Target identification of hepatic fibrosis using Pien Tze Huang based on mRNA and lncRNA

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Hepatic fibrosis is a spontaneous wound-healing response triggered by chronic liver injury. Pien Tze Huang (PZH), a traditional Chinese herbal medicine, has been widely used to treat various hepatic diseases in Asia. We used a CCl4-induced mouse model to establish a PZH group of hepatic fibrosis mice treated with PZH and a control group of hepatic fibrosis mice without any treatment. We performed RNA-seq and mass spectrometry sequencing to investigate the mechanism of the PZH response in hepatic fibrosis and identified multiple differentially expressed transcripts (DETs) and proteins (DEPs) that may be drug targets of PZH. Liver functional indices, including serum albumin (ALB), alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST), were significantly decreased in the PZH treatment group (P < 0.05) in the eighth week. Hematoxylin-eosin (HE), Masson and Sirius red staining demonstrated that PZH significantly inhibited infiltration of inflammatory cells and collagen deposition. A total of 928 transcripts and 138 proteins were differentially expressed in PZH-treated mice compared to the control group. Gene Ontology (GO) enrichment analysis suggested that PZH may alleviate liver injury and fibrosis by enhancing the immune process. Taken together, our results revealed that multiple DETs and DEPs may serve as drug targets of PZH in hepatic fibrosis patient in future clinical practice.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

Scientific reports - 11(2021), 1 vom: 20. Aug., Seite 16980

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhu, Jinhang [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Di [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Ting [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Zhiliang [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Luan [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Hao [VerfasserIn]
Huai, Cong [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Jing [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Na [VerfasserIn]
Wei, Muyun [VerfasserIn]
Hong, Fei [VerfasserIn]
Qin, Shengying [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Drugs, Chinese Herbal
Journal Article
Pien tze huang
RNA, Long Noncoding
RNA, Messenger
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 09.11.2021

Date Revised 26.02.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41598-021-96459-5

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM329608983