构树黄酮对小鼠学习记忆的影响(英文)

Morris水迷宫在啮齿目动物的空间学习与记忆的研究中被广泛使用。研究表明摄食抗氧化剂能够增强空间学习与记忆能力。本文目的在于研究构树黄酮对昆明小鼠的空间学习与记忆能力的影响。用构树黄酮固体脂质纳米粒对小鼠灌胃4周,然后进行Morris水迷宫测试。与对照组相比,实验组小鼠的各项指标均有显著改善。这表明构树黄酮能显著增强小鼠的空间学习与记忆能力。同时研究还表明构树黄酮对小鼠的生长发育没有影响。

Effect of Flavonoids from Broussonetia papyrifera on Learning and Memory in Mice with Morris Water Maze Test

The Morris Water maze(MWM) is a widely used device to investigate spatial learning and memory in rodents.Previous studies involving antioxidant showed that spatial learning and memory were improved afforded by dietary antioxidants.The present study aimed at investigating the efficacy of flavonoids from Broussonetia papyrifera on spatial acquisition and probe trial performance in KM mice.16 young adult male KM mice were randomly separated into 2 groups,a control(CG) and an experimental group(EG).Mice underwent gavage with normal saline(0.9%) and flavonoid-loaded solid lipid nanoparticles(FSLN for short) from B.papyrifera(5 mg/kg/day) with the same volume for 4 weeks,respectively.Then,the MWM test was performed.Our results showed that flavonoids extracted from B.papyrifera significantly augmented the spatial learning and reference memory of mice in the experimental group,which may be ascribed to decreasing the overproduction of free radicals and therefore,retarding oxidative damage.Interestingly,swimming speed of the mice sharply increased latterly albeit there was no difference between the EG and CG.This study also demonstrated that FSLN treatment had no adverse marginal impact on the growth and development of the mice.Collectively,this work indicated that flavonoids from B.papyrifera could improve the spatial learning and reference memory in young adult male KM mice without obvious side effect and be used as potential drug for health care.