Drynariae Rhizoma is warm in nature and bitter in taste, mainly acting on liver and kidney systems. It is a common Chinese herbal medicine for the treatment of fracture and bone injury. The chemical compositions of Drynariae Rhizoma mainly include flavonoids, triterpenoids, phenylpropanoids and lignans. At present, modern pharmacological and clinical studies have shown that Drynariae Rhizoma has the effects of anti osteoporosis, promoting fracture healing, kidney protection, anti-inflammatory, promoting tooth growth, preventing and treating aminoglycoside ototoxicity and lowering blood lipid. In addition, the toxicity evaluation experiment of Drynariae Rhizoma has also shown that it has no obvious toxic and side effects. Naringin is a kind of dihydroflavone in Drynariae Rhizoma. Many studies have shown that naringin and other total flavonoids play an important role in anti-osteoporosis, promoting fracture healing, anti-inflammation, promoting tooth growth and lowering blood lipid. In this study, the research progresses on chemical consti-tuents and pharmacological activities of Drynariae Rhizoma in recent years were reviewed, and some mechanisms of action were summarized, to provide references for the further research and development of Drynariae Rhizoma.
Drugs, Chinese Herbal/pharmacology* ; Flavonoids ; Humans ; Osteoporosis/drug therapy* ; Polypodiaceae ; Rhizome

This study intended to explore the effect and mechanism of total flavonoids of Drynariae Rhizoma in improving scopola-mine-induced learning and memory impairments in model mice. Ninety four-month-old Kunming(KM) mice were randomly divided into six groups. The ones in the model group and blank group were treated with intragastric administration of normal saline, while those in the medication groups separately received the total flavonoids of Drynariae Rhizoma, Kangnaoshuai Capsules, donepezil, as well as total flavonoids of Rhizoma Drynariae plus estrogen receptor(ER) blocker by gavage. The mouse model of learning and memory impairments was established via intraperitoneal injection of scopolamine. Following the measurement of mouse learning and memory abilities in Morris water maze test, the hippocampal ERβ expression was detected by immunohistochemistry, and the expression levels of ERβ and phosphorylated p38(p-p38) in the hippocampus and B-cell lymphoma 2(Bcl-2), Bcl-2-associated death promoter(Bad), and cysteinyl aspartate-specific protease-3(caspase-3) in the apoptotic system were assayed by Western blot. The contents of malondia-ldehyde(MDA), superoxide dismutase(SOD), and nitric oxide(NO) in the hippocampus were then determined using corresponding kits. Compared with the control group, the model group exhibited significantly prolonged incubation period, reduced frequency of cros-sing the platform, shortened residence time in the target quadrant, lowered ERβ, Bcl-2 and SOD activity in the hippocampus, and increased p-p38/p38, Bad, caspase-3, MDA, and NO. Compared with the model group, the total flavonoids of Rhizoma Drynariae increased the expression of ERβ and SOD in the hippocampus, down-regulated the expression of neuronal pro-apoptotic proteins, up-re-gulated the expression of anti-apoptotic proteins, and reduced p-p38/p38, MDA, and NO. The effects of total flavonoids of Drynariae Rhizoma on the above indexes were reversed by ER blocker. It has been proved that the total flavonoids of Drynariae Rhizoma obviously alleviate scopolamine-induced learning and memory impairments in mice, which may be achieved by regulating the neuronal apoptotic system and oxidative stress via the ER-p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase(ER-p38 MAPK) signaling pathway.
Animals ; Flavonoids ; Hippocampus ; Maze Learning ; Mice ; Polypodiaceae ; Receptors, Estrogen ; Scopolamine/toxicity* ; Signal Transduction ; p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/genetics*

Drynariae Rhizoma has great significance in the clinical practice of osteoporosis treatment. Based on the perspective of integrative pharmacology, the study explored the mechanism of action of Drynariae Rhizoma in the treatment of osteoporosis. Six active components in Drynariae Rhizoma were obtained, mainly including glycosides and sterols. Taking the median of 2 times of "node connectivity" as the card value, the core node of the Chinese medicine target disease gene interaction network was selected. Based on this, three topological structural eigenvalues, such as "node connectivity" "node tightness" and "node connectivity" were calculated, thereby screening out four core targets of Drynariae Rhizoma treatment for osteoporosis, including thyroid parathyroid hormone 1 receptor (PTH1R), parathyroid hormone 2 receptor (PTH2R), calcitonin receptor gene (CALCR), and SPTBN1 gene (SPTBN1). Based on the gene ontology database GO and KEGG pathway database, the molecular function, intracellular localization, and biological reactions and pathways of proteins encoded by drug target genes were determined. Combined with enrichment calculation, it is predicted that osteoporosis may play a role in biosynthetic processes, such as circulatory system, nervous system, energy metabolism, prolactin signal pathway, GnRH signaling pathway, neurotrophic factor signaling pathway and other pathway. The conclusion of this study is certain with the existing research results, and the new target and new pathway could also be used as a theoretical basis for the further verification of osteoporosis.
Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; pharmacology ; Humans ; Osteoporosis ; drug therapy ; Polypodiaceae ; chemistry ; Receptor, Parathyroid Hormone, Type 1 ; metabolism ; Receptor, Parathyroid Hormone, Type 2 ; metabolism ; Receptors, Calcitonin ; metabolism ; Rhizome ; chemistry ; Spectrin ; metabolism

Flavonoid naringin is widely distributed in various types of plants and is an important component of herbal Drynaria. In previous studies, Drynaria has been demonstrated to have inhibitory effects on inflammatory responses and bone destruction and exert anabolic effects on bone, has been widely used in the clinical treatment. Naringin, was in the stage of experimental yet. The experimental results have confirmed that naringin suppressed inflammation including arthritis by lowering the expression of inflammatory cytokines, and the mechanism can be explained as reducing the expression of NF-κB. Naringin has been shown to increase osteoblast proliferation by increasing the expression of BMP-2, inhibit osteoclast activity by reducing the expression of RANKL. In animal experimental, naringin was useful for osteoporosis, and the mechanisms are in-depth studies. Research in the field of traditional Chinese medicine and orthopedics, naringin as a explicit material structure in the components of Drynaria, has been concerned about the experimental studies, it is not only prosperity the development of traditional Chinese medicine research,but also ready for clinical studies anti-inflammatory and bone effects of naringin in the future.
Animals ; Anti-Inflammatory Agents ; pharmacology ; Bone and Bones ; drug effects ; Flavanones ; pharmacology ; Humans ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; Osteoblasts ; drug effects ; Osteoclasts ; drug effects ; Osteoporosis ; drug therapy ; Polypodiaceae ; chemistry

OBJECTIVETo observe the effect of naringin of Drynaria Rhizome, a Chinese medical component of Zhuanggu Jianxi Recipe (ZJR) containing serum on caveolin-p38MAPK signal factors (such as caveolin-1, p-p38, p-ATF-2, IL-1β, and TNF-α) in IL-1β induced rabbit degenerated chondrocytes, and further to explore its mechanism for protecting articular cartilages.

METHODSNaringin of Drynaria Rhizome was obtained and analyzed by HPLC-TOF/MS. Four weeks old New Zealand rabbits were killed and their bilateral knee joints were isolated aseptically. CDs were isolated and then cultured in vitro. The second generation of CDs were used for later experiment. The effect of naringin on CDs proliferation was detected by MTT assay. The effect of naringin on the expression of IL-1β-induced collagen II in CDs was detected by immunohistochemical method. The effect of naringin on caveolin-1, p-p38, and p-ATF-2 protein in IL-1β-induced CDs was detected by Western blot. The effect of naringin on mRNA expression of IL-1β and TNF-α in IL-1β-induced CDs was detected by RT-PCR.

RESULTSThe appearance time of naringin in flow graphs of naringin standard solution and ZJR containing serum was 23.5 min, and the molecular weight ranged between 581.0 and 581.5 m/z. Naringin could promote the proliferation of CDs, and inhibit the effect of IL-1β on collagen II in CDs. Compared with the model group, naringin could reduce the expression of caveolin-1, p-p38, p-ATF-2, IL-1β, and TNF-α in IL-1β induced CDs (P < 0.05), which was approximate to the level of the normal group.

CONCLUSIONSNaringin could not only promote the proliferation of CDs, but also protect IL-1β-induced CDs. Its mechanism might be associated with decreasing the expression of caveolin-1, p-p38, and p-ATF-2 proteins, inhibiting caveolin-p38MAPK signal pathway, and further reducing mRNA expression of IL-1β and TNF-α in the downstream of caveolin-p38MAPK signal pathway.

Animals ; Blotting, Western ; Cartilage, Articular ; Caveolins ; Chondrocytes ; metabolism ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; pharmacology ; Flavanones ; pharmacology ; Interleukin-1beta ; metabolism ; Polypodiaceae ; Rabbits ; Rhizome ; Signal Transduction ; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha ; metabolism ; p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases ; metabolism

By repeated column chromatography, including silica gel, macroporous resin, and preparative HPLC, a new compound (1) was isolated and purified. On the basis of spectroscopic methods, the structure of 1 was elucidated as ( - ) -epiafzelechin-3, 5-di-O-beta-D-apiofuranoside (1). In the bioassay screening experiments, glucose consumption assays in IR HepG2 cells and colorimetric assay of surface GLUT4myc translocation were used to assess the effects on glucose metabolism of compound 1. Both compound 1 and its derivatives--naringin could improve glucose consumption in IR HepG2 cells and enhance GLUT4 translocation in skeletal muscle cell L6myc in a dose-dependent manner, indicating that these two compouds showed potential anti-diabetic activities in vitro.
Catechin ; analogs & derivatives ; pharmacology ; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug ; Glucose ; metabolism ; Glucose Transporter Type 4 ; metabolism ; Glycosides ; pharmacology ; Hep G2 Cells ; Humans ; Hypoglycemic Agents ; pharmacology ; Polypodiaceae ; chemistry ; Protein Transport ; drug effects

OBJECTIVEThrough establishing the rat model of CIA to evaluate the effect and mechanism of Rhizoma Drynariae Flavone on bone destruction of CIA rat.

METHODSSubcutaneous injection of bovine type II collagen was used to induce Wistar rats to fall ill, and then established the rat model of CIA. The rats whose inflammation scores reached to two points or above were randomly divided into four groups, and were treated accordingly. The effect of Rhizoma Drynariae Flavone on bone destruction was evaluated.

RESULTSAt 12 weeks after treatment, bone trabecular area percentage and bone trabecular number in Rhizoma Drynariae Flavone group, Rhizoma Drynariae Flavone-1/2 Etanercept group, Etanercept group was obviously higher than that of sterilization water group (P < 0.05); and the trabecular resolving power of these groups was obviously less than that of sterilization water group (P < 0.05).

CONCLUSIONRhizoma Drynariae Flavone can obviously inhibit inflammation of joint bone destruction of CIA rats,the effect may be related with bone trabecular number reduction and trabecular resolving power increasing.

Animals ; Arthritis, Experimental ; drug therapy ; pathology ; Bone and Bones ; pathology ; Female ; Flavones ; therapeutic use ; Polypodiaceae ; chemistry ; Rats ; Rats, Wistar

OBJECTIVETo evaluate the effect of covariates on the pharmacokinetic profiles of naringin in the total flavonoids of Drynaria fortunei (Kunze) J. Sm. in the Qianggu Capsule () by evaluating Chinese women with primary osteoporosis.

METHODSA total of 98 female patients from the communities of Jingshan, Beixinqiao, Jiaodaokou, Chaoyangmen, and Donghuamen in Beijing, China, aged 40 to 80 years, were included in this study. Blood samples were collected before and 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, and 24 h after a single oral dose of Qianggu Capsule. The concentration in blood samples from 32 patients before and 0.5, 1, 2, 3, and 4 h after drug administration were determined by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method, and full set of pharmacokinetic data was analyzed with nonlinear mixed-effect modeling (NONMEM) software. The mean of population parameters clearance (C1), central distribution volume (V), absorption rate constant (Ka1), inter-compartmental clearance (C2), peripheral distribution volume (V2) were set as parameters and estimated through base model, covariate model, and final model. Age, height, weight, blood urea nitrogen (BUN), serum creatinine (Scr), alanine transaminase (ALT), aspartate transaminase (AST), hyperlipidemia, Liver (Gan) Kidney (Shen) yin insufficiency (GSYI), Kidney (Shen) yang insufficiency (SYI) were set as covariates.

RESULTSThe relationships between these parameters and covariates were analyzed. The results showed that C1 was the main parameter influenced by the selected covariates among the population parameters, and the relationships between the covariates and C1 were analyzed, among the selected covariates hyperlipidemia was identified as significant covariate of C1.

CONCLUSIONThe pharmacokinetic behaviors of naringin are altered with hyperlipidemia in Chinese women with primary osteoporosis.

Adult ; Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; China ; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid ; Female ; Flavanones ; analysis ; pharmacokinetics ; Flavonoids ; chemistry ; Humans ; Middle Aged ; Osteoporosis ; metabolism ; Polypodiaceae ; chemistry ; Tandem Mass Spectrometry

OBJECTIVETo provide practical method for microscopic authentication of traditional Chinese medicine Gusuibu and its adulterants.

METHODBy means of light microscope, scanning electron microscopy and tissue section techniques, the morphology, the size of the rhizome scales and their bearing position in the original plants of Gusuibu and its adulterants, i. e. Drynaria roosii, D. delavayi, D. quercifolia and Pseudodrynaria coronans were analyzed.

RESULTThere were significant differences between scales length of D. roosii, D. delavayi and P. coronans, while there was no significant difference between that of D. roosii and D. quercifolia. The scale teeth of D. delavayi were usually curved, bifid and uneven distributed at the scale fringe, which was different from that of the other three species. The base of the scales sinks in epidermis in D. roosii, D. quercifolia, and P. coronans, while it bore at the raised part of epidermis in D. delavayi.

CONCLUSION[corrected] Morphology, size and bearing position of the rhizome scales have significant differences in the several species. Therefore, these characteristics can be applied to the identification of Gusuibu and its adulterants.

Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; methods ; Microscopy ; Microscopy, Electron, Scanning ; Polypodiaceae ; anatomy & histology ; classification ; Rhizome ; anatomy & histology ; classification

OBJECTIVETo evaluate influence of assemble flavone of rhizome drynaria (AFDR) on the value of the blood serum alkalinity phosphatase (ALP), calcium (Ca), phosphorus (P), creatinine (Cr) and glutamic-pyruvic transaminase (GPT) in rats model with skull defects.

METHODSSixty SD male rats with age of 6-month were feeded for a week and then were randomly divided into control group and AFDR group, with 30 rats in each group. Left and right skull of rats were perforated with electromotive drill and the model of skull defects was made. Injectable bone regeneration vomposite (IBRC) was implanted right skull defects. The rats of control group and AFDR group were respectively lavaged with AFDR and deionized water at the first day after operation. The rats were respectively killed at the 2nd,4th and 8th week and the blood serum ALP, Ca, P, Cr, GPT were detected and analyzed by statistics.

RESULTSAt the 2nd week after operation, blood serum ALP in AFDR group was higher than that of control group. At the 4th week after operation, blood serum Ca, P, and calcium-phosphorus product in AFDR group was higher than that of control group; there was no significant difference in GPT between two groups. At the 8th week after operation, blood serum Cr in AFDR group was lower than that of control group.

CONCLUSIONWhen AFDR is used in the repairing of bone defect for 2-4 weeks, it may affect the level of ALP, Ca, P, and without toxicity to liver and kindey.

Alkaline Phosphatase ; blood ; Animals ; Calcium ; blood ; Flavones ; pharmacology ; Male ; Phosphorus ; blood ; Polypodiaceae ; chemistry ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Skull ; injuries ; surgery