Efficient Screen of Toxic Herbal Medicine in Zhuang Gu Guan Jie Pill Based on Zebrafish Model
10.11842/wst.2017.01.020
- VernacularTitle:基于斑马鱼模型筛选壮骨关节丸毒性药味高效筛选
- Author:
Ying CHEN
;
Mo WANG
;
Lijun JING
;
Ning ZHANG
;
Shuqin CHEN
;
Yingjie WEI
- Keywords:
Zhuang Gu Guan Jie pill;
zebrafish;
toxicity of herbal medicine;
hepatotoxicity
- From:
World Science and Technology-Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2017;19(1):133-141
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
This study aimed at efficiently screening out the toxic herbal medicines in Zhuang Gu Guan Jie pill (ZGGJ) based on the zebrafish model.Zebrafish embryos at 1 day post fertilization (dpf) were administered by ZGGJ and the water decoction (WD) and ethanol extract (EE) of 12 herbal drugs in it with various concentrations.The number of embryo deaths after the administration was recorded at 2-6 dpf and 2-8 dpf,respectively.Embryonic micro-morphology of zebrafish (3 dpf) was observed,LC50 value at 6 dpf was calculated by SPSS16.0.As a result,both the WD and EE of ZGGJ,fructus psoraleae,radix dipsaci,olibanum,myrrh,radix angelicae pubescentis and aucklandiae radix,and the EE of Caulis Spatholobo and Rhizoma Cibotii presented high organ toxicity to the juvenile zebrafish,featuring yolk sac swelling,deforming,blackening,indicating hepatotoxicity in the zebrafish.Their LC50 value at 6 dpf was from 33.2 μg·mL-1 to 392.7 μg·mL-1 (LD50 value was converted to crude drug.The same bellow.).The WD and EE of Epimedii Folium at 1,500 μg· mL-1 led to yolk sac swelling and blackening.The LC50 at 6 dpf varied at 1,100-1,350 μg·mL-1,showing a certain toxicity of Epimedii Folium.The WD of Caulis Spatholobo and Cibotii Rhizoma and both WD and EE of Rhizoma drynariae,taxilli herba and prepared rehmanniae radix didn' t change the toxicity to the organs in zebrafish.LC50 value were over 1,500 μg·mL-1,presenting favorable safety.In conclusion,it was demonstrated that the zebrafish model efficientlyidentified the toxicity of different herbal medicines from ZGGJ and efficiently screened out the potential toxicants in vivo with the advantages of real-time,dynamic and large scale for traditional Chinese medical compounds.
