Objective: To quantify the purine concentrations of the acupoints along the pericardium and nonpericardium meridians under healthy and myocardial ischemia conditions to investigate the relationship between acupoint pu...Objective: To quantify the purine concentrations of the acupoints along the pericardium and nonpericardium meridians under healthy and myocardial ischemia conditions to investigate the relationship between acupoint purine change and body functional status in rats.Methods: A total of 70 rats underwent an operation for myocardial ischemia,while 40 of them survived.They were randomly assigned to the following 5 subgroups:Neiguan(PC 6),Quze(PC 3),Tianquan(PC 2),Quchi(LI 11),and Jianyu(LI 15).Simultaneously,another40 healthy rats were also randomized into the same 5 subgroups as the control group.The tissue ?uids at the acupoints were collected by microdialysis for 30 min.Subsequently,the concentration of adenosine triphosphate(ATP),adenosine diphosphate(ADP),adenosine monophosphate(AMP),and adenosine(ADO) were quanti?ed using the high-performance liquid chromatography method.Results: Compared with the healthy group,the ADO at PC 6(P=0.012),PC 3(P=0.038),PC 2(P=0.024),and LI 15(P=0.042) obviously increased in the model group,while no signi?cant difference was observed at LI 11(P=0.201).However,ATP,ADP,and AMP manifested no significant changes in these areas,except for ATP at LI 15(P=0.036).Conclusions: Myocardial ischemia could induce an increase in ADO at acupoints of the upper arm and shoulder area,suggesting that the body functional status could affect the responsiveness of acupoints.The status of these acupoints could be pathogenically activated by disease,and distribution following some speci?c courses.展开更多
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81590951,81373559,81373561 and 81573885)the State Key Program for Basic Research of China(No.2012CB518501)the Project of the Second Clinical Medical College of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine(No.RLZZ201605)
文摘Objective: To quantify the purine concentrations of the acupoints along the pericardium and nonpericardium meridians under healthy and myocardial ischemia conditions to investigate the relationship between acupoint purine change and body functional status in rats.Methods: A total of 70 rats underwent an operation for myocardial ischemia,while 40 of them survived.They were randomly assigned to the following 5 subgroups:Neiguan(PC 6),Quze(PC 3),Tianquan(PC 2),Quchi(LI 11),and Jianyu(LI 15).Simultaneously,another40 healthy rats were also randomized into the same 5 subgroups as the control group.The tissue ?uids at the acupoints were collected by microdialysis for 30 min.Subsequently,the concentration of adenosine triphosphate(ATP),adenosine diphosphate(ADP),adenosine monophosphate(AMP),and adenosine(ADO) were quanti?ed using the high-performance liquid chromatography method.Results: Compared with the healthy group,the ADO at PC 6(P=0.012),PC 3(P=0.038),PC 2(P=0.024),and LI 15(P=0.042) obviously increased in the model group,while no signi?cant difference was observed at LI 11(P=0.201).However,ATP,ADP,and AMP manifested no significant changes in these areas,except for ATP at LI 15(P=0.036).Conclusions: Myocardial ischemia could induce an increase in ADO at acupoints of the upper arm and shoulder area,suggesting that the body functional status could affect the responsiveness of acupoints.The status of these acupoints could be pathogenically activated by disease,and distribution following some speci?c courses.
