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Yin-chen Wu-ling powder alleviate cholestatic liver disease: Network pharmacological analysis and experimental validation

  • Gene. 2022 Oct 26;851:146973. doi: 10.1016/j.gene.2022.146973.
Li-Ping You 1,  Kai-Xia Wang 2,  Jia-Cheng Lin 3,  Xiao-Yu Ren 4,  Yu Wei 4,  Wen-Xuan Li 1,  Yue-Qiu Gao 5,  Xiao-Ni Kong 6,  Xue-Hua Sun 7
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 Department of Liver Diseases, ShuGuang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Chinese Traditional Medicine, Shanghai, China; Central Laboratory, ShuGuang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Chinese Traditional Medicine, Shanghai, China.
  • 2 Department of Liver Diseases, ShuGuang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Chinese Traditional Medicine, Shanghai, China.
  • 3 Central Laboratory, ShuGuang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Chinese Traditional Medicine, Shanghai, China.
  • 4 Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute Pasteur of Shanghai, Shanghai, China.
  • 5 Department of Liver Diseases, ShuGuang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Chinese Traditional Medicine, Shanghai, China. Electronic address: gaoyueqiu@hotmail.com.
  • 6 Central Laboratory, ShuGuang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Chinese Traditional Medicine, Shanghai, China. Electronic address: xiaoni-kong@126.com.
  • 7 Department of Liver Diseases, ShuGuang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Chinese Traditional Medicine, Shanghai, China. Electronic address: susan_sxh@sina.com.
PMID: 36306943 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2022.146973
Abstract

Background: Yin-chen Wu-ling Powder (YWP) has potential therapeutic effects on cholestatic liver disease (CLD), however, its active compounds and conceivable mechanism are as yet indistinct.

Methods: The network pharmacology and gene function annotation examined the multiple active ingredients, potential targets, and possible mechanisms of YWP in CLD treatment. Then the molecular docking reassured the reliability of the core compounds including the key genes and farnesoid X receptor (FXR). Finally, The Mdr2-/- mice were used to test the effect and mechanism of YWP against CLD.

Results: The network analysis identified nine main active ingredients, including quercetin, capillarisin, eupalitin, isorhamnetin, skrofulein, genkwanin, cerevisterol, gederagenin, and sitosterol. The PPI network predicted the ten hub genes involved were Akt1, MAPK1, MAPK14, IL6, RXRA, ESR1, IL10, NCOA1, CAV1, and EGFR. The KEGG and GO analysis showed that YWP might contribute to CLD treatment through the PI3K/Akt and MAKP signalings to manage pathological reactions, for instance, inflammatory responses. The molecular docking displayed a functional similarity among the core compounds with ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) and Obeticholic acid (OCA) on the effects on Akt1, MAPK1, MAPK14, RXRA, and ESR, and the affinity to FXR. In addition, the YWP could significantly attenuate hepatic injury and improve inflammatory response in Mdr2-/- mice. The mechanism exploration showed that YWP mainly decreased inflammatory response by inhibiting Akt/P38MAPK signaling.

Conclusion: This study firstly revealed the multiple active ingredients, potential targets, and possible mechanism of YWP to treat CLD based on network pharmacology Analysis and molecular docking. YWP could alleviate cholestasis in Mdr2-/- mice by impairing inflammation via inhibiting Akt/P38MAPK Signaling.

Keywords

AKT; Cholestatic liver disease; Traditional Chinese medicine; Yin-chen Wu-ling Powder; p38MAPK.

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