Mechanism of Shenfu Injection in Treating Ischemic Stroke Elucidated using Network Pharmacology and Experimental Validation

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BACKGROUND: Shenfu injection was derived from the classical Chinese medicine formula 'Shenfu decoction', which was widely used in the treatment of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases in clinical practice.

OBJECTIVES: Predict the main active ingredients, core targets, and related signaling pathways of Shenfu injection in the treatment of ischemic stroke.

METHODS: Databases were used to collect the active ingredients and target information of Shenfu injection; GO and KEGG pathway enrichment analyses were performed using the David database. The effects of Shenfu injection on core targets were verified using molecular docking and in vivo experiments.

RESULTS: The predicted results identified 44 active ingredients and 635 targets in Shenfu injection, among which 418 targets, including TNF, IL-6, MAPK1, and MAPK14, were potential targets for the treatment of ischemic stroke. Molecular docking revealed that the active ingredients had good binding to IL-6, MAPK1, and MAPK14. In vivo experiments demonstrated that Shenfu injection significantly improved the pathological damage due to ischemic stroke, promoted the expression of tight junction proteins, and inhibited MMP-2 and MMP-9 expressions, thereby reducing BBB permeability. Animal experiments revealed that Shenfu injection could inhibit p38、JNK and ERK phosphorylation.

CONCLUSIONS: Mechanism of Shenfu injection in treating ischemic stroke may be via inhibition of the inflammatory factors levels and protecting the BBB, thereby warranting subsequent studies and highlighting its potential as a reference for new drug development.

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Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

Enthalten in:

Current computer-aided drug design - (2024) vom: 15. Apr.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yu, Xuecheng [VerfasserIn]
Shi, Kun [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Bin [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Zengxiang [VerfasserIn]
Tu, Jiyuan [VerfasserIn]
Cao, Yan [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Linlin [VerfasserIn]
Cao, Guosheng [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Ischemic stroke
Journal Article
Network pharmacology
Shenfu injection
Tight junction; MAPK pathway.

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Date Revised 17.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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10.2174/0115734099292513240404091734

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NLM371184665