Antifibrotic effect of Gancao Ganjiang decoction is mediated by PD-1 / TGF-β1 / IL-17A pathway in bleomycin-induced idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: Firstly prescribed in the ancient Chinese book Jingui Yaolue, Gancao Ganjiang decoction (GGD) is a traditional Chinese herbal formula that has been widely used to treat "atrophic lung disease". GGD is a popular and widely used traditional Chinese medicine. The decoction is extracted from the dried rhizomes and roots of Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch. and Zingiber officinale Roscoe (2:1).

AIM OF STUDY: To investigate the therapeutic effect of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) of GGD, a bleomycin-induced IPF murine model was used in this study.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: Mice were induced by bleomycin instillation and GGD was orally administered. Changes on mice weight were recorded during the experiment. Lung weight was recorded on days 14 and 28, and pulmonary index was calculated accordingly. Pathological evaluation, including fibrosis analysis of lung tissue, was assessed by H&E and Masson staining. The expression of PD-1, p-STAT3 and IL-17A were detected by immunohistochemistry (IHC). The expression of p-STAT3 in lung tissues of mice were detected by Western blot. The level of IL-17A in lung tissue were detected by ELISA. The expression of PD-1 in CD4+ T cells in peripheral blood of mice was detected by flow cytometry. The levels of hydroxyproline and TGF-β1 in lung tissue were detected by ELISA. The expression of E-cadherin, vimentin and α-SMA in lung tissues of mice were detected by qRT-PCR and Western blot.

RESULTS: GGD can increase body weight and reduce pulmonary index in mice with pulmonary fibrosis. As such, GGD can significantly improve the inflammatory and alleviate IPF in the lung tissue of mice. GGD treatment was capable of reducing the content of PD-1 in lung tissue as well as the expression of PD-1 in CD4+ T cells in peripheral blood. Likewise, GGD was able to reduce the content of p-STAT3, IL-17A and TGF-β1. In addition, GGD stimulation could inhibit epithelial-mesenchymal transformation (EMT) by increasing the expression of E-cadherin and reducing vimentin and α-SMA, thus reducing extracellular matrix (ECM) deposition.

CONCLUSION: Our results indicate that GGD positively affects IPF by regulating PD-1/TGF-β1/IL-17A pathway.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:281

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Journal of ethnopharmacology - 281(2021) vom: 05. Dez., Seite 114522

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wang, Dong [VerfasserIn]
Gong, Lili [VerfasserIn]
Li, Zifa [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Haihong [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Mengzhen [VerfasserIn]
Rong, Rong [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Yingying [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Qingjun [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

11056-06-7
Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Bleomycin
Cadherins
Cdh1 protein, mouse
Drugs, Chinese Herbal
Gancao Ganjiang
Gancao Ganjiang decoction
IL-17A
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Il17a protein, mouse
Immunologic Factors
Interleukin-17
Journal Article
PD-1
Pdcd1 protein, mouse
Programmed Cell Death 1 Receptor
TGF-β1
Tgfb1 protein, mouse
Transforming Growth Factor beta1
Vim protein, mouse
Vimentin

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Date Completed 27.01.2022

Date Revised 26.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jep.2021.114522

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM329356119