Study on the Correlation Between Traditional Chinese Medicine Syndrome Types and Serum NLRP3,Caspase-1 and IL-1β Levels in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
10.13359/j.cnki.gzxbtcm.2025.02.003
- VernacularTitle:系统性红斑狼疮患者中医证型与血清NLRP3、Caspase-1、IL-1β的关系研究
- Author:
Peipei CHEN
1
;
Xiao'ou ZHU
Author Information
1. 临海市中医院,浙江临海 317000
- Keywords:
systemic lupus erythematosus;
traditional Chinese medicine syndrome types;
NOD-like receptor thermal protein domain associated protein 3(NLRP3);
cysteine protease 1(Caspase-1);
interleukin 1β(IL-1β)
- From:
Journal of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2025;42(2):272-277
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To observe the levels of serum NOD-like receptor thermal protein domain associated protein 3(NLRP3),cysteine protease 1(Caspase-1),and interleukin 1β(IL-1β)in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus(SLE)and to explore their correlation with traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)syndrome types,thus to assess the significance of NLRP3,Caspase-1 and IL-1β in TCM syndrome differentiation.Methods A total of 110 cases of SLE patients who met the inclusion criteria and 30 cases of healthy physical examinee from Linhai Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine during October 2020 to March 2024 were enrolled into the study.The serum NLRP3,Caspase-1,IL-1β levels of the two groups were compared,and the correlation between serum NLRP3,Caspase-1,IL-1β levels and the Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Index(SLEDAI)scores was analyzed.Moreover,the distribution of the TCM syndrome types in 110 cases of SLE patients was investigated and then the correlation between TCM syndrome types and serum NLRP3,Caspase-1,and IL-1β levels in SLE patients was explored.Results(1)The serum NLRP3 and Caspase-1 levels of patients in SLE group were lower than those of healthy control group,and the serum IL-1β level was higher than that of healthy control group,and the differences were statistically significant(P<0.05).Spearman's correlation analysis showed that the SLEDAI score was negatively correlated with both of NLRP3 and Caspase-1(r=-0.854,-0.599,P<0.01),and SLEDAI score was positively correlated with IL-1β(r=0.584,P<0.01).(2)The TCM syndrome types in 110 cases of SLE patients ranking in descending order were as follows:excessive heat toxin syndrome(33.64%)>yang deficiency of spleen and kidney syndrome(25.45%)>internal heat due to yin deficiency syndrome(24.55%)>yin deficiency of liver and kidney syndrome(16.36%).(3)The serum NLRP3 and Caspase-1 levels were in ascending order while the serum IL-1β level was in descending order in SLE patients with the TCM syndrome types of excessive heat toxin syndrome,internal heat due to yin deficiency syndrome,yang deficiency of spleen and kidney syndrome,yin deficiency of liver and kidney syndrome,respectively.And the differences were all statistically significant(P<0.05).(4)The results of multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that serum NLRP3 and caspase-1 levels were negatively correlated with syndromes of yin deficiency of liver and kidney,yang deficiency of spleen and kidney,internal heat due to yin deficiency,and excessive heat toxin(P<0.05 or P<0.01),while serum IL-1β level was positively correlated with the above syndromes(P<0.05).Conclusion Serum NLRP3 and Caspase-1 levels in SLE patients are negatively correlated with the disease activity,and serum IL-1β level is positively correlated with the disease activity.There is a certain correlation between TCM syndrome types and NLRP3,Caspase-1 and IL-1β levels in SLE patients,indicating that NLRP3,Caspase-1 and IL-1β may be the potential biological indicators for TCM syndrome differentiation of SLE.
