中国组织工程研究 ›› 2021, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (20): 3194-3201.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.3219

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芍药甘草汤治疗腰椎间盘突出症早期疼痛作用机制的网络药理学分析

钟远鸣1,何炳坤2,吴卓檀2,吴思贤2,万  通2,钟锡锋2   

  1. 1广西中医药大学第一附属医院,广西壮族自治区南宁市   530001;2广西中医药大学研究生院,广西壮族自治区南宁市   530001
  • 收稿日期:2020-06-08 修回日期:2020-06-13 接受日期:2020-07-11 出版日期:2021-07-18 发布日期:2021-01-15
  • 通讯作者: 钟远鸣,广西中医药大学第一附属医院,广西壮族自治区南宁市 530001
  • 作者简介:钟远鸣,男,1963年生,壮族,广西壮族自治区南宁市人,主任医师,教授,博士生导师,主要从事脊柱脊髓疾病的诊治研究。
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金项目(81760874),项目负责人:钟远鸣;中医学广西一流学科(桂教科研〔2018〕12号),项目参与人:钟远鸣

An exploration on the mechanism of Shaoyao Gancao Decoction in treating early pain of lumbar disc herniation based on network pharmacology

Zhong Yuanming1, He Bingkun2, Wu Zhuotan2, Wu Sixian2, Wan Tong2, Zhong Xifeng2   

  1. 1The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning 530001, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China; 2Graduate School, Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning 530001, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
  • Received:2020-06-08 Revised:2020-06-13 Accepted:2020-07-11 Online:2021-07-18 Published:2021-01-15
  • Contact: Zhong Yuanming, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning 530001, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
  • About author:Zhong Yuanming, Chief physician, Professor, Doctoral supervisor, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning 530001, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
  • Supported by:
    the National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 81760874 (to ZYM); First-class Discipline of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, No. [2018]12 (to ZYM [project participant])

摘要:

文题释义:
网络药理学:基于药物与药物之间在结构、功效等方面的相似性,并考虑到机体内靶标分子、生物效应分子的多种相互作用关系,通过构建药物-疾病-靶标网络,来预测药物的功效以及特定功效对应的药物。
芍药甘草汤:来源于《伤寒论》,方中白芍酸甘,归肝脾两经,能养血柔肝止痛,甘草甘平,归心、肺、脾、胃经。药理学研究表明,该方具有抗炎镇痛、解除平滑肌痉挛作用,可用于治疗急性腰扭伤及腰椎间盘突出症等疾病。

背景:临床上芍药甘草汤治疗腰椎间盘突出症早期疼痛具有比较满意的疗效,但其作用机制尚不明确。网络药理学作为一门新兴学科,其系统性、整体性及强调对信号通路的多途径调节的特点与中医学理论体系的主要特点相吻合。
目的:运用网络药理学方法筛选芍药甘草汤主要活性成分,构建活性化合物-靶点网络,对其治疗腰椎间盘突出症早期疼痛的机制进行阐释。
方法:检索并筛选中药系统药理学数据库及分析平台(TCMSP)获得芍药甘草汤的活性成分及其对应的靶标,并与人类孟德尔遗传数据库(OMIM)及人类基因数据库(GeneCards)获得的腰椎间盘突出症疾病靶标相映射得到交集靶标;利用Cytoscape 3.7.2软件构建药物-疾病-靶标关系网络;通过STRING平台进行蛋白互作网络分析;利用R语言软件数据包进行基因本体论(GO)功能富集分析和京都基因与基因组百科全书(KEGG)通路富集分析。最后利用AutoDock Vina程序将获得的药物主要活性化合物与关键核心蛋白进行分子对接。
结果与结论:①芍药甘草汤中共筛选出了槲皮素、芒柄花素和山奈酚等87个活性成分及白细胞介素6、白细胞介素1β和基质金属蛋白酶9等47个治疗腰椎间盘突出症的潜在靶点;②GO功能富集分析表明,芍药甘草汤主要涉及膜筏、膜区及含胶原的细胞外基质等分子组成,影响细胞因子受体结合、内肽酶活性及受体配体活性等分子功能,参与对细菌来源分子的反应、对活性氧的反应及氧化应激反应等生物过程;③KEGG通路富集分析表明,芍药甘草汤主要通过肿瘤坏死因子信号通路、低氧诱导因子1信号通路及白细胞介素17信号通路等来发挥抗氧化、消炎及调节免疫反应的作用;④分子对接结果显示,芍药甘草汤核心化合物槲皮素、芒柄花素及山奈酚可与核心靶标紧密结合,为进一步发挥芍药甘草汤消炎镇痛作用提供必要条件;⑤上述数据证实,芍药甘草汤主要通过多成分-多靶点-多通路的特点来发挥抗氧化、消炎及调节免疫反应的作用,如槲皮素可作用于基质金属蛋白酶9靶点进而调控肿瘤坏死因子信号通路等,初步阐释了芍药甘草汤治疗腰椎间盘突出症早期疼痛的作用机制。
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4441-4355 (钟远鸣)

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: 腰椎, 中药, 腰椎间盘突出症, 疼痛, 机制, 网络药理学, 分子对接, 信号通路

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Clinically, Shaoyao Gancao Decoction has a satisfactory effect on the early pain of lumbar disc herniation, but its mechanism is not clear. As a new subject, network pharmacology has the characteristics of systematization, integrity and multi-channel regulation of signal pathway, which is consistent with the main characteristics of the theoretical system of traditional Chinese medicine.
OBJECTIVE: To screen out the main active components of Shaoyao Gancao Decoction by network pharmacology, construct the active compound-target network, and elucidate the mechanism by which Shaoyao Gancao Decoction treats the early pain of lumbar disc herniation.
METHODS: The active components of Shaoyao Gancao Decoction were retrieved by Traditional Chinese Medicine Systems Pharmacology Database, and the target genes of active components were selected by AMDE parameters. The relevant target genes of lumbar disc herniation were retrieved from OMIM and Gene Cards database, and the target genes of active components were matched with Shaoyao Gancao Decoction to obtain the intersection targets. The drug-disease-target network map was constructed by using Cytoscape 3.7.2., and the protein-protein interaction network of intersection targets was obtained by STRING platform. Gene ontology (GO) functional enrichment analysis and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway enrichment analysis were performed using R software. Finally, the main active compounds of the obtained drugs were molecularly docked with key core proteins in the protein-protein interaction network using AutoDock Vina.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: A total of 87 active ingredients such as quercetin, anthocyanin, kaempferol and 47 potential targets such as interleukin-6, interleukin-1β and matrix metalloproteinase 9 were contained in Shaoyao Gancao Decoction. The GO function enrichment analysis showed that Shaoyao Gancao Decoction was mainly involved in the molecular composition of membrane raft, membrane region and collagen containing extracellular matrix, affected the molecular functions of cytokine receptor binding, endopeptidase activity, receptor ligand activity, and participated in biological processes such as response to molecule of bacterial origin, response to reactive oxygen species and cellular respond to oxidative stress. The KEGG pathway enrichment analysis indicated that Shaoyao Gancao Decoction mainly played the role of anti-oxidation, anti-inflammation and regulated immune responses through tumor necrosis factor signaling pathway, hypoxia-inducible factor-1 signaling pathway and interleukin-17 signaling pathway. Molecular docking results showed that uercetin, menthol and kaempferol, the core compounds of Shaoyao Gancao Decoction, could be closely combined with the core targets, providing the necessary conditions for further exerting the anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects of Shaoyao Gancao Decoction. Overall findings indicate that Shaoyao Gancao Decoction mainly plays the role of anti-oxidation and anti-inflammation as well as regulate immune response through the characteristics of multi-component, multi-target and multi-channel (for example, quercetin can act on the target of matrix metalloproteinase-9 and regulate the tumor necrosis factor signaling pathway), and preliminarily explains the mechanism of Shaoyao Gancao Decoction in the treatment of early pain of lumbar disc herniation.

Key words: lumbar vertebra, traditional Chinese medicine, lumbar disc herniation, pain, mechanism, network pharmacology, molecular docking, signaling pathways

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