中国组织工程研究 ›› 2024, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (27): 4346-4352.doi: 10.12307/2024.543

• 组织工程相关大数据分析 Big data analysis in tissue engineering • 上一篇    下一篇

右归丸治疗腰椎间盘突出症:网络药理学分析活性成分及潜在治疗靶点

杨敬言1,马  涉1,黄仁俊1,杨骁侠2,汤笑尘2,于  栋2   

  1. 1北京中医药大学第三临床医学院,北京市  100029;2北京中医药大学第三附属医院,北京市  100029
  • 收稿日期:2023-09-16 接受日期:2023-11-01 出版日期:2024-09-28 发布日期:2024-01-27
  • 通讯作者: 于栋,博士,主任医师,硕士生导师,北京中医药大学第三附属医院脊柱科,北京市 100029
  • 作者简介:杨敬言,男,1999年生,山西省太原市人,汉族,北京中医药大学在读硕士,主要从事中医骨伤科学方面的研究。
  • 基金资助:
    北京中医药大学第三附属医院2022年度院内培育项目(BZYSY-2022-PYMS-18),项目负责人:于栋

Yougui Pill in the treatment of lumbar disc herniation: network pharmacological analysis of active ingredients and potential targets

Yang Jingyan1, Ma She1, Huang Renjun1, Yang Xiaoxia2, Tang Xiaochen2, Yu Dong2   

  1. 1The Third Clinical School of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China; 2The Third Clinical Hospital of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China
  • Received:2023-09-16 Accepted:2023-11-01 Online:2024-09-28 Published:2024-01-27
  • Contact: Yu Dong, MD, Chief physician, Master supervisor, The Third Clinical Hospital of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China
  • About author:Yang Jingyan, Master candidate, The Third Clinical School of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China
  • Supported by:
    The 2022 In-hospital Cultivation Project of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, No. BZYSY-2022-PYMS-18 (to YD)

摘要:


文题释义:

网络药理学:是一种通过分析药物结构及规律,联合疾病基因共同构建药物-成分-靶点-疾病网络,探究药物活性成分、潜在作用靶点,筛选调节信号通路,可提高药物的治疗效果、降低毒副作用的研究方法。

分子对接实验:是通过确定药物分子和靶分子间的相互作用来辅助药物设计的研究方法,有助于提示中草药的药理作用机制,如抗炎、抗氧化等分子机制,为中草药的药效预测与设计提供依据。


背景:右归丸具有温肾助阳、益精填髓的作用,临床多用于治疗肾阳虚证的腰椎间盘突出症且具有较好的疗效。
目的:采用网络药理学、分子对接技术并结合动物实验探讨右归丸治疗腰椎间盘突出症的潜在靶点及作用机制。
方法:①网络药理学分析:通过TCMSP等数据库获取经过筛选后的右归丸有效成分与作用基因靶点,在GeneCards等数据库中收集与腰椎间盘突出症相关的基因,取二者交集进行拓扑结构分析,得到主要活性成分及核心治疗靶点。使用R软件对核心治疗靶点进行GO功能及KEGG通路富集分析。②分子对接:运用Autodock和Pymol软件进行中药活性成分与核心治疗靶点分子结合能预测。③动物实验:将18只SD大鼠随机分为对照组、退变组与退变+右归丸组,每组6只。取退变组与退变+右归丸组大鼠,采用纤维穿刺法制备椎间盘退行性变模型,造模后2周,退变+右归丸组大鼠给予右归丸汤剂(1次/d)灌胃,连续给药2周。给药结束后,采用ELISA法检测血清中肿瘤坏死因子α质量浓度,苏木精-伊红染色后观察椎间盘纤维环及髓核细胞的形态学改变。

结果与结论:①筛选出右归丸有90种活性成分和64种靶点,且主要活性成分为槲皮素、山奈酚、β-胡萝卜素、大豆黄素,4′-O-甲基尼亚萨酚。右归丸治疗腰椎间盘突出症的核心靶点为白细胞介素6、肿瘤坏死因子α、AKT1、白细胞介素1B、血管内皮生长因子A。富集分析发现,交集基因可能通过白细胞介素17、肿瘤坏死因子、MAPK、PI3K-AKT等信号通路改善椎间盘退变。②分子对接实验验证了右归丸中的槲皮素、山奈酚、β-胡萝卜素等与核心靶点有较强的结合能力。③动物实验结果显示,退变组大鼠血清肿瘤坏死因子α质量浓度高于对照组(P < 0.05),退变+右归丸组大鼠血清肿瘤坏死因子α质量浓度低于退变组(P < 0.05);苏木精-伊红染色显示,退变组大鼠椎间盘纤维环、髓核结构遭到破坏,髓核细胞数量减少;退变+右归丸组大鼠椎间盘纤维环可见重建趋势,髓核细胞数量较退变组增加。④结果表明,右归丸可能通过槲皮素、山奈酚、β-胡萝卜素等主要活性成分作用于肿瘤坏死因子α等核心靶点改善椎间盘退变,进而治疗腰椎间盘突出症。

https://orcid.org/0009-0004-4123-2841(杨敬言)

中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点:组织构建;骨细胞;软骨细胞;细胞培养;成纤维细胞;血管内皮细胞;骨质疏松;组织工程

关键词: 右归丸, 腰椎间盘突出症, 网络药理学, 分子对接, 信号通路, 炎症因子, 潜在靶点, 纤维环穿刺

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Yougui Pill is a famous formula of the Chinese traditional medicine, which has good efficacy for lumbar disc herniation due to kidney yang insufficiency. 
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the potential targets and mechanism of action of Yougui Pill in the treatment of lumbar disc herniation by using network pharmacology and molecular docking technology, and verified by animal experiments.
METHODS: (1) Network pharmacological analysis: We obtained the active ingredients and targets of Yougui Pill from TCMSP and other databases, collected genes related to lumbar disc herniation from GeneCards database, and took the intersection of the two for the topological analysis to derive the main active ingredients and core therapeutic targets. Gene ontology function analysis and Kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genomes pathway enrichment analysis were performed using R software. (2) Molecular docking: Autodock and Pymol software were utilized for the prediction of molecular binding energy of TCM active ingredients to core therapeutic targets. (3) Animal experiments: Eighteen Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into a control group, a degeneration group and a Yougui Pill group, with 6 rats in each group. A rat model of intervertebral disc degeneration was prepared by fiber puncture method in the degeneration and Yougui Pill groups. At 2 weeks after modeling, Yougui Pill was given by gavage in the Yougui Pill group, once a day for 2 consecutive weeks. The level of tumor necrosis factor-α in serum was detected by the ELISA method, and morphological changes of the annulus fibrosus and nucleus pulposus cells were observed using hematoxylin-eosin staining.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: There were 90 active ingredients and 64 targets, and the main active ingredients were found to be quercetin, kaempferol, β-carotene, soybean flavonoid, and 4'-O-methylnyasol. The core targets of Yougui Pill for the treatment of lumbar disc herniation were interleukin 6, tumor necrosis factor-α, AKT1, interleukin 1B, and vascular endothelial growth factor A. Enrichment analysis revealed that the intersecting genes might be expressed through the interleukin-17 signaling pathway, tumor necrosis factor signaling pathway, MAPK signaling pathway, PI3K-AKT signaling pathway, and other signaling pathways to improve intervertebral disc degeneration. The molecular docking test verified that quercetin, kaempferol, and β-carotene had strong binding ability to the core targets. Animal experiments showed that the level of serum tumor necrosis factor α in the degeneration group was higher than that in the control group (P < 0.05), and the level of serum tumor necrosis factor α in the Yougui Pill group was lower than that in the degeneration group (P < 0.05). Hematoxylin-eosin staining showed that the fibrous annulus of the intervertebral discs and the structure of the nucleus pulposus in the degeneration group were destroyed, and the number of nucleus pulposus cells was reduced; there was a tendency to reconstructing the fibrous annulus of the intervertebral discs in the Yougui Pill group, and the number of nucleus pulposus cells increased compared with the degeneration group. To conclude, Yougui Pill may treat lumbar disc herniation by improving disc degeneration through the effects of quercetin, kaempferol, beta-carotene and other key active ingredients on core targets such as tumor necrosis factor.

Key words: Yougui Pill, lumbar disc herniation, network pharmacology, molecular docking, signaling pathway, inflammatory factor, potential target, annulus fibrosus puncture

中图分类号: