Kanshen Ye, Haoqin Li, Zhizheng Qin, Zichen Zhu, Rui Wang, Jie Dou, Qingjia Ren, Xiaoya Liu, Fei Wang
{"title":"Shisanwei Qinglan Powder attenuates ethanol-induced gastric mucosal injury in association with reduced NF-κB signalling and caspase activation.","authors":"Kanshen Ye, Haoqin Li, Zhizheng Qin, Zichen Zhu, Rui Wang, Jie Dou, Qingjia Ren, Xiaoya Liu, Fei Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.jep.2026.122505","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2026.122505","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Ethnopharmacological relevance: </strong>Shisanwei Qinglan Powder (SQP) is a marketed Tibetan medicinal formula traditionally used for gastrointestinal disorders associated with \"peigen mubu\", including epigastric distension and pain, gastritis, and ulcer-related symptoms. However, experimental evidence for the complete formula, its systemically exposed constituents, and the mechanisms underlying gastric mucosal protection remains limited.</p><p><strong>Aim of the study: </strong>This study aimed to characterise the serum-associated constituents of SQP and evaluate its protective effects and molecular responses in acute ethanol-induced gastric mucosal injury.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>Chemical profiling and serum pharmacochemistry were performed by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Network pharmacology and gastric-tissue transcriptomics were integrated to prioritise treatment-associated pathways. Pharmacological effects were evaluated in mice receiving SQP prophylactically before anhydrous ethanol challenge and in GES-1 cells receiving SQP after ethanol-induced injury, using viability, migration, apoptosis, macroscopic lesion, histological, oxidative-stress, and inflammatory measurements. The IKKβ/IκBα/NF-κB axis and caspase-8/caspase-3 activation were assessed by immunohistochemistry and western blotting. Selected compound-target pairs were further evaluated by molecular docking and 100-ns molecular dynamics simulations.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Thirty-two distinct serum-associated constituents were tentatively identified, and 185 targets were shared between SQP- and gastric ulcer-related datasets. Under the post-injury cell-intervention paradigm, SQP improved viability and migration, corrected oxidative and cytokine imbalances, and reduced total apoptosis from approximately 21.9% to 7.9% at 20 μg/mL. Under the prophylactic animal paradigm, SQP alleviated haemorrhage, erosion, and glandular disruption, and 0.52 g/kg significantly reduced both the ulcer index and damaged area. RNA sequencing identified 1,533 differentially expressed genes between the high-dose SQP and model groups, with enrichment in TNF, NF-κB and apoptosis-related pathways. In both models, SQP reduced phosphorylation of IKKβ, IκBα and NF-κB p65, suppressed caspase-8 and caspase-3 cleavage, and decreased gastric TUNEL positivity. Molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulations were used for computational prioritization of the TNF-bicuculline and CASP3-kaempferol pairs; these analyses indicated structural feasibility under the simulated conditions but did not establish direct binding or target engagement.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>SQP showed prophylactic gastroprote ctive effects in mice and post-injury protective and reparative effects in ethanol-injured GES-1 cells. Across these distinct experimental paradigms, the observed effects were associated with attenuation of oxidative stress, IKK/NF-κB-related inflammati","PeriodicalId":15761,"journal":{"name":"Journal of ethnopharmacology","volume":" ","pages":"122505"},"PeriodicalIF":6.8,"publicationDate":"2026-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149182374","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xinyang Du, Jingran Li, Shuai Qu, Hong Kan, Yingping Wang
{"title":"Corrigendum to \"Mutton fat-processing enhances the anti-osteoporotic effect of Epimedium koreanum Nakai via regulating the metabolism-inflammation-bone axis\" [J. Ethnopharmacol. 372, (2027), 122153].","authors":"Xinyang Du, Jingran Li, Shuai Qu, Hong Kan, Yingping Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.jep.2026.122437","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2026.122437","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15761,"journal":{"name":"Journal of ethnopharmacology","volume":" ","pages":"122437"},"PeriodicalIF":6.8,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149110571","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hee-Yeon Kwon, Hyesung Lee, Ji-Soo Choi, Seong Hun Lim, Taehyun Kim, Kyeongseok Bae, Young-Sik Park, Eun-Min Kim, Jae-Yeon Lee, Eun-Young Park, Nahyun Choi, Se-Young Choung, Do Sik Min
{"title":"Corrigendum to \"Fermented Morinda citrifolia extract stimulates hair growth by promoting dermal papilla cell proliferation and modulating the follicular microenvironment\" [J. Ethnopharmacol. 372, (2027), 122238].","authors":"Hee-Yeon Kwon, Hyesung Lee, Ji-Soo Choi, Seong Hun Lim, Taehyun Kim, Kyeongseok Bae, Young-Sik Park, Eun-Min Kim, Jae-Yeon Lee, Eun-Young Park, Nahyun Choi, Se-Young Choung, Do Sik Min","doi":"10.1016/j.jep.2026.122395","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2026.122395","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15761,"journal":{"name":"Journal of ethnopharmacology","volume":" ","pages":"122395"},"PeriodicalIF":6.8,"publicationDate":"2026-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149025093","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}