OBJECTIVE: To predict the targets of Bufei Huoxue capsule( 补肺活血胶囊, BFHX) using network pharmacology analysis and to explore its effects and functional targets in a silicotic rat model. METHODS: The drug and dise...OBJECTIVE: To predict the targets of Bufei Huoxue capsule( 补肺活血胶囊, BFHX) using network pharmacology analysis and to explore its effects and functional targets in a silicotic rat model. METHODS: The drug and disease targets were correlated through network pharmacology analysis to explore the targets and signaling pathways of BFHX affecting silicosis. NR8383 cells were cultured to verify the core genes and pathways. A rat model of silicosis was established to verify whether the mechanism behind SiO2-caused pulmonary fibrosis was alleviated by BFHX(0.82 g/kg) and how it affected key targets and pathways. RESULTS: Overlapping BFHX and silicotic gene targets produced 159 interactive targets, and 55 were screened by network topology analysis. The results of gene ontology and Kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genomes enrichment analyses suggested that BFHX could affect silicosis through the nucleotide-like receptor containing pyrin domain 3(NLRP3) inflammasome. In NR8383 cells, the expression of core genes related to the NLRP3 inflammasome could be inhibited by BFHX treatment. BFHX reduced the degree of alveolitis and collagen deposition, attenuating pulmonary fibrosis in Si O2-induced rat model. Pulmonary macrophage pyroptosis after SiO2 exposure was observed under transmission electron microscopy. BFHX alleviated the morphological characteristics of pyroptosis. BFHX also reduced the expression of NLRP3, caspase-1, interleukin-1 beta(IL-1β), IL-18, IL-6, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha in lung tissues of silicotic rat model. BFHX affected the K ion content in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid when assessed by energy dispersive spectrometer testing. The expression of CD68+ and CD206+ were also reduced after BFHX intervention. CONCLUSION: NOD-like receptor signaling is vital for BFHX's effects on silicosis. It exerts anti-pulmonary fibrosis effects by inhibiting pulmonary macrophage pyroptosis and polarization through NLRP3 inflammasome activation.展开更多
Objective: To explore the therapeutic effect of Huoxue Tongmai capsule combined with edaravone right camphor on patients with acute cerebral infarction (Acute Cerebral Infarction) and the effect of combination therapy...Objective: To explore the therapeutic effect of Huoxue Tongmai capsule combined with edaravone right camphor on patients with acute cerebral infarction (Acute Cerebral Infarction) and the effect of combination therapy on serum inflammatory factors. Methods: In this study, 90 patients with acute cerebral infarction hospitalized in Zhuji People’s Hospital from December 2023 to December 2024 were selected and divided into two groups of 45 patients in each group. The control group used standard medical treatment, and the treatment group compared the changes of serum inflammatory factors IL-CRP, TNF-α, and Hcy with Huoxue Tongmai capsule for 7 days, 14 days and 30 days, and discussed the changes of the modified Rankin scale score (mRS) and National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score. Results: At 7 days, 14 days, and 30 days of treatment, the NIHSS score, mRS score, hs-CRP, IL-6, TNF-α, and Hcy levels were statistically significant (P α, and Hcy levels in the treatment group were significantly lower than those in the control group (P Conclusion: Patients with acute cerebral infarction received Huoxue Tongmai capsule combined with edaravone right camphor, which can reduce the inflammatory reaction, improve the nerve function and improve the prognosis.展开更多
基金Jiangsu Natural Science Foundation Youth Program:Regulation of Alveolar Macrophage Pyroptosis based on (Never in Mitosis Gene A)-Related Kinase 7/Nucleotide-like Receptor Containing Pyrin Domain 3 Inflammasome to Explore the Mechanism of Bufei Huoxue Capsule on Pulmonary Fibrosis in Silicosis (No. BK20220236)Key Research and Development Project of Xuzhou City:Evaluation of Pyroptosis Induced by Nucleotide-like Receptor Containing Pyrin Domain 3 Inflammasome Activation in Pneumoconiosis Patients by Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid Ion Assay Combined with High-Resolution Computed Tomography Quantitative Analysis (KC22212)Youth Medical Science and Technology Innovation Project of Xuzhou Municipal Health Commission and Development Fund of Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University:Study on the Regulation of Various Cytokines and the Effect of c-Jun Activation Domain-Binding Protein 1 on Immune Response in Lung Cancer (XWKYHT20210565, XYFY2020051)。
文摘OBJECTIVE: To predict the targets of Bufei Huoxue capsule( 补肺活血胶囊, BFHX) using network pharmacology analysis and to explore its effects and functional targets in a silicotic rat model. METHODS: The drug and disease targets were correlated through network pharmacology analysis to explore the targets and signaling pathways of BFHX affecting silicosis. NR8383 cells were cultured to verify the core genes and pathways. A rat model of silicosis was established to verify whether the mechanism behind SiO2-caused pulmonary fibrosis was alleviated by BFHX(0.82 g/kg) and how it affected key targets and pathways. RESULTS: Overlapping BFHX and silicotic gene targets produced 159 interactive targets, and 55 were screened by network topology analysis. The results of gene ontology and Kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genomes enrichment analyses suggested that BFHX could affect silicosis through the nucleotide-like receptor containing pyrin domain 3(NLRP3) inflammasome. In NR8383 cells, the expression of core genes related to the NLRP3 inflammasome could be inhibited by BFHX treatment. BFHX reduced the degree of alveolitis and collagen deposition, attenuating pulmonary fibrosis in Si O2-induced rat model. Pulmonary macrophage pyroptosis after SiO2 exposure was observed under transmission electron microscopy. BFHX alleviated the morphological characteristics of pyroptosis. BFHX also reduced the expression of NLRP3, caspase-1, interleukin-1 beta(IL-1β), IL-18, IL-6, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha in lung tissues of silicotic rat model. BFHX affected the K ion content in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid when assessed by energy dispersive spectrometer testing. The expression of CD68+ and CD206+ were also reduced after BFHX intervention. CONCLUSION: NOD-like receptor signaling is vital for BFHX's effects on silicosis. It exerts anti-pulmonary fibrosis effects by inhibiting pulmonary macrophage pyroptosis and polarization through NLRP3 inflammasome activation.
文摘Objective: To explore the therapeutic effect of Huoxue Tongmai capsule combined with edaravone right camphor on patients with acute cerebral infarction (Acute Cerebral Infarction) and the effect of combination therapy on serum inflammatory factors. Methods: In this study, 90 patients with acute cerebral infarction hospitalized in Zhuji People’s Hospital from December 2023 to December 2024 were selected and divided into two groups of 45 patients in each group. The control group used standard medical treatment, and the treatment group compared the changes of serum inflammatory factors IL-CRP, TNF-α, and Hcy with Huoxue Tongmai capsule for 7 days, 14 days and 30 days, and discussed the changes of the modified Rankin scale score (mRS) and National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score. Results: At 7 days, 14 days, and 30 days of treatment, the NIHSS score, mRS score, hs-CRP, IL-6, TNF-α, and Hcy levels were statistically significant (P α, and Hcy levels in the treatment group were significantly lower than those in the control group (P Conclusion: Patients with acute cerebral infarction received Huoxue Tongmai capsule combined with edaravone right camphor, which can reduce the inflammatory reaction, improve the nerve function and improve the prognosis.
