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ArticleCombinatorial chemistry & high throughput screening2025

Network Pharmacology Combined with Animal Models to Investigate the Mechanism of ChangPu YuJin Tang in the Treatment of Tourette Syndrome.

Man-Qi Lu, Zheng-Gang Shi, Jing Shang, Lei Gao, Wei-Jiao Gao, Lu Gao

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Man-Qi LuGansu University Of Chinese Medicine Clinical College of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, 730000, China.ORCID 0000-0002-7119-5621
Zheng-Gang ShiGansu University Of Chinese Medicine Clinical College of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, 730000, China.
Jing ShangGansu University Of Chinese Medicine Clinical College of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, 730000, China.
Lei GaoGansu University Of Chinese Medicine Clinical College of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, 730000, China.
Wei-Jiao GaoGansu University Of Chinese Medicine Clinical College of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, 730000, China.
Lu GaoShanxi University Of Chinese Medicine Third Clinical Medical College Pediatric Teaching and Research Department, Taiyuan 140100, China.

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Gansu Science and Technology Plan Project 20YF3FA041National Natural Science Foundation of China 81960886Shanxi Provincial Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine Project 2022ZYYC257Shanxi Provincial Department of Education Science and Technology Innovation Project 2022L357
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backgroundChangPu YuJin Tang (CPYJT) is a Chinese herbal formula that has been shown to be an effective therapeutic strategy for pediatric patients with Tourette Syndrome (TS). Using an integrated strategy of network pharmacology and animal model, the aim of this study was to investigate the mechanism of CPYJT in the treatment of TS.

methodsCompound libraries of CPYJT were established using databases, such as the Traditional Chinese Medicine Systems Pharmacology Database and Analysis Platform (TCMSP). The TCMSP database and Swiss Target Prediction database were used to predict the targets. The above results were constructed into a CPYJT-Drug-Component-Target network. Moreover, TS targets were predicted using GeneCards and other databases. The targets corresponding to the potential ingredients in CPYJT and the targets corresponding to TS were taken as the intersections to construct the CPYJT-TS network. The target network was analysed by PPI using the string database. GO and KEGG enrichment analyses were performed on the target network. The whole process was performed using Cytoscape 3.7.2 to make visual network diagrams of the results. CPYJT was characterised by Ultra-Performance Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry (UHPLC-MS). Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) was used to observe the structural changes of CPYJT on the neuronal cells of the IDPN model rats. RT-PCR and Western Blot were used to analyse the changes in the mRNA and protein expression levels of BDNF, TrkB, PI3K, and AKT in the cortex, striatum, and thalamus brain regions after CPYJT administration in IDPN model rats.

resultsNetwork pharmacology and UHPLC-MS studies revealed that CPYJT acted on the TS through multiple neurotransmitters and the BDNF/TrkB and PI3K/AKT signalling pathways. CPYJT ameliorated neurocellular structural damage in the cortex, striatum, and thalamus of TS model rats. Additionally, CPYJT up-regulated the levels of BDNF, TrkB, PI3k, and AKT in the cortex, striatum, and thalamus of TS model rats.

conclusionIt was found that CPYJT protected neuronal cells from structural damage in multiple brain regions and affected the expression levels of BDNF, TrkB, PI3K, and Akt in the cortex, striatum, and thalamus during TS treatment.

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Drugs, Chinese HerbalNetwork PharmacologyTourette SyndromeAnimalsBrain-Derived Neurotrophic FactorDisease Models, AnimalHumansMaleRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyBrain-Derived Neurotrophic FactorDrugs, Chinese HerbalBDNF signaling pathway.Chang Pu Yu Jin Tangcompound prescription of Chinese medicinenetwork pharmacologyTourette syndrome

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PMID38706359
PMCPMC11826910

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