Objective Liver cancer is the 4th leading cause of cancer death worldwide,and hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC)accounts for the largest proportion of these deaths.Berberine is a quaternary amine compound extracted from pl...Objective Liver cancer is the 4th leading cause of cancer death worldwide,and hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC)accounts for the largest proportion of these deaths.Berberine is a quaternary amine compound extracted from plants such as Coptidis Rhizoma(Huang Lian,黄连)and Phellodendri Chinensis Cortex(Huang Bo,黄柏)and is considered as a potential candidate for treating HCC.This study used network pharmacology methods,reveal the core mechanism of action of berberine in the treatment of HCC,clarify its medicinal value,and locate the anti-tumor mechanism of berberine.Methods Structural information of Berberine(PubChem CID:2353)was obtained from the NCBI PubChem;ADME parameter were obtained from the Traditional Chinese Medicine Systems Pharmacology(TCMSP)database;Berberine prediction targets were collected from symmap,stitch and targetnet databases;HCC significant targets were retrieved from OncoDB.HCC and Liverome;A PPI network was established at STRING,Prediction target of berberine therapy for HCC are collected by gene mapping;The core target,pathway,biological process(BP),cellular component(CC),and molecular function(MF)of berberine in the treatment of HCC were predicted by topological analysis and enrichment analysis;the visualized"target pathway"network diagram of berberine in the treatment of HCC was established by the software of Cytoscape.Results Through PubChem and tcmsp databases,the good drugforming properties of berberine were identified;32 prediction targets of berberine were collected in symmap,stitch and targetnet databases;566 related targets of HCC were collected in oncodb.hcc and liverome databases;10 targets of berberine treatment for HCC were predicted by gene mapping,and a PPI with 10 nodes and 34 edges was established Through topological analysis and enrichment analysis,6 topologically important targets,6 related pathways and 16 BP,6 cc and 7 MF involved in Berberine treatment of HCC were obtained.Conclusions The anticancer effect of berberine is mainly involved in the regulation of cells of hepatoma cells through complex interactions between the TB52,MAPK1,CCND1,PTGS2,ESR1 that act on Hub nodes and their associated 6 pathways.The cycle is related to the immune inflammatory response,including biological processes such as proliferation and apoptosis of liver cancer cells.展开更多
Objective To identify differentially expressed proteins in the hippocampus of rats after chronic immobilization stress(CIS)using a proteomics approach,and to study the effect of the Xiao Yao San(XYS)decoction on diffe...Objective To identify differentially expressed proteins in the hippocampus of rats after chronic immobilization stress(CIS)using a proteomics approach,and to study the effect of the Xiao Yao San(XYS)decoction on differentially expressed proteins.Methods Twenty-four Sprague Dawley rats were randomly assigned to one of four groups of equal body weight:control(non-stress),7-day stress,21-day stress and21-day stress+XYS treatment groups.Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis(2-DE)was used to detect differences in protein expression in rat hippocampus.One differentially expressed protein was measured and verified by western blotting.Results Seventeen proteins showed differential expression.Among these,eight could be identified:glial fibrillary acidic protein-2(GFAP-2),tubulin alpha-1c,cytoplasmic muscle actin2,14-3-3protein,β-2a tubulin,phosphatidylethanolamine binding protein,synucleinαsyn3,and a low molecular weight(18kD)protein.Six of these proteins exhibited increased expression,one showed decreased expression,and the other protein,which comprised five subtypes,were either increased or decreased.These proteins are known to be involved in immunity,signal transduction,cell cycle control,apoptosis,regulation of enzyme activity,cytoskeleton structure,and synaptic plasticity.GFAP-2was further analyzed,and its differential expression confirmed by western blotting.Conclusion Some proteins are differentially expressed in the hippocampus of rats under chronic stress.The biological functions of these differentially expressed proteins are varied.Finally,the XYS decoction can significantly up-or down-regulate these protein expression levels.展开更多
基金funding support from the General Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81774122)College Level Project of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine (No. 2019-JYB-XS002)
文摘Objective Liver cancer is the 4th leading cause of cancer death worldwide,and hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC)accounts for the largest proportion of these deaths.Berberine is a quaternary amine compound extracted from plants such as Coptidis Rhizoma(Huang Lian,黄连)and Phellodendri Chinensis Cortex(Huang Bo,黄柏)and is considered as a potential candidate for treating HCC.This study used network pharmacology methods,reveal the core mechanism of action of berberine in the treatment of HCC,clarify its medicinal value,and locate the anti-tumor mechanism of berberine.Methods Structural information of Berberine(PubChem CID:2353)was obtained from the NCBI PubChem;ADME parameter were obtained from the Traditional Chinese Medicine Systems Pharmacology(TCMSP)database;Berberine prediction targets were collected from symmap,stitch and targetnet databases;HCC significant targets were retrieved from OncoDB.HCC and Liverome;A PPI network was established at STRING,Prediction target of berberine therapy for HCC are collected by gene mapping;The core target,pathway,biological process(BP),cellular component(CC),and molecular function(MF)of berberine in the treatment of HCC were predicted by topological analysis and enrichment analysis;the visualized"target pathway"network diagram of berberine in the treatment of HCC was established by the software of Cytoscape.Results Through PubChem and tcmsp databases,the good drugforming properties of berberine were identified;32 prediction targets of berberine were collected in symmap,stitch and targetnet databases;566 related targets of HCC were collected in oncodb.hcc and liverome databases;10 targets of berberine treatment for HCC were predicted by gene mapping,and a PPI with 10 nodes and 34 edges was established Through topological analysis and enrichment analysis,6 topologically important targets,6 related pathways and 16 BP,6 cc and 7 MF involved in Berberine treatment of HCC were obtained.Conclusions The anticancer effect of berberine is mainly involved in the regulation of cells of hepatoma cells through complex interactions between the TB52,MAPK1,CCND1,PTGS2,ESR1 that act on Hub nodes and their associated 6 pathways.The cycle is related to the immune inflammatory response,including biological processes such as proliferation and apoptosis of liver cancer cells.
基金funding support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NO. 81473597)China National Funds for Distinguished Young Scientists (NO. 30825046)supported by the Beijing Natural Sciences Foundation (NO. 7152093)
文摘Objective To identify differentially expressed proteins in the hippocampus of rats after chronic immobilization stress(CIS)using a proteomics approach,and to study the effect of the Xiao Yao San(XYS)decoction on differentially expressed proteins.Methods Twenty-four Sprague Dawley rats were randomly assigned to one of four groups of equal body weight:control(non-stress),7-day stress,21-day stress and21-day stress+XYS treatment groups.Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis(2-DE)was used to detect differences in protein expression in rat hippocampus.One differentially expressed protein was measured and verified by western blotting.Results Seventeen proteins showed differential expression.Among these,eight could be identified:glial fibrillary acidic protein-2(GFAP-2),tubulin alpha-1c,cytoplasmic muscle actin2,14-3-3protein,β-2a tubulin,phosphatidylethanolamine binding protein,synucleinαsyn3,and a low molecular weight(18kD)protein.Six of these proteins exhibited increased expression,one showed decreased expression,and the other protein,which comprised five subtypes,were either increased or decreased.These proteins are known to be involved in immunity,signal transduction,cell cycle control,apoptosis,regulation of enzyme activity,cytoskeleton structure,and synaptic plasticity.GFAP-2was further analyzed,and its differential expression confirmed by western blotting.Conclusion Some proteins are differentially expressed in the hippocampus of rats under chronic stress.The biological functions of these differentially expressed proteins are varied.Finally,the XYS decoction can significantly up-or down-regulate these protein expression levels.