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ArticleChinese medicine2022

Integrated metabolomics, network pharmacology and biological verification to reveal the mechanisms of Nauclea officinalis treatment of LPS-induced acute lung injury.

Han Xu, Sicong Xu, Liyan Li, Yuhuang Wu, Shiying Mai, Yiqiang Xie, Yinfeng Tan, Ailing Li, Fengming Xue, Xiaoning He and 1 more

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Article in Chinese medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Han XuKey Laboratory of Tropical Translational Medicine of Ministry of Education, Hainan Provincial Key Lab of R&D on Tropic Herbs, College of Pharmacy, Hainan Medical University, No. 3 Xueyuan Road, Hainan, 571199, Haikou, People's Republic of China.
Sicong XuCollege of Biomedical Information and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Tropical Translational Medicine of Ministry of Education, Hainan Medical University, No. 3 Xueyuan Road, Haikou, 571199, Hainan, People's Republic of China.
Liyan LiKey Laboratory of Tropical Translational Medicine of Ministry of Education, Hainan Provincial Key Lab of R&D on Tropic Herbs, College of Pharmacy, Hainan Medical University, No. 3 Xueyuan Road, Hainan, 571199, Haikou, People's Republic of China.
Yuhuang WuKey Laboratory of Tropical Translational Medicine of Ministry of Education, Hainan Provincial Key Lab of R&D on Tropic Herbs, College of Pharmacy, Hainan Medical University, No. 3 Xueyuan Road, Hainan, 571199, Haikou, People's Republic of China.
Shiying MaiKey Laboratory of Tropical Translational Medicine of Ministry of Education, Hainan Provincial Key Lab of R&D on Tropic Herbs, College of Pharmacy, Hainan Medical University, No. 3 Xueyuan Road, Hainan, 571199, Haikou, People's Republic of China.
Yiqiang XieCollege of Chinese Medicine, Hainan Medical University, No. 3 Xueyuan Road, Haikou, 571199, Hainan, People's Republic of China.
Yinfeng TanKey Laboratory of Tropical Translational Medicine of Ministry of Education, Hainan Provincial Key Lab of R&D on Tropic Herbs, College of Pharmacy, Hainan Medical University, No. 3 Xueyuan Road, Hainan, 571199, Haikou, People's Republic of China.
Ailing LiThe Second Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, 368 Yehai Av., Haikou, 571199, Hainan, People's Republic of China.
Fengming XueThe Second Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, 368 Yehai Av., Haikou, 571199, Hainan, People's Republic of China.
Xiaoning HeThe Second Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, 368 Yehai Av., Haikou, 571199, Hainan, People's Republic of China. hexiaoningvv@aliyun.com.
Yonghui LiKey Laboratory of Tropical Translational Medicine of Ministry of Education, Hainan Provincial Key Lab of R&D on Tropic Herbs, College of Pharmacy, Hainan Medical University, No. 3 Xueyuan Road, Hainan, 571199, Haikou, People's Republic of China. lyhssl@126.com.
Hainan Medical University · CN

Funding

Hainan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China 2019RC207Hainan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China 820RC768Innovative Research Project for postgraduates of Hainan Province Hys2020-367National Natural Science Foundation of China 82160826
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAcute lung injury (ALI) is a severe inflammatory disease, underscoring the urgent need for novel treatments. Nauclea officinalis Pierre ex Pitard (Danmu in Chinese, DM) is effective in treating inflammatory respiratory diseases. However, there is still no evidence of its protective effect against ALI.

methodsMetabolomics was applied to identify the potential biomarkers and pathways in ALI treated with DM. Further, network pharmacology was introduced to predict the key targets of DM against ALI. Then, the potential pathways and key targets were further verified by immunohistochemistry and western blot assays.

resultsDM significantly improved lung histopathological characteristics and inflammatory response in LPS-induced ALI. Metabolomics analysis showed that 16 and 19 differential metabolites were identified in plasma and lung tissue, respectively, and most of these metabolites tended to recover after DM treatment. Network pharmacology analysis revealed that the PI3K/Akt pathway may be the main signaling pathway of DM against ALI. The integrated analysis of metabolomics and network pharmacology identified 10 key genes. These genes are closely related to inflammatory response and cell apoptosis of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced ALI in mice. Furthermore, immunohistochemistry and western blot verified that DM could regulate inflammatory response and cell apoptosis by affecting the PI3K/Akt pathway, and expression changes in Bax and Bcl-2 were also triggered.

conclusionThis study first integrated metabolomics, network pharmacology and biological verification to investigate the potential mechanism of DM in treating ALI, which is related to the regulation of inflammatory response and cell apoptosis. And the integrated analysis can provide new strategies and ideas for the study of traditional Chinese medicines in the treatment of ALI.

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Acute lung injuryMechanismsMetabolomicsNauclea officinalisNetwork pharmacology

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PMID36434729
PMCPMC9700915
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