单位:[1]Huazhong Univ Sci & Technol,Tongji Med Coll,Tongji Hosp,Inst Integrated Tradit Chinese & Western Med,Wuhan 430030,Hubei,Peoples R China中西医结合研究所中西医结合科华中科技大学同济医学院附属同济医院
The present study was designed to investigate the efficacy and mechanism of acupuncture treatment on embryo implantation failure in rats. The pregnant rats were randomized into normal group (N), implantation failure group (M), acupuncture treatment group (A), and progestin treatment group (W). The embryo implantation failure model was established by mifepristone. Efficacy of acupuncture treatment was evaluated by the number of implanted embryos. The expression of CCL2 and CXCL8 and the subset of uterine natural killer cells in the endometrium were detected. We demonstrated that the number of implanted embryos was dramatically reduced after mifepristone (M group) treatment, while the acupuncture (A group) and progestin (W group) treatments significantly rescued impaired embryo implantation. The protein and mRNA expressions of CCL2 and CXCL8 were significantly reduced by mifepristone treatment, but the attenuated expression of CCL2 and CXCL8 was markedly reversed by acupuncture or progestin treatment. More importantly, acupuncture and progestin could markedly increase the subset of uNK cells in rats with embryo implantation failure. These evidences suggest that acupuncture is able to modulate the endometrial immune microenvironment and thus improve embryo implantation in pregnant rats, which provides solid experimental evidence for the curative effect of acupuncture treatment on infertility.
基金:
National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaNational Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [S-049-09-10-20]
第一作者单位:[1]Huazhong Univ Sci & Technol,Tongji Med Coll,Tongji Hosp,Inst Integrated Tradit Chinese & Western Med,Wuhan 430030,Hubei,Peoples R China
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推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714):
Gao Weina,Tang Xiao,Chen Zhenyan,et al.Effects of Acupuncture on CCL2 and CXCL8 Expression and the Subset of uNK Cells in Rats with Embryo Implantation Failure[J].EVIDENCE-BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE.2013,2013:doi:10.1155/2013/678390.
APA:
Gao, Weina,Tang, Xiao,Chen, Zhenyan,Guo, Yue,Wang, Lijun...&Huang, Guangying.(2013).Effects of Acupuncture on CCL2 and CXCL8 Expression and the Subset of uNK Cells in Rats with Embryo Implantation Failure.EVIDENCE-BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE,2013,
MLA:
Gao, Weina,et al."Effects of Acupuncture on CCL2 and CXCL8 Expression and the Subset of uNK Cells in Rats with Embryo Implantation Failure".EVIDENCE-BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE 2013.(2013)