Electro-acupuncture regulates glucose metabolism in chronic stress model rats

Sci Rep. 2020 Jul 9;10(1):11281. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-68132-w.

Abstract

Studies have shown that acupuncture is very effective in treating chronic stress depression. However, little is known about the therapeutic mechanism of electro-acupuncture. Metabolomics, on the other hand, is a technology that determines the metabolic changes of organisms caused by various interventions as a whole and is related to the overall effect of electro-acupuncture (EA). 1HNMR, serum sample analysis, and histopathology and molecular biology analysis were used to evaluate the effects of EA. The results show that electro-acupuncture points can regulate the heat pain threshold of chronic stress model rats and change the morphology of adrenal cortex cells Structure, and regulate the contents of corticotropin-releasing hormone, Corticosterone (CORT), glucose, alanine and valine in the samples. These findings help to clarify the therapeutic mechanism of electro-acupuncture on heterologous chronic stress model rats. The effect of electro-acupuncture on improving chronic stress is likely to be achieved by regulating glucose metabolism, which can provide a reference for clinical acupuncture treatment of chronic stress depression.

MeSH terms

  • Adrenal Cortex / metabolism
  • Adrenal Glands / cytology
  • Alanine / chemistry
  • Animals
  • Behavior, Animal
  • Blood Glucose / metabolism*
  • Body Weight
  • Corticosterone / chemistry
  • Electroacupuncture*
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Male
  • Pain Threshold
  • Rats
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley
  • Stress, Physiological*
  • Valine / chemistry

Substances

  • Blood Glucose
  • Valine
  • Alanine
  • Corticosterone