JCM-16021, a Chinese herbal formula, attenuated visceral hyperalgesia in TNBS-induced postinflammatory irritable bowel syndrome through reducing colonic EC cell hyperplasia and serotonin availability in rats

Hong Yan Qin, Haitao XIAO, Fung Ping LEUNG, Zhijun YANG, Justin C.Y. Wu, Joseph J.Y. Sung, Hong Xi Xu, Xu Dong Tong, Zhaoxiang BIAN*

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Abstract

The present study aimed to investigate the analgesic effect of JCM-16021, a revised traditional Chinese herbal formula, on postinflammatory irritable bowel syndrome (PI-IBS) in rats. The trinitrobenzene sulfonic (TNBS) acid-induced PI-IBS model rats were orally administrated with different doses of JCM-16021 (1.2, 2.4, and 4.8g/kg/d) for 14 consecutive days. The results showed that JCM-16021 treatment dose-dependently attenuated visceral hyperalgesia in PI-IBS rats. Further, the colonic enterochromaffin (EC) cell number, serotonin (5-HT) content, tryptophan hydroxylase expression, and mechanical-stimuli-induced 5-HT release were significantly ameliorated. Moreover, the decreased levels of mucosal cytokines in PI-IBS, especially the helper T-cell type 1- (Th1-) related cytokine TNF-α, were also elevated after JCM-16021 treatment. These data demonstrate that the analgesic effect of JCM-16021 on TNBS-induced PI-IBS rats may be medicated via reducing colonic EC cell hyperplasia and 5-HT availability.

Original languageEnglish
Article number239638
JournalEvidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Volume2012
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012

Scopus Subject Areas

  • Complementary and alternative medicine

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