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Nelumbo nucifera promotes non-rapid eye movement sleep by regulating GABAergic receptors in rat model

Authors
Jo, KyungaeKim, SingeunHong, Ki-BaeSuh, Hyung Joo
Issue Date
1-3월-2021
Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
Keywords
Nelumbo nucifera; Sleep; GABA(A) receptor; GABA
Citation
JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY, v.267
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Journal Title
JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY
Volume
267
URI
https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/49351
DOI
10.1016/j.jep.2020.113511
ISSN
0378-8741
Abstract
Ethnopharmacological relevance: Nelumbo nucifera are used in folk medicine for anti-depressant, anti-convulsant, neuroprotective, and many other purposes. Aim of the study: The present work evaluated the sleep potentiating effects of water extract from lotus seed in rat, and the neuropharmacological mechanisms underlying these effects. Materials and methods: Pentobarbital-induced sleep test and electroencephalogram (EEG) analysis were applied to investigate sleep latency, duration, total sleeping time and sleep quality of Lotus extract. In addition, real-time PCR and HPLC analysis were applied to analyze the signaling pathway. Results: We found that the amounts of the possible active compounds GABA (2.33 mg/g) and L-tryptophan (2.00 mg/g) were higher than quinidine (0.55 mg/g) and neferine (0.16 mg/g) in lotus seed extract. High dose (160 mg/kg) administration of lotus extract led to a tendency towards decreased sleep latency time and an increase in sleep duration time compared to the control group in a pentobarbital-induced sleep model (p < 0.05). After high dose administration, total sleep and NREM were significantly increased compared to control, while wake time and REM were significantly decreased. Lotus extract-treated rats showed significantly reduced wake time and increased sleep time in a caffeine-induced model of arousal. The transcription level of GABA(A) receptor, GABA(B) receptor, and serotonin receptor tended to increase with dose, and lotus extract showed a strong dose-dependent binding capacity to the GABA(A) receptor. Conclusion: The above results strongly suggest that GABA contained in lotus seed extract acts as a sleep potentiating compound, and that sleep-potentiating activity involves GABA(A) receptor binding.
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