单位:[1]Institute of Basic Research in Clinical Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China,[2]School of Life Sciences and Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China,[3]Law Sau Fai Institute for Advancing Translational Medicine in Bone and Joint Diseases, School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong,[4]Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China,[5]School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
Yupingfeng San (YPFS) is a representative Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) formula with accepted therapeutic effect on Asthma. However, its action mechanism is still obscure. In this study, we used network pharmacology to explore potential mechanism of YPFS on asthma. Nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain (NOD)-like receptor pathway was shown to be the top one shared signaling pathway associated with both YPFS and asthma. In addition, NOD-like receptor family pyrin domain-containing 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome was treated as target protein in the process of YPFS regulating asthma. Further, experimental validation was done by using LPS-stimulated U937 cells and ovalbumin (OVA)-sensitized BALB/c mice model. In vitro experiments showed that YPFS significantly decreased the production of TNF-alpha and IL-6, as well as both mRNA and protein levels of IL-1 beta, NLRP3, Caspase-1 and ASC in LPS-stimulated U937 cells. In vivo experiment indicated that YPFS treatment not only attenuated the clinical symptoms, but also reduced inflammatory cell infiltration, mucus secretion and MUC5AC production in lung tissue of asthmatic mice. Moreover, YPFS treatment remarkably decreased the mRNA and protein levels of IL-1 beta, NLRP3, Caspase-1 and ASC in lung tissue of asthmatic mice. In conclusion, these results demonstrated that YPFS could inhibit NLRP3 inflammasome components to attenuate the inflammatory response in asthma.
基金:
Ministry of Sciences and Technology of ChinaMinistry of Science and Technology, China [2014DFG32700]; Hong Kong Baptist University Strategic Development Fund [SDF15-0324-P02(b)]
第一作者单位:[1]Institute of Basic Research in Clinical Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China,[2]School of Life Sciences and Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China,
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通讯机构:[1]Institute of Basic Research in Clinical Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China,[3]Law Sau Fai Institute for Advancing Translational Medicine in Bone and Joint Diseases, School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong,
推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714):
Liu Xue,Shen Jiawen,Fan Danping,et al.Yupingfeng San Inhibits NLRP3 Inflammasome to Attenuate the Inflammatory Response in Asthma Mice[J].FRONTIERS in PHARMACOLOGY.2017,8:doi:10.3389/fphar.2017.00944.
APA:
Liu, Xue,Shen, Jiawen,Fan, Danping,Qiu, Xuemei,Guo, Qingqing...&He, Xiaojuan.(2017).Yupingfeng San Inhibits NLRP3 Inflammasome to Attenuate the Inflammatory Response in Asthma Mice.FRONTIERS in PHARMACOLOGY,8,
MLA:
Liu, Xue,et al."Yupingfeng San Inhibits NLRP3 Inflammasome to Attenuate the Inflammatory Response in Asthma Mice".FRONTIERS in PHARMACOLOGY 8.(2017)