Guo Mingxin, Zeng Jiaqi, Li Jing, Jiang Luyao, Wu Xia, Ren Zhanyun, Hu Zhiqiang
The Affiliated Yixing Hospital of Jiangsu University, Yixing 214200, China.
Zibo Central Hospital, Zibo 255000, China.
ACS Omega. 2024 Jun 18;9(26):28926-28936. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.4c03641. eCollection 2024 Jul 2.
Danggui Jixueteng decoction (DJD) has been used to treat anemia for many years and has been shown to be effective. However, the mechanism of action and effective components are yet unknown. We want to search for pharmacodynamic components in DJD with therapeutic effects on myelosuppression after chemotherapy (MAC), utilizing a spectrum-effect connection study based on gray relational analysis and partial least-squares regression analysis. Transcriptome sequencing (RNA-Seq) was used to investigate the mechanism by which DJD treats MAC. In this study, fingerprints of different batches of DJD (S1-S10) were established by ultraperformance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS), after which the resulting shared peaks were screened and identified. A total of 21 common peaks were screened through the fingerprints of different batches of DJD, and the similarity of each profile was greater than 0.92. The 21 shared peaks were identified by comparison with the standard sample and searching on a MassLynx 4.1 workstation. The rat model of MAC was established by intraperitoneal injection of cyclophosphamide, and DJD treatment was carried out in parallel with the establishment of the model. White blood cell count, red blood cell count, platelet count, interleukin-3, hemoglobin concentration, granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor, and nucleated cell count were used as efficacy indicators. Pharmacodynamic results indicated that DJD could effectively improve the pharmacodynamic indices of MAC rats. The results of gray relational analysis demonstrated eight peaks with high correlation with efficacy, which were 2, 7, 10, 14, 15, 16, 18, and 21, and the partial least-squares regression analysis showed four peaks with variable importance in projection values greater than 1, which were 10, 12, 13, and 19. RNA-Seq was used to identify DEGs in rat bone marrow cells, Gene Ontology functional enrichment and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes pathway enrichment analyses of DEGs were performed. The genes related to the effects of DJD on MAC were mainly involved in the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/serine-threonine kinase (PI3K-Akt) signaling pathway, the mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling pathway, actin cytoskeleton regulation, focal adhesion, and Rap1 signaling pathways. The results of the RNA-Seq study were confirmed by a qPCR experiment. The effective compounds of DJD against MAC include albiflorin, paeoniflorin, gallopaeoniflorin, salvianolic acid H/I, albiflorin R1, salvianolic acid B, salvianolic acid E, benzoylpaeoniflorin, and CHNO. The mechanism by which DJD prevents and treats MAC might involve the control of the PI3K-Akt signaling pathway.
当归鸡血藤汤(DJD)多年来一直用于治疗贫血,且已被证明有效。然而,其作用机制和有效成分尚不清楚。我们希望利用基于灰色关联分析和偏最小二乘回归分析的谱效关系研究,寻找DJD中对化疗后骨髓抑制(MAC)有治疗作用的药效成分。采用转录组测序(RNA-Seq)研究DJD治疗MAC的机制。本研究通过超高效液相色谱-质谱联用(UPLC-MS)建立不同批次DJD(S1-S10)的指纹图谱,然后筛选并鉴定得到的共有峰。通过不同批次DJD的指纹图谱共筛选出21个共有峰,各图谱相似度均大于0.92。通过与标准品对比并在MassLynx 4.1工作站上检索,对这21个共有峰进行了鉴定。通过腹腔注射环磷酰胺建立MAC大鼠模型,并在建模的同时进行DJD治疗。采用白细胞计数、红细胞计数、血小板计数、白细胞介素-3、血红蛋白浓度、粒细胞-巨噬细胞集落刺激因子和有核细胞计数作为疗效指标。药效学结果表明,DJD能有效改善MAC大鼠的药效学指标。灰色关联分析结果显示与疗效相关性较高的8个峰,分别为2、7、10、14、15、16、18和21,偏最小二乘回归分析显示投影重要性变量值大于1的4个峰,分别为10、12、13和19。采用RNA-Seq鉴定大鼠骨髓细胞中的差异表达基因(DEG),并对DEG进行基因本体功能富集和京都基因与基因组百科全书通路富集分析。DJD对MAC作用相关的基因主要参与磷脂酰肌醇3-激酶/丝氨酸-苏氨酸激酶(PI3K-Akt)信号通路、丝裂原活化蛋白激酶信号通路、肌动蛋白细胞骨架调节、粘着斑和Rap1信号通路。RNA-Seq研究结果通过qPCR实验得到证实。DJD抗MAC的有效成分包括白花芍药苷、芍药苷、没食子酰芍药苷、丹酚酸H/I、白花芍药苷R1、丹酚酸B、丹酚酸E、苯甲酰芍药苷和CHNO。DJD防治MAC的机制可能涉及对PI3K-Akt信号通路的调控。