Potential components and mechanism of Liangxue Tuezi Mixture in treating Henoch-Schönlein purpura based on network pharmacology and metabolomics / 中国中药杂志

Ultra-performance liquid chromatography-quadrupole time of fight/mass spectrometry(UPLC-Q-TOF-MS) and UNIFI were employed to rapidly determine the content of the components in Liangxue Tuizi Mixture. The targets of the active components and Henoch-Schönlein purpura(HSP) were obtained from SwissTargetPrediction, Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man(OMIM), and GeneCards. A "component-target-disease" network and a protein-protein interaction(PPI) network were constructed. Gene Ontology(GO) functional annotation and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes(KEGG) pathway enrichment analysis were performed for the targets by Omishare. The interactions between the potential active components and the core targets were verified by molecular docking. Furthermore, rats were randomly assigned into a normal group, a model group, and low-, medium-, and high-dose Liangxue Tuizi Mixture groups. Non-targeted metabolomics was employed to screen the differential metabolites in the serum, analyze possible metabolic pathways, and construct the "component-target-differential metabolite" network. A total of 45 components of Liangxue Tuizi Mixture were identified, and 145 potential targets for the treatment of HSP were predicted. The main signaling pathways enriched included resistance to epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors, phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/protein kinase B(PI3K-AKT), and T cell receptor. The results of molecular docking showed that the active components in Liangxue Tuizi Mixture had strong binding ability with the key target proteins. A total of 13 differential metabolites in the serum were screened out, which shared 27 common targets with active components. The progression of HSP was related to metabolic abnormalities of glycerophospholipid and sphingolipid. The results indicate that the components in Liangxue Tuizi Mixture mainly treats HSP by regulating inflammation and immunity, providing a scientific basis for rational drug use in clinical practice.

Preparation and in vitro evaluation of arsenic trioxide-loaded glioma targeting drug delivery system iRGD/TGN-PEG-PAMAM/ATO / 中草药

Objective To construct a glioma targeting delivery system, PAMAM G5 were modified with the oligopeptide of blood brain barrier (BBB) targeting TGN and tumor targeting oligopeptide iRGD to solve the problem of non-specificity in distribution and difficulty in permeating BBB of ATO, in order to have better anti-glioma effect. Methods The physical and chemical properties of nanocarriers were investigated by 1H-NMR and transmission electron microscopy (TEM); The encapsulation efficiency and in vitro release were analyzed by inductively coupled plasma emission spectrum (ICP) and dialysis bag method; The effects of iRGD and TGN on cellular uptake of the carriers were analyzed by laser confocal and flow cytometry. The cytotoxicity of nanocarriers on brain microvascular endothelial cells (HBMEC) and glioma cells (U87), the inhibition effect on U87 cells of drug delivery systems after acrossing the BBB model in vitro were investigated by MTT method. Results The iRGD/TGN-PEG-PAMAM was synthesized successfully. The TEM results showed that iRGD/TGN-PEG-PAMAM was regular in shape and uniform in size. The particle size of iRGD/TGN-PEG-PAMAM/ATO was (24.87 ± 0.84) nm and the potential was (17.26 ± 1.64) mV. The synthesized carrier had less toxicity to HBMEC and U87 cells. The encapsulation efficiency of iRGD/TGN-PEG-PAMAM/ATO delivery system was (71.92 ± 1.17)%. The in vitro release showed that ATO had a slow release trend after entrapment, and it was more favorable for ATO release under acidic conditions. The cell uptake indicated that iRGD/TGN modification was more beneficial for U87 cell to uptake the drug delivery system. The in vitro inhibition effect on U87 cells after acrossing the BBB model showed iRGD/TGN-PEG-PAMAM/ATO had better inhibition effect on U87 cells. Conclusion The iRGD/TGN-PEG-PAMAM/ATO targeting drug delivery system has good inhibition effect on U87 cells effect after acrossing the BBB model in vitro, which provides a new strategy for the treatment of glioma.