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Brain and testicular metabonomics revealed the protective effects of Guilingji on senile sexual dysfunction rats
J Ethnopharmacol
ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: Guilingji (GLJ), which has been used to treat male diseases in China for centuries, contains 28 Chinese herbs and was previously established as an effective treatment for male sexual dysfu
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- Reference Id
- 6596
- Evidence Id
- 23186
- Core Evidence Id
- 23186
- Source Reference Id
- 6482
- Herb2 Reference Id
- HBREF007279
- Subject Paper Key
- HBFO001775_35122976
- Pubmed Id
- 35122976
- Doi
- 10.1016/j.jep.2022.115047
- Paper Title
- Brain and testicular metabonomics revealed the protective effects of Guilingji on senile sexual dysfunction rats
- Paper Abstract
- ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: Guilingji (GLJ), which has been used to treat male diseases in China for centuries, contains 28 Chinese herbs and was previously established as an effective treatment for male sexual dysfunction. However, its mechanism of action remains unclear. AIM OF THE STUDY: To explore the efficacy and mechanism of action of GLJ in improving senile sexual dysfunction (SSD) in aging rats. MATERIALS AND METHODS: An aging rat model of SSD was induced by the subcutaneous injection of d-galactose (300 mg kg-1) and used to analyse the effects of GLJ (different concentrations of 37.5, 75, and 150 mg kg-1) on the mating of aging rats. At the end of the 8th week, histopathological analysis of testicular tissues, assessment of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axis hormone levels in serum or brain, and metabonomics analysis of the brain and testicular tissue with liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry was performed to explore the mechanism of action of GLJ. RESULT: After treatment with GLJ, the mount and ejaculation latency levels were increased in the treatment group than those in model group (P < 0.05), moreover, the testicular morphology was improved. Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) and luteinizing hormone (LH) levels in rats were also improved significant (P < 0.05) compared with those in the model group. Furthermore, the metabonomics results in the testicular and brain tissue showed that GLJ improved SSD by adjusting amino acid and lipid metabolism. CONCLUSION: This study integrated the complementary metabolic profiles of the target tissues. GLJ might affect SSD rats by regulating amino acid and lipid metabolism and may modulate sensitivity to the signaling pathway in the HPG axis. This study provides an essential basis for the broad clinical application of GLJ.
- Journal
- J Ethnopharmacol
- Publish Year
- 2022
- Experiment Subject
- rat
- Experiment Type
- Animal Experiment
- Phenotype Related
- Senile Sexual Dysfunction; Male Sexual Dysfunction; Male Diseases
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- Paper Title En
- Brain and testicular metabonomics revealed the protective effects of Guilingji on senile sexual dysfunction rats
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- semi_complete