中国组织工程研究 ›› 2021, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (17): 2734-2739.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.3162

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牛膝治疗腰椎间盘突出症潜在作用机制的网络药理学分析

侯宇龙1,王晶石2,王旭凯2   

  1. 1长春中医药大学,吉林省长春市   130117;2长春中医药大学附属医院,吉林省长春市   130021
  • 收稿日期:2020-04-01 修回日期:2020-04-09 接受日期:2020-06-05 出版日期:2021-06-18 发布日期:2021-01-08
  • 通讯作者: 王旭凯,医学博士,副教授,硕士生导师,长春中医药大学附属医院,吉林省长春市 130021
  • 作者简介:侯宇龙,男,1995年生,吉林省吉林市人,长春中医药大学在读硕士,主要从事脊柱疾病的研究。
  • 基金资助:
    吉林省中医药管理局课题(2017037),项目负责人:王旭凯;长春中医药大学“百青计划”项目,项目参与人:王旭凯

Potential mechanism of Achyranthes bidentata in the treatment of lumbar disc herniation based on network pharmacology

Hou Yulong1, Wang Jingshi2, Wang Xukai2   

  1. 1Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun 130117, Jilin Province, China; 2Affiliated Hospital of Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun 130021, Jilin Province, China 
  • Received:2020-04-01 Revised:2020-04-09 Accepted:2020-06-05 Online:2021-06-18 Published:2021-01-08
  • Contact: Wang Xukai, MD, Associate professor, Master’s supervisor, Affiliated Hospital of Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun 130021, Jilin Province, China
  • About author:Hou Yulong, Master candidate, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun 130117, Jilin Province, China
  • Supported by:
    a grant from Jilin Provincial Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, No. 2017037 (to WXK); the One-hundred Youth Project of Changchun University of Chinese Medicine (to WXK [project participant])

摘要:

文题释义:
牛膝:为苋科植物牛膝Achyranthes bidentata Bl. 的干燥根,具有逐瘀通经、补肝肾、强筋骨等功效,临床上常用于治疗腰腿痛等症。
网络药理学:它是以系统生物学理论为基础,对生物系统进行网络分析,选取特定信号节点进行多靶点药物分子设计的新学科,能够直观地阐明中药对疾病多分子、多靶点、多通路的分子机制。

背景:现代药理学研究表明牛膝在治疗腰椎间盘突出症中发挥着良好作用。由于牛膝所含化学成分复杂,并且在分子层面上治疗腰椎间盘突出症的机制尚不明确。网络药理学作为新兴科学,能够直观地阐明中药对疾病多分子、多靶点、多通路的分子机制,可为后期药物研发及疾病治疗提供一定理论依据。
目的:运用网络药理学预测牛膝治疗腰椎间盘突出症的有效成分及作用靶点,探讨其“多成分、多靶点、多途径”的潜在作用机制。
方法:从TCMSP数据库中筛选出牛膝的有效成分及作用靶点,通过GeneCard数据库和OMIM数据库筛选LDH的预测靶点,并取中药与疾病的交集靶点;采用Cytoscape 3.7.2软件构建“中药-成分-疾病-靶点”的调控网络,通过STRING数据库构建蛋白质相互作用网络(PPI),筛选核心靶点;利用Bioconductor中的R包对中药与疾病交集靶点进行GO富集分析和KEGG通路注释分析。
结果与结论:预测得到牛膝治疗腰椎间盘突出症的有效成分11个和有效靶点21个,其中IL-6、EGFR、VEGFA、CCND1、MAPK8等靶点基因可能起着关键性的作用,并推断其作用机制可能与KSHN信号通路、糖尿病并发症的AGE-RAGE信号通路、胰腺癌信号通路、TNF信号通路等有关。通过预测结果认为,牛膝对腰椎间盘突出症的作用机制可能是槲皮素、山柰酚、β-谷甾醇等活性成分通过PI3K/Akt、TNF、JAK-STAT和VEGF等信号通路对IL-6、EGFR、VEGFA、CCND1、MAPK8等相关靶点发挥抗细胞分化和凋亡、抗氧化应激、减少炎症反应和促进代谢等作用。研究可为后续的相关临床试验提供理论依据和方向。

关键词: 牛膝, 骨, 腰椎间盘, 椎间盘突出, 网络药理学, 有效成分, 靶点

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Modern pharmacological studies have shown that Achyranthes bidentata plays a good role in the treatment of lumbar disc herniation. Due to the complex chemical composition of Achyranthes bidentate, its molecular mechanism underlying the treatment of lumbar disc herniation is not yet clear. As an emerging science, network pharmacology can intuitively clarify the molecular mechanism of traditional Chinese medicine in disease treatment at multi-molecule, multi-target and multi-pathway aspects, which can provide a certain theoretical basis for future drug development and disease treatment.
OBJECTIVE: To predict the effective components and targets of Achyranthes bidentata in the treatment of lumbar disc herniation using network pharmacology, and to explore its potential mechanism at multi-component, multi-target and multi-pathway aspects.
METHODS: The effective components and targets of Achyranthes bidentata were screened from the TCMSP database, and the predictive targets of lumbar disc herniation were screened through GeneCard database and OMIM databases. The intersected targets of traditional Chinese medicine and disease were then obtained. Cytoscape 3.7.2 software was used to construct a traditional Chinese medicine-component-disease-target regulatory network. The protein-protein interaction network was constructed through STRING database to screen the core targets. The R packet in Bioconductor was used to analyze the gene ontology (GO) enrichment and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway annotation of traditional Chinese medicine and disease intersected targets.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: A total of 11 effective components and 21 effective targets of Achyranthes bidentata in the treatment of lumbar disc herniation were screened out. Among them, IL-6, EGFR, VEGFA, CCND1, and MAPK8 might play a crucial role, and it is inferred that their mechanism of action may be related to the KSHN signaling pathway, the AGE-RAGE signaling pathway for diabetic complications, the pancreatic cancer signaling pathway, and TNF signaling pathway. Our prediction results indicate that the mechanism of Achyranthes bidentata in the treatment of lumbar disc herniation may be that quercetin, kaempferol, β-sitosterol and other active ingredients function at IL-6, EGFR, VEGFA, CCND1, MAPK8 targets through PI3K/Akt, TNF, JAK-STAT and VEGF signaling pathways to play anti-cell differentiation, apoptosis and oxidative stress effects, reduce inflammation and promote metabolism. This study provides a theoretical basis and direction for the subsequent clinical trials.

Key words: Achyranthes bidentate, bone, lumbar disc, lumbar disc herniation, network pharmacology, effective component, target

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