1.Study on mechanism of Tibetan medicine Zuomua Decoction in treatment of hypertension based on network pharmacology and molecular docking technology.
Ba-Jia GONG ; Yue REN ; Ma JING ; Sang GENG ; Jie-Ren-Qing DUO ; Li GONG-YU ; Ni MA-CI-REN ; Yan-Ling ZHANG
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica 2020;45(22):5383-5392
Hypertension is a kind of chronic cardiovascular system disease caused by a series of factors and carriers dysfunction, which belongs to the category of Tibetan medicine "Chalong disease", and has a high rate of disability and mortality. Zuomua Decoction is a classical Tibetan medicine for Chalong disease, but its mechanism is not clear. Therefore, in this paper we explored the multi-components, multi-targets and multi-channels mechanism of Zuomua Decoction in the treatment of hypertension based on network pharmacology and molecular docking technology. First of all, the chemical components of Zuomua Decoction were obtained in the retrieval of traditional Chinese medicine systems pharmacology database(TCMSP), China National Knowledge Infrastructure(CNKI) and Wanfang database. The potential targets of Zuomua Decoction were predicted by BATMAN-TCM database, and the targets of hypertension were obtained by using DisGeNET database. The intersection of these two targets set was taken to obtain the potential targets of Zuomua Decoction in the treatment of hypertension, and then the chemical compositions-targets network was constructed. Secondly, the intersection targets were imported into STRING database to obtain the interaction relationship of intersection targets, and the protein interaction network of Zuomua Decoction in the treatment of hypertension was constructed in Cytoscape. Topological, GO, and KEGG enrichment analysis were used to construct the key targets-signal pathways-biological processes network diagram and explore the mechanism of Zuomua Decoction in the treatment of hypertension. Finally, the key targets were selected to construct the pharmacodynamic identification models to verify the effect mode of Zomua Decoction in treating hypertension. The results showed that there were 61 chemical components and 90 potential targets in the compounds-targets network. We obtained 21 key targets, 154 signal pathways, and 382 biological processes in topological, GO, and KEGG enrichment analysis of the protein interaction network, and in the comprehensive analysis, it was found that Zuomua Decoction could reduce blood pressure by regulating renin angiotension aldosterone system, balancing the concentration of intracellular calcium and sodium ions and regulating vasoconstriction and relaxation. ACE, AGTR1, and ADRB2 were used as the carriers for molecular docking study on the components of Zuoma Decoction, and the results showed that the chemical components of Zuomua Decoction had a good binding activity with key targets. The purpose of this study is to provide ideas for the in-depth study of Zuoma Decoction in the treatment of hypertension, and provide scientific basis for its clinical rational application.
Antihypertensive Agents
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China
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Drugs, Chinese Herbal
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Humans
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Hypertension/drug therapy*
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Medicine, Tibetan Traditional
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Molecular Docking Simulation
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Technology
2.Nutritional Status of Children Aged 3 to 7 Years in Zhag′yab, Tibet
Lei GUO ; Ben-yu TANG ; Xin SHI ; NI-MA ; Ji-zong CI-REN ; Juan ZHANG ; Shun-ye ZHU
Journal of Sun Yat-sen University(Medical Sciences) 2023;44(5):854-862
ObjectiveTo understand the physical development level of 3-7 years old children in Zhag′yab, and to provide reference for local health decision-making. MethodsA cross-sectional study was conducted between June 2021 and July 2021, with a sample of 1 247 Tibetan children aged 3-7 years from kindergartens in 13 districts of Zhag′yab. Their height and weight were measured and the hemoglobin was detected by a unified method. Standard statistical method was adopted (Z-score method). Z-scores of length /height-for-age (HAZ), Z-scores of weight-for-age (WAZ), Z-scores of body mass index (BMI)-for-age (BAZ) and Z-scores of weight-for-height (WHZ) were calculated by WHO Anthro v3.2.2 and WHO Anthro Plus. The nutritional status of children was evaluated according to WHO diagnostic criteria for malnutrition and anemia. ResultsThe average WAZ and HAZ of children aged 3 to 7 in Zhag′yab were lower than the WHO standards,except for the WAZ of 4-year old, the differences were statistically significant (P<0.05). The overall detection rate of malnutrition was 25.7%, stunting, underweight, wasting, overweight, obesity and anemia were 11.6%, 11.8%, 10.8%, 3.3%, 1.8% and 29.3%, respectively. The detection rates of all indicators in boys were higher than those in girls, and the differences were not statistically significant (P>0.05). The overweight rate and obesity rate of rural children were lower than those of urban children, and the other detection rates were higher than those of urban children. The differences of underweight rate, obesity rate and anemia rate were statistically significant between urban and rural children (P<0.05). Among the detection rates of all indicators in different age groups, there were statistically significant differences in the overweight rate and the anemia rate (P<0.05). The overweight rate of children aged 4 and the anemia rate of children aged 5 were the highest. ConclusionsThe physical development of children aged 3 to 7 in Zhag′yab is poor, and the prevalence of malnutrition and anemia is high. Underweight and anemia are more serious in rural children, and the overweight and obesity problem of urban children is emerging. More attention should be paid to promote their nutritional status. The prevention and intervention of children’s malnutrition should be strengthened in Zhag′yab.