Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine ›› 2023, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (2): 386-396.DOI: 10.19852/j.cnki.jtcm.20220617.005

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Yinyanghuo (Herba Epimedii Brevicornus) and its components for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: preclinical evidence and possible mechanisms

WANG Yide1, GAO Zhen1,2()   

  1. 1 Department of Respiration, Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital Affiliated to Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi 830000, China
    2 Department of Integrative Medicine, Huashan hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China
  • Received:2021-11-11 Accepted:2022-03-09 Online:2023-04-15 Published:2023-03-14
  • Contact: GAO Zhen, Department of Integrative Medicine, Huashan hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China, gaozhen@fudan.edu.cn. Telephone: +86-21-52888301
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China: Construction of "Three Dimensional Model of Shenqi deficiency syndrome COPD-Bushenyigi Formulae-biomarker spectrum" of Traditional Chinese Medicine(81760901);Tianshan Innovation Team Plan of Xinjiang: Traditional Chinese Medicine Research Team on Prevention and Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease(2017D14013)

Abstract:

OBJECTIVE: To integrate Meta-analysis and bioinformatics strategies in the preliminary exploration of the potential mechanism of Yinyanghuo (Herba Epimedii Brevicornus) and its extract in treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

METHODS: First, Meta-analysis was carried out. The Chinese and English literature of Yinyanghuo (Herba Epimedii Brevicornus) in treating COPD was searched using the systematic strategy of combining subject words with free words. The included studies were evaluated by the SYRCLE risk bias assessment tool, after which the review manager software was used to combine the effect quantities for statistical analysis. Then, based on bioinformatics technology, the active ingredients and their targets of Yinyanghuo (Herba Epimedii Brevicornus) were screened, and the intersection genes were obtained by mapping and comparing with the targets of COPD. The "medicinal materials-compounds-targets model" was constructed, and the key pathways were annotated. Finally, the core target was docked with important compounds.

RESULTS: A total of 8 studies were included in the Meta-analysis. The results showed that the Yinyanghuo (Herba Epimedii Brevicornus) group could significantly down-regulate pro-inflammatory factors such as tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and interleukin (IL)-8 and increase the expression of anti-inflammatory factors and antioxidant factors such as IL-10 and phospho-protein kinase B (p-AKT) in the COPD model (all P < 0.05). A total of 23 active components and 102 corresponding target genes of Yinyanghuo (Herba Epimedii Brevicornus) were obtained by bioinformatics technology, among which 17 compounds and 63 targets were closely related to COPD. The results of enrichment analysis mainly included TNF signaling pathway, phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt signaling pathway, cancer signaling pathway, and other inflammatory reactions, oxidative stress, and tumor-related pathways. The molecular docking results showed that the binding energy fractions of the top five components of 24-epicampesterol with 10 core targets such as IL-6 were all less than ﹣5.0 kcal/mol, suggesting good binding ability.

CONCLUSIONS: Meta-analysis and bioinformatics results indicated that the therapeutic effect of Yinyanghuo (Herba Epimedii Brevicornus) and its components on COPD might be related to antagonizing inflammation and oxidative stress. The above findings provide a preliminary basis for the development of Yinyanghuo (Herba Epimedii Brevicornus) as a natural drug for preventing and treating COPD.

Key words: Yinyanghuo (Herba Epimedii Brevicornus), pulmonary disease, chronic obstructive, Meta-analysis, computational biology

Cite this article

WANG Yide, GAO Zhen. Yinyanghuo (Herba Epimedii Brevicornus) and its components for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: preclinical evidence and possible mechanisms[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2023, 43(2): 386-396.