中国神经再生研究(英文版) ›› 2016, Vol. 11 ›› Issue (3): 465-468.doi: 10.4103/1673-5374.179060

• 原著:退行性病与再生 • 上一篇    下一篇

“温阳补气”针法治疗重症肌无力:中国传统中医在治疗在神经肌肉接头处发挥了作用

  

  • 收稿日期:2016-02-01 出版日期:2016-03-15 发布日期:2016-03-15
  • 基金资助:

    中国国家自然科学基金项目(81173344)

“Warming yang and invigorating qi” acupuncture alters acetylcholine receptor expression in the neuromuscular junction of rats with experimental autoimmune myasthenia gravis

Hai-peng Huang 1, Hong Pan 2, Hong-feng Wang 2   

  1. 1 School of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, Jilin Province, China
    2 Graduate School of Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, Jilin Province, China
  • Received:2016-02-01 Online:2016-03-15 Published:2016-03-15
  • Contact: Hong-feng Wang, M.D., ccwhf@126.com.
  • Supported by:

    This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 81173344.

摘要:

课题组以往研究证实“温阳补气”的针灸治疗可使实验性自身免疫性重症肌无力大鼠血清中炎症因子表达降低,转化生长因子β表达增加。但尚未见有对神经肌肉接头处乙酰胆碱受体的影响的报道,实验以激光扫描共聚焦显微镜观察发现,实验性自身免疫性重症肌无力大鼠膈神经中的神经肌肉接头中乙酰胆碱受体免疫反应减弱,而以 “温阳补气”针法刺激大鼠手三里、足三里、脾俞以及肾俞后,针上1cm加艾炷加热刺激30min,1次/d,连续7d为1个疗程,每疗程后休息1d, 2个疗程治疗后,大鼠膈神经肌肉接头中乙酰胆碱受体免疫反应明显增强,且与临床治疗重症肌无力的药物溴吡斯的明灌胃的治疗效果接近,提示 “温阳补气”针灸可提高该模型大鼠神经肌肉接头处乙酰胆碱受体的表达。

关键词: 神经再生, 重症肌无力, 针灸, &ldquo, 温阳补气&rdquo, 针法, 实验性自身免疫性重症肌无力, 神经肌肉接头, 乙酰胆碱受体

Abstract:

Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune disorder in which antibodies have been shown to form against the nicotinic acetylcholine nicotinic postsynaptic receptors located at the neuromuscular junction. “Warming yang and invigorating qi” acupuncture treatment has been shown to reduce serum inflammatory cytokine expression and increase transforming growth factor beta expression in rats with experimental autoimmune myasthenia gravis. However, few studies have addressed the effects of this type of acupuncture on the acetylcholine receptors at the neuromuscular junction. Here, we used confocal laser scanning microscopy to examine the area and density of immunoreactivity for an antibody to the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor at the neuromuscular junction in the phrenic nerve of rats with experimental autoimmune myasthenia gravis following “warming yang and invigorating qi” acupuncture therapy. Needles were inserted at acupressure points Shousanli(LI10), Zusanli (ST36), Pishu (BL20), and Shenshu (BL23) once daily for 7 consecutive days. The treatment was repeated after 1 day of rest. We found that area and the integrated optical density of the immunoreactivity for the acetylcholine receptor at the neuromuscular junction of the phrenic nerve was significantly increased following acupuncture treatment. This outcome of the acupuncture therapy was similar to that of the cholinesterase inhibitor pyridostigmine bromide. These findings suggest that “warming yang and invigorating qi” acupuncture
treatment increases acetylcholine receptor expression at the neuromuscular junction in a rat model of autoimmune myasthenia gravis.

Key words: nerve regeneration, myasthenia gravis, acupuncture, “Warming yang and invigorating qi”, experimental autoimmune myasthenia gravis, neuromuscular junction, acetylcholine receptor, neural regeneration