{"title":"川芎阴经药性特征的厘清。通过增强治疗效果,引导和靶向性。","authors":"Shu-Cheng Zhang , Hong-Xiang Jiang , Xin Yu , Xiang-Wen Kong , Jun-Hong Chai , Jun Liang , Hai-Xue Kuang , Yong-Gang Xia","doi":"10.1016/j.jep.2025.120616","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Ethnic pharmacological relevance</h3><div><em>Ligusticum chuanxiong</em> Hort. (LC) is a Yin-Jing medicine in Buyang Huanwu decoction (BYHWD), carries the function of a “guiding the drug upward” to strengthen the treatment outcomes of BYHWD. However, how LC guides other drugs to target organs remains unclear, and no studies have clarified the material basis of LC's Yin-Jing medicinal properties (YJMP).</div></div><div><h3>Aim of the study</h3><div>The primary objective of this investigation is to clarify the material basis of LC's YJMP via molecular biology methods and explore its related potential mechanisms.</div></div><div><h3>Materials and methods</h3><div>This investigation developed a rat-based model of cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury (CIRI). Based on the systematic characterization of the chemical composition of BYHWD, the optimal effective dose of BYHWD was screened out, and the therapeutic effect differences between BYHWD and [BYHWD-LC] were compared. Meanwhile, the potentiating therapeutic effects (PTE), guidance and targetability assays were employed to assess “Yin-Jing” functions by coupled with hydroxysafflor yellow A (HYA) using molecular biology techniques, etc.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The optimum efficacious dosage of BYHWD is twice the dose, and the LC can potentiate the therapeutic effect of [BYHWD-LC]. The findings from the PTE experiments demonstrated that fragments A-C (Fr.A, Fr.B and Fr.C) could potentiate the therapeutic effect of [BYHWD-LC] in <em>vivo</em>, while Fr.A and Fr.C could enhance the therapeutic effect of HYA in <em>vitro</em>. The results of the guidance tests indicated that Fr.C enhanced the permeability of HYA in PC12 cells. Proteomic revealed that there are differentially expressed proteins related to endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-Golgi and synaptic vesicle cycling between BYHWD and [BYHWD-LC]. Targetability experiments further confirmed that Fr.C increased the permeability of HYA and activated the ER-Golgi, and identified the Endophilin-A1 protein (related to synaptic vesicle cycling) as the core affinity target mediating the brain targetability of Fr.C.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>In this study, within the evaluation system based on PTE, guidance and targetability, Fr.C was first identified as the material basis underlying LC's YJMP, and clarified that the potential mechanism may be related to the activation of the ER-Golgi transport system and the promotion of synaptic vesicle cycling.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":15761,"journal":{"name":"Journal of ethnopharmacology","volume":"355 ","pages":"Article 120616"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4000,"publicationDate":"2025-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":"{\"title\":\"Clarification of the Yin-Jing medicinal property characteristic of Ligusticum chuanxiong Hort. via potentiating therapeutic effect, guidance and targetability\",\"authors\":\"Shu-Cheng Zhang , Hong-Xiang Jiang , Xin Yu , Xiang-Wen Kong , Jun-Hong Chai , Jun Liang , Hai-Xue Kuang , Yong-Gang Xia\",\"doi\":\"10.1016/j.jep.2025.120616\",\"DOIUrl\":null,\"url\":null,\"abstract\":\"<div><h3>Ethnic pharmacological relevance</h3><div><em>Ligusticum chuanxiong</em> Hort. 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Meanwhile, the potentiating therapeutic effects (PTE), guidance and targetability assays were employed to assess “Yin-Jing” functions by coupled with hydroxysafflor yellow A (HYA) using molecular biology techniques, etc.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The optimum efficacious dosage of BYHWD is twice the dose, and the LC can potentiate the therapeutic effect of [BYHWD-LC]. The findings from the PTE experiments demonstrated that fragments A-C (Fr.A, Fr.B and Fr.C) could potentiate the therapeutic effect of [BYHWD-LC] in <em>vivo</em>, while Fr.A and Fr.C could enhance the therapeutic effect of HYA in <em>vitro</em>. The results of the guidance tests indicated that Fr.C enhanced the permeability of HYA in PC12 cells. Proteomic revealed that there are differentially expressed proteins related to endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-Golgi and synaptic vesicle cycling between BYHWD and [BYHWD-LC]. 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Clarification of the Yin-Jing medicinal property characteristic of Ligusticum chuanxiong Hort. via potentiating therapeutic effect, guidance and targetability
Ethnic pharmacological relevance
Ligusticum chuanxiong Hort. (LC) is a Yin-Jing medicine in Buyang Huanwu decoction (BYHWD), carries the function of a “guiding the drug upward” to strengthen the treatment outcomes of BYHWD. However, how LC guides other drugs to target organs remains unclear, and no studies have clarified the material basis of LC's Yin-Jing medicinal properties (YJMP).
Aim of the study
The primary objective of this investigation is to clarify the material basis of LC's YJMP via molecular biology methods and explore its related potential mechanisms.
Materials and methods
This investigation developed a rat-based model of cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury (CIRI). Based on the systematic characterization of the chemical composition of BYHWD, the optimal effective dose of BYHWD was screened out, and the therapeutic effect differences between BYHWD and [BYHWD-LC] were compared. Meanwhile, the potentiating therapeutic effects (PTE), guidance and targetability assays were employed to assess “Yin-Jing” functions by coupled with hydroxysafflor yellow A (HYA) using molecular biology techniques, etc.
Results
The optimum efficacious dosage of BYHWD is twice the dose, and the LC can potentiate the therapeutic effect of [BYHWD-LC]. The findings from the PTE experiments demonstrated that fragments A-C (Fr.A, Fr.B and Fr.C) could potentiate the therapeutic effect of [BYHWD-LC] in vivo, while Fr.A and Fr.C could enhance the therapeutic effect of HYA in vitro. The results of the guidance tests indicated that Fr.C enhanced the permeability of HYA in PC12 cells. Proteomic revealed that there are differentially expressed proteins related to endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-Golgi and synaptic vesicle cycling between BYHWD and [BYHWD-LC]. Targetability experiments further confirmed that Fr.C increased the permeability of HYA and activated the ER-Golgi, and identified the Endophilin-A1 protein (related to synaptic vesicle cycling) as the core affinity target mediating the brain targetability of Fr.C.
Conclusions
In this study, within the evaluation system based on PTE, guidance and targetability, Fr.C was first identified as the material basis underlying LC's YJMP, and clarified that the potential mechanism may be related to the activation of the ER-Golgi transport system and the promotion of synaptic vesicle cycling.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Ethnopharmacology is dedicated to the exchange of information and understandings about people''s use of plants, fungi, animals, microorganisms and minerals and their biological and pharmacological effects based on the principles established through international conventions. Early people confronted with illness and disease, discovered a wealth of useful therapeutic agents in the plant and animal kingdoms. The empirical knowledge of these medicinal substances and their toxic potential was passed on by oral tradition and sometimes recorded in herbals and other texts on materia medica. Many valuable drugs of today (e.g., atropine, ephedrine, tubocurarine, digoxin, reserpine) came into use through the study of indigenous remedies. Chemists continue to use plant-derived drugs (e.g., morphine, taxol, physostigmine, quinidine, emetine) as prototypes in their attempts to develop more effective and less toxic medicinals.