Wang Xiong, Guo Run-Zhu, Ma Li, Ding Qiao-Yan, Meng Jun-Hua, Chen Yong-Gang, Wu Jin-Hu
Department of Pharmacy, Tongren Hospital Affiliated to Wuhan University (The Third Hospital of Wuhan), Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Department of Pharmacy, Wuhan Asia Heart Hospital, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2020 Apr 23;2020:3107290. doi: 10.1155/2020/3107290. eCollection 2020.
Prolactinomas are harmful to human health, and the clinical first-line treatment drug is bromocriptine. However, 20% prolactinomas patients did not respond to bromocriptine. Hordenine is an alkaloid separated from Fructus Hordei Germinatus, which showed significant antihyperprolactinemia activity in rats. The aim of this study was to explore the effect and mechanism of hordenine on prolactinomas in rats. The study used estradiol to induce prolactinomas, which caused the activation of the pituitary mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway in rats significantly. The treatment of hordenine restored estradiol, induced the overgrowth of pituitary gland, and reduced the prolactin (PRL) accumulation in the serum and pituitary gland of rats by blocking the MAPK (p38, ERK1/2, and JNK) activation and production of inflammatory cytokines, tumor necrosis factor- (TNF-), interleukin-1 (IL-1), and interleukin-6 (IL-6). The antiprolactinoma effect of hordenine was mediated by inhibiting the MAPK signaling pathway activation in rats.
催乳素瘤对人体健康有害,临床一线治疗药物是溴隐亭。然而,20%的催乳素瘤患者对溴隐亭没有反应。去甲乌药碱是从发芽的大麦中分离出的一种生物碱,在大鼠中显示出显著的抗高催乳素血症活性。本研究的目的是探讨去甲乌药碱对大鼠催乳素瘤的作用及机制。该研究使用雌二醇诱导催乳素瘤,这显著激活了大鼠垂体丝裂原活化蛋白激酶(MAPK)途径。去甲乌药碱治疗可恢复雌二醇水平,诱导垂体过度生长,并通过阻断MAPK(p38、ERK1/2和JNK)激活以及炎性细胞因子、肿瘤坏死因子-(TNF-)、白细胞介素-1(IL-1)和白细胞介素-6(IL-6)的产生,降低大鼠血清和垂体中催乳素(PRL)的积累。去甲乌药碱的抗催乳素瘤作用是通过抑制大鼠MAPK信号通路的激活介导的。