Das Pritimoni, Das Manas
Department of Zoology, Mangaldai College, Mangaldai, Assam, 784125, India.
Department of Zoology, Gauhati University, Guwahati, Assam, 781014, India.
J Comput Aided Mol Des. 2025 Jul 14;39(1):50. doi: 10.1007/s10822-025-00625-0.
High fat diet (HFD) induced obesity plays a key role in onset of inflammation, a chronic response of the body to elevated expression of proinflammatory cytokines. Our work emphasized on assessing the therapeutic potency of the polyherbal formulations (PHF), composed of Phyllanthus urinaria and Adhatoda vascia nees by studying the expression pattern of iNOS, pro, anti-inflammatory cytokines, chemokine along with identification of potent anti-inflammatory compounds in HFD induced inflammation in four weeks old (23-25 g bw, n = 6 in triplcates) Swiss albino mice. The findings demonstrated high percentage of free radical scavenging property of PHF, downregulation of expression level of proinflammatory cytokines and chemokines, profound elevation of anti-inflammatory cytokines, anti-oxidant enzymes in both PHF treated groups signifying protection against oxidative stress. In silico study revealed binding energy of Okanin, Vomicine, Granisetron and Pisdic acid - 9.31 kcal/mol, - 8.34 kcal/mol, - 8.10 kcal/mol, - 7.93 kcal/mol respectively with strong protein ligand interaction with inflammatory, lipid marker PPARγ and insulin resistance marker protein receptor INSR. Among other four ligands, Peganine, Coralyne, Soraphen O and 2-hydroxyhexadecanoic acid; Soraphen O and Coralyne showed best binding affinity with INSR (- 6.8 kcal/mol) and PPARγ (- 6.9 kcal/mol) respectively. The evaluation based on network pharmacology, the active ingredients of the PHF for AMPK signalling pathway and protein analysis identified 121 targets. A network of interaction between the eight ligands and known therapeutic targets of INSR and AMPK depicted pharmacological mechanisms of the PHF in inhibition of insulin resistance by activating INSR and AMPK-pathway thus establishing itself as potent alternative drug in treating ailments associated with obesity induced inflammation.
高脂饮食(HFD)诱导的肥胖在炎症发生中起关键作用,炎症是机体对促炎细胞因子表达升高的慢性反应。我们的研究重点是通过研究诱导型一氧化氮合酶(iNOS)、促炎、抗炎细胞因子、趋化因子的表达模式,以及鉴定在四周龄(体重23 - 25克,每组6只,共三组)瑞士白化小鼠的高脂饮食诱导炎症中有效的抗炎化合物,来评估由叶下珠和鸭嘴花组成的多草药配方(PHF)的治疗效力。研究结果表明,PHF具有高百分比的自由基清除特性,两个PHF治疗组中促炎细胞因子和趋化因子的表达水平下调,抗炎细胞因子、抗氧化酶显著升高,这表明其对氧化应激具有保护作用。计算机模拟研究显示,奥卡宁、沃米星、格拉司琼和皮斯地酸的结合能分别为 - 9.31千卡/摩尔、- 8.34千卡/摩尔、- 8.10千卡/摩尔、- 7.93千卡/摩尔,与炎症、脂质标记物过氧化物酶体增殖物激活受体γ(PPARγ)和胰岛素抵抗标记蛋白受体胰岛素受体(INSR)有强烈的蛋白质 - 配体相互作用。在其他四种配体中,佩加宁、珊瑚灵、索拉芬O和2 - 羟基十六烷酸;索拉芬O和珊瑚灵分别与INSR(- 6.8千卡/摩尔)和PPARγ(- 6.9千卡/摩尔)表现出最佳结合亲和力。基于网络药理学的评估,PHF中参与AMPK信号通路和蛋白质分析的活性成分确定了121个靶点。八个配体与INSR和AMPK已知治疗靶点之间的相互作用网络描绘了PHF通过激活INSR和AMPK途径抑制胰岛素抵抗的药理机制,从而确立其作为治疗肥胖诱导炎症相关疾病有效替代药物的地位。