Mechanism of Huangqi Guizhi Wuwu Decoction in treatment of rheumatoid arthritis based on UPLC-LTQ-Orbitrap-MS, network pharmacology, and cell experiment.
10.19540/j.cnki.cjcmm.20210902.703
- Author:
Wen-Wen LU
1
;
Yi-Jing QIU
2
;
Xiao-Fen FAN
1
;
Guo-You YU
1
;
Guo-Lin WU
1
Author Information
1. Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310003, China.
2. Hangzhou Institute for Food and Drug Control Hangzhou 310022, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Huangqi Guizhi Wuwu Decoction;
UPLC-LTQ-Orbitrap-MS;
mechanism;
network pharmacology;
rheumatoid arthritis
- MeSH:
Arthritis, Rheumatoid/genetics*;
Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid;
Drugs, Chinese Herbal/pharmacology*;
Humans;
Network Pharmacology;
Synoviocytes
- From:
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica
2021;46(24):6454-6464
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
In this study, ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-linear ion trap/electrostatic field orbit trap combined-type mass spectrometry(UPLC-LTQ-Orbitrap-MS) was used to analyze the main active components of Huangqi Guizhi Wuwu Decoction(HQGZ). A total of 50 active components were identified from HQGZ and 108 potential targets of the components related to the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis were retrieved based on network pharmacology, including 87 key targets, followed by Gene Ontology(GO) term enrichment and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes(KEGG) pathway enrichment of the targets. The result indicated that HQGZ may exert therapeutic effects mainly through the sphingolipid signaling pathway, tumor necrosis factor(TNF) signaling pathway, as well as the positive regulation of ribonucleic acid(RNA) polymerase Ⅱ promoter transcription, inflammatory response and other biological processes. At the same time, cell experiment was performed to verify the key proteins in the TNF signaling pathway. The results demonstrated that HQGZ significantly reduced the expression of caspase-3(CASP3), TNF, relaxed(RELA) protein, and IkappaB kinase beta(IKBKB) in fibroblast-like synoviocytes induced by TNF-α. The results of UPLC-LTQ-Orbitrap-MS, network pharmacology and cell experiment showed that the active components in HQGZ may inhibit inflammatory response and regulate immune function and cell apoptosis by modulating key proteins in TNF signaling pathway to treat rheumatoid arthritis.
