Welcome to Chinese Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics,Today is Chinese

Chinese Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics ›› 2012, Vol. 17 ›› Issue (10): 1130-1136.

Previous Articles     Next Articles

Inhibitory effect of colon-targeted ball of scorpion venom on young rats with chronic visceral hypersensitivity

LIN Guo-wei1, LIN Chun2, YE Rong1, ZHENG Wei3, HUANG Ren-jie1, Lin Zhi-ming1   

  1. 1Fujian Vocational and Technical College of Health, Fuzhou 350101, Fujian,China;
    2Lab for Pain Research, Research Center of Neurobiology, Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Fujian Medical University;
    3Department of Pathology, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350004, Fujian,China
  • Received:2012-06-04 Revised:2012-07-21 Published:2012-10-19

Abstract: AIM: To explore the inhibitory effect of colon- targeted ball of scorpion venom on model young rats with chronic visceral hypersensitivity. METHODS: Neonatal male Sprague-Dawley(SD)rats were used as study subject. Model rats were received 60 mm Hg colon irritation (CI) for a minute once daily from post neonatal days 8 to 14; control rats were received the same processes except CI. The experiment groups were divided into control group , control blank ball group , control scorpion venom ball group, model group, model blank ball group, model scorpion venom ball group ( low ), model scorpion venom ball group ( medium ) and model scorpion venom ball group ( high ). Colon- targeted ball of scorpion venom was given by oral on the twenty-eighth day, one time a day, in total 14 days. The spike of external oblique muscle of abdomen(EOMA)were examined to assess the visceral sensitivity of rats; The field potential LTP was observed in control and model young rats by the recording of field potential in hippocampal CA1 region in vitro. RESULTS: The spike amplitude of EOMA was significantly stronger in model young rats than those in control young rats, the spike amplitudes of EOMA were decreased in model rats by oral colon- targeted ball of scorpion venom (P<0.05). The spike amplitudes of LTP was significantly stronger in model young rats than those in control young rats (P<0.05). Compared with model young rats, the spike amplitudes of LTP were significantly decreased by oral colon- targeted ball of scorpion venom (P<0.05).However, there was no significant effect of colon- targeted ball of scorpion venom on control young rats (P>0.05). CONCLUSION: Chronic visceral hypersensitivity could be inhibited by Oral colon- targeted ball of scorpion venom in model young rats.

Key words: Colon- targeted ball of scorpion venom, Long-term potentiation(LTP), Hippocampus, Spike of external oblique muscle of abdomen

CLC Number: