Wang Yu, Liu Jiamin, Zhang Enhao, Yang Yixi, Lu Qiuxia, Zhu Ziwei, Li Rui
Natural Products Chem-Bio Innovation Center, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, China.
Engineering Research Center of Sichuan-Tibet Traditional Medicinal Plant, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, China.
Molecules. 2025 Jan 31;30(3):623. doi: 10.3390/molecules30030623.
D. Don (known as Chuan-Bei-Mu in Chinese) is a prominent medicinal plant utilized in traditional medicine for chronic respiratory ailments. It has garnered global acknowledgment because of its incorporation in many herbal preparations, resulting in a significant increase in demand and, consequently, leading to the decimation of wild populations. The study aimed to obtain regenerated plantlets of . using in vitro propagation techniques and evaluate the accumulation of active metabolites and anti-inflammatory properties from in vitro and natural plant bulbs. UHPLC-Q-TOF/MS analysis identified 267 metabolites. Notably, 118 metabolites showed significantly different intensities between the wild bulbs (WBs) and in vitro tissue culture-regenerated bulbs (RBs). Higher edpetiline amounts were obtained from the RBs, and 14 steroid-related metabolites were elevated in RBs. Both RB and WB extracts had comparable anti-inflammatory abilities and significantly inhibited TNF-α-induced epithelial cell TSLP release. Subsequent mechanistic studies revealed that the efficacy of WB and RB extracts depended on the regulation of the TRPV1/NFAT pathway. These findings highlight the viability of in vitro regeneration and medicinal part replacement as sustainable alternatives to the existing detrimental overharvesting of wild Chuan-Bei-Mu populations.
川贝母是一种著名的药用植物,在传统医学中用于治疗慢性呼吸道疾病。由于它被纳入许多草药制剂中,因此获得了全球认可,导致需求大幅增加,进而导致野生种群数量锐减。该研究旨在利用体外繁殖技术获得川贝母的再生植株,并评估体外培养和天然植物鳞茎中活性代谢物的积累以及抗炎特性。超高效液相色谱-四极杆飞行时间串联质谱(UHPLC-Q-TOF/MS)分析鉴定出267种代谢物。值得注意的是,118种代谢物在野生鳞茎(WB)和体外组织培养再生鳞茎(RB)之间表现出显著不同的强度。从RB中获得了更高含量的浙贝乙素,并且14种与类固醇相关的代谢物在RB中有所升高。RB和WB提取物都具有相当的抗炎能力,并显著抑制肿瘤坏死因子-α(TNF-α)诱导的上皮细胞胸腺基质淋巴细胞生成素(TSLP)释放。随后的机制研究表明,WB和RB提取物的功效取决于对瞬时受体电位香草酸亚型1/活化T细胞核因子(TRPV1/NFAT)途径的调节。这些发现突出了体外再生和药用部位替代作为现有有害过度采收野生川贝母种群的可持续替代方案的可行性。