Shandong Science ›› 2024, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (1): 24-31.doi: 10.3976/j.issn.1002-4026.20230043

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Experimental study and network pharmacological analysis of the anti-inflammatory action mechanism of Mahonia bealei (Fort.) Carr.

FU Zhaoju(), CHENG Guo, LIN Dengmei, LI Jun, ZHANG Nannan()   

  1. School of Basic Medicine;b.First Clinical School of Medicine;c.School of Pharmacy, Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guiyang 550025, China
  • Received:2023-03-02 Online:2024-02-20 Published:2024-01-26
  • Contact: ZHANG Nannan E-mail:2966737118@qq.com;doczn@sina.com

Abstract:

The aim of this study was to investigate the active ingredients and mechanism of action of the anti-inflammatory effect of Mahonia bealei (Fort.) Carr. in Hmong medicine based on network pharmacology and animal experiments. Inflammation models of mice and rats were generated using xylene and carrageenan gum, respectively, and Mahonia bealei (Fort.) Carr. was gavaged (dose of 1.950 mg/kg for mice; 1.350 mg/kg for rats). The active ingredients and their corresponding targets of Mahonia bealei (Fort.) Carr. were obtained using TCMSP, SymMap, SwisstargetPrediction, SEA, and STICH, among other databases, with oral bioavailability ≥30% and drug-likeness ≥0.18. Inflammationrelated targets were obtained through GeneCards, DisGeNET, TTD, DrugBank, OMIM and other databases. The intersection targets of diseases and drugs were determined using Venny 2.1.0, and 10 hub gene were obtained through Cytoscape's MCODE, CytoHubba plug-in and constructed drug-component-target network diagram; Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG), and Gene Ontology (GO) enrichment analysis and molecular docking were performed for the 10 Hub gene. The results of animal experiments showed that Mahonia bealei (Fort.) Carr. could be used to reduce the inflammatory symptoms in mice and rats. The network pharmacological analysis revealed 28 Mahonia bealei (Fort.) Carr. active ingredients, 753 drug action targets, 1 025 inflammatory targets, 225 Mahonia bealei (Fort.) Carr. inflammatory crossover targets and 10 hub genes. The results of GO and KEGG enrichment analysis showed that Mahonia bealei (Fort.) Carr. top ten utilities were predominantly involved in the JAK-STAT signaling pathway, Th17 cell differentiation and some cancer pathways. The molecular docking results demonstrated that 11 active ingredients, including berberine and isoboridine, were successfully docked with 8 targets, including JUN and JAK3. The results of animal experiments showed that Mahonia bealei (Fort.) Carr. has anti-inflammatory effects, and the main ingredients of anti-inflammation include quercetin and berberine, among other compounds, and the mechanism of anti-inflammation may be through the action onIL-2, JAK1 and other targets, involved in JAK-STAT signaling pathway, Th17 cell differentiation, and other pathways of anti-inflammation. The present study initially revealed the material basis and mechanism of action of the anti-inflammatory effect of Mahonia bealei (Fort.) Carr.

Key words: Mahonia bealei (Fort.) Carr., network pharmacology, inflammation, molecular mechanism, active ingredient

CLC Number: 

  • R285