustion time of weight-bearing swimming and rotating stick time.Meanwhile,BPE treatment could notably reduce the accumulation of serum lactate,urea nitrogen,and activities of lactate dehydrogenase and creatine kinase,while increasing the levels of glycogen and activities of glutathione peroxidase and superoxide dismutase in muscles.Moreover,BPE treatment obviously increased HO-1,Nrf-2,AMPK,PGC-1αmRNA and protein expressions in the muscles of physical fatigue mice.Conclusion:BPE treatment could ameliorate various impairments and oxidative stress injury induced by physical fatigue via activating Nrf-2/HO-1 and AMPK/PGC-1αsignaling pathway.