1.Traditional Chinese Medicine Treats Diabetic Nephropathy by Regulating PPARγ Signaling Pathway: A Review
Yue WU ; Jialin ZHONG ; Xiaoshuo HE ; Lin JIN ; Yunjiao YANG ; Qiu CHEN
Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae 2026;32(23):292-301
Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is one of the most common and serious microvascular complications of diabetes mellitus and represents a major cause of chronic kidney disease progression and end-stage kidney disease, thereby constituting a major public health problem that adversely affects the prognosis and quality of life of patients with diabetes mellitus. The pathogenesis and progression of DN are complex and involve multiple pathological processes, including insulin resistance, inflammation, oxidative stress, lipid deposition, podocyte injury, and renal fibrosis. Although current clinical therapies can delay the progression of DN to some extent, their effectiveness remains limited by marked interindividual variability in therapeutic response and the difficulty of fully reversing renal injury. Therefore, further elucidation of the key molecular mechanisms underlying DN and the exploration of effective therapeutic strategies are of considerable importance. In recent years, with advances in the understanding of DN pathogenesis, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ), an important nuclear receptor transcription factor involved in the regulation of insulin resistance, inflammation, oxidative stress, and fibrotic processes, has attracted increasing attention for its role in the development and progression of DN. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), characterized by multi-component, multi-target, and multi-pathway synergistic regulation, may ameliorate pathological processes including metabolic abnormalities, inflammation, oxidative stress, lipid deposition, and renal fibrosis in DN by targeting PPARγ and its associated signaling networks. This review systematically summarizes the mechanisms by which PPARγ and its related signaling pathways regulate DN and reviews recent advances in TCM interventions targeting the PPARγ signaling pathway in DN. Such TCM interventions encompass single herbs such as Coptidis Rhizoma, active constituents such as quercetin, astragaloside Ⅳ, and trigonelline, extracts of herbs such as Plantaginis Herba and Dendrobii Nobilis Caulis, and formulas such as Huangkui capsules, Shenshuaining granules, and Mudan granules. This review aims to provide a theoretical basis for the prevention and treatment of DN with TCM.
2.Investigation of the Mechanism of Osteoporosis Treated by Drynariae rhizoma Based on Network Pharmacology
Shi LIN ; Xiaoshuo WU ; Baihang CHEN ; Chao CHEN ; Yuhang WU ; Qishi ZHOU ; Caiyong HE
China Pharmacy 2019;30(10):1333-1338
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the mechanism of Drynariae rhizoma in the treatment of osteoporosis (OP). METHODS: The active compounds and targets of D. rhizoma were obtained by using Bioinformatics Analysis Tool for Molecular Mechanism of Traditional Chinese Medicine (BATMAN-TCM database). The targets of relevant compounds were also obtained by GeneCards database, and targets of D. rhizoma were obtained by the combination of the two. The disease targets corresponding to OP were obtained by using TTD, DrugBank, OMIM, GAD, PharmGKB and CTD database. The D. rhizoma-OP disease intersection targets were obtained after intersecting with the target of D. rhizoma. PPI network was constructed by STRING online database, analyzed by using Cytoscape 3.6.1 software to obtain key targets and showed by network visualization. Gene ontology(GO) analysis of drug-disease intersection target were conducted by DAVID online tools. KEGG pathway enrichment analysis was conducted by KOBAS online tools to screen the significant enrichment pathway (P<0.05). The key genes were screened by MCC algorithm. RESULTS: There were 7 active compounds of D. rhizoma 136 intersection targets of D. rhizoma-OP disease. GO analysis results showed that the biological function of intersection target mainly included chemical reaction, steroid metabolic process as well as cellular response to chemical stimulus and so on; cell composition mainly included extracellular space, extracellular area and cytoplasm;molecular functions included heme binding, tetrapyrrole binding and monooxygenase activity, etc. KEGG pathway enrichment showed that above targets were mainly related to bone metabolism, endocrinology, inflammation, tumor, apoptosis, etc. Thirty key genes (such as ALB, AKT1, JUN, etc., P≤1.96×10-9) were screened by MCC algorithm. CONCLUSIONS: The mechanism of action of D. rhizoma in the treatment of OP is in multi-target and multi-system manner. In addition to influencing the related pathways of bone metabolism, it can also affect various metabolic pathways in vivo.
3.Study on the mechanism of miRNA-129-5p in epithelial-mesenchymal transition of biliary atresia mouse
Jianyao WANG ; Bin WANG ; Zhouguang WU ; Xiaoshuo YE ; Zimin CHEN ; Qi FENG ; Dong LIU ; Jun YAO
Chongqing Medicine 2018;47(13):1723-1726
Objective To investigate the mechanism of miRNA-129-5p in epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT)of biliary atresia.Methods Constructed bile duct epithelial EMT cell model (the experimental group) induced by TGF-β1,detected the expressions of EMT related markers and miRNA-129-5p.While miRNA-129-5p precursor was transfected,the expressions of EMT related markers and extracellular matrix were contrasted between the original and the renovated biliary epithelial cells.Results In the experimental group,extrahepatic bile duct showedEMT,the expression of miRNA-129-5p was decreased (P<0.05),overexpression of miRNA-129-5p could inhibit the progression of EMT (P<0.05).Conclusion miRNA-129-5p may relate to EMT by regulating the expression of TGF-β1.

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