YU Qian-hui, LI Li-hong, LU Yu-wei, et al. Moxibustion combined with acupoint catgut embedding promotes recovery of injured colonic mucosa by suppressing inflammation in ulcerative colitis rats[J]. Acupuncture research, 2020, 45(4): 305-309.
DOI:
YU Qian-hui, LI Li-hong, LU Yu-wei, et al. Moxibustion combined with acupoint catgut embedding promotes recovery of injured colonic mucosa by suppressing inflammation in ulcerative colitis rats[J]. Acupuncture research, 2020, 45(4): 305-309. DOI: 10.13702/j.1000-0607.190772.
Moxibustion combined with acupoint catgut embedding promotes recovery of injured colonic mucosa by suppressing inflammation in ulcerative colitis rats
Objective To observe the effect of moxibustion and acupoint catgut embedding(ACE) at "Tianshu"(ST25) "Dachangshu"(BL25) and "Shangjuxu"(ST37) on changes of body mass
stool property
histopathological conditions and expression levels of interleukin 6(IL-6) in colonic mucosa of ulcerative colitis(UC) rats
so as to reveal its anti-inflammatory mechanisms underlying improvement of UC. Methods SD rats were randomized into normal
model
moxibustion
ACE and moxibustion+ACE groups(n=6 in each group). The UC model was established by enema of trinitro-benzene-sulfonic acid and ethanol. Moxibustion was applied to bilateral ST25
BL25 and ST37 for 10 min
once daily for 14 days
and ACE applied to the same 3 acupoints
once a week for two weeks. After the treatment
the rats' general conditions were observed
and the severity of UC was assessed by using disease activity index(DAI) score. Colonic mucosal pathological changes were observed under microscope after hematoxylin eosin(H.E.) stain
and the expression levels of IL-6 in the colonic mucosa tissue detected by using immunohistochemical stain and Western blot
respectively. Results After modeling
the DAI score
and expression level of colonic IL-6 protein detected by immunohistochemistry and Western blot were obviously increased in the model group relevant to the normal group(P<0.01). Following the intervention
the increase of DAI score and IL-6 expression were reversed in moxibustion
ACE and moxibustion+ACE groups(P<0.01
P<0.05). The therapeutic effects of moxibustion+ACE were considerably superior to those of simple ACE and simple moxibustion in down-regulating the levels of DAI score and IL-6 expression(P<0.01). H.E. staining showed severe defect of the colonic mucosal epithelium with infiltration of a large number of inflammatory cells in the model group
which was milder in moxibustion
ACE and moxibustion+ACE groups. Conclusion Moxibustion combined with ACE is able to improve the inflammatory injury of colonic mucosa in UC rats
which may be related with its effect in suppressing the expression of colonic IL-6; and the efficacy of moxibustion+ACE is apparently superior to that of moxibustion and ACE alone.
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