Effect of Guben Yanling pills in antagonising liver aging in mice through NF-κB signaling pathway and its mechanism
10.12360/CPB202310054
- VernacularTitle:固本延龄丸通过NF-κB信号通路拮抗小鼠肝衰老作用及其机制研究
- Author:
Yi HUA
1
;
Yu-Chun ZHOU
;
Rong-Chun SUI
;
Xian-Qing DENG
;
Song-Yang LIN
;
Guang-Bin LE
;
Yun XIAO
;
Ming-Xia SONG
Author Information
1. 井冈山大学医学部,江西吉安 343009
- Keywords:
Guben Yanling pills;
aging;
liver;
D-ga-lactose;
inflammatory factor;
NF-κB signal pathway
- From:
Chinese Pharmacological Bulletin
2024;40(7):1367-1374
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Aim To study the effect of Guben Yanling pills on liver aging in aging mice and the related mech-anism.Methods The mice were randomly divided in-to blank control group,model group,vitamin E group(0.1 g·kg-1)and low,medium and high dose groups(0.59,1.17,2.34 g·kg-1)of Guben Yan-ling pills.The aging mouse model was established by subcutaneous injection of D-galactose(150 mg·kg-1)into the back of neck.At the same time of mod-eling,the corresponding drugs were given by gavage once a day for six weeks.The main organ indexes were calculated.HE staining was used to observe the mor-phology of liver tissue.Colorimetry was used to detect the activity of β-galactosidase in liver.ELISA was used to detect the content of TNF-α,IL-1 β,IL-6,IL-4,IL-10.Western blot was used to detect the protein relative expression level of IKKβ,Iκ Bα,NF-κB p65.Immunofluorescence was used to detect the expression level of NF-κB p65.Results Compared with the blank control group,the organ index of the brain,liv-er,kidney,spleen,and thymus in the model group decreased(P<0.05,P<0.01),the activity of β-galactosidase increased(P<0.01),liver tissue mor-phology and structure were significantly damaged,the content of TNF-α,IL-1 β and IL-6 increased(P<0.01),the content of IL-4 and IL-10 decreased(P<0.01),the levels of IKKβ,NF-κB p65 in-creased(P<0.01),the levels of IKBα decreased(P<0.01),and the levels of NF-κB p65 in nucleus increased(P<0.01).Compared with the model group,the organ indexes of brain,liver,kidney,spleen,and thymus in each dose group of Guben Yan-ling pills increased(P<0.05,P<0.01),the activity of β-galactosidase decreased(P<0.01),the morpho-logical and structural damage of liver tissue was signifi-cantly improved,the content of TNF-α,IL-1 β and IL-6 decreased(P<0.01),the content of IL-4 and IL-10 increased(P<0.01),the levels of IKKβ,NF-κB p65 decreased(P<0.01),the levels of IκBα in-creased(P<0.01),and the levels of NF-κB p65 in nucleus decreased(P<0.01).Conclusions Guben Yanling pills can antagonize liver aging in mice,and its mechanism may be related to inhibiting the activa-tion of NF-κB signaling pathway in liver,downregulat-ing downstream pro-inflammatory factor levels,upregu-lating anti-inflammatory factor levels,and alleviating inflammation in liver.