XIAO Yi,FENG Zhi-qiao,ZHANG Gui-xian,et al.Xuebijing Injection Regulates Mitochondrial N-formyl Peptides/NLRP3 Inflammatory Pathway to Treat Severe Acute Pancreatitis in Rats[J].Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae,2022,28(07):88-94.
XIAO Yi,FENG Zhi-qiao,ZHANG Gui-xian,et al.Xuebijing Injection Regulates Mitochondrial N-formyl Peptides/NLRP3 Inflammatory Pathway to Treat Severe Acute Pancreatitis in Rats[J].Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae,2022,28(07):88-94. DOI: 10.13422/j.cnki.syfjx.20220738.
Xuebijing Injection Regulates Mitochondrial N-formyl Peptides/NLRP3 Inflammatory Pathway to Treat Severe Acute Pancreatitis in Rats
To investigate the therapeutic effect of Xuebijing injection (XBJ) on sodium taurocholate (Na-Tc)-induced severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) in rats.
Method
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Forty rats were randomly assigned into 5 groups: sham operation group, SAP model group, and low-, medium-, and high-dose (4, 8, 12 mL·kg·d
-1
, respectively) XBJ groups. SAP model was established by retrograde injection of Na-Tc (1 mL·kg
-1
) into the biliary and pancreatic ducts. XBJ was injected intraperitoneally 3 days before and 0.5 h after modeling. The ascitic fluid volume and the pancreas weight-to-body weight ratio were measured. The pathological changes of pancreatic tissue were observed via hematoxylin-eosin (HE) staining. The protein levels of formyl peptide receptor 1 (FPR1) and nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-like receptor 3 (NLRP3) in pancreatic tissue were detected by immunohistochemistry. Western blot was employed to determine the expression levels of NADH-ubiquinone oxidoreductase chains 1-6 (MT-ND1, MT-ND2, MT-ND3, MT-ND4, MT-ND5, and MT-ND6) in rat plasma.
Result
2
Compared with sham operation group, the SAP model group showcased increased ascitic fluid volume and pancreas weight-to-body weight ratio (
P
<
0.05), serious lesions in pancreatic tissue, increased total pathological score (
P
<
0.05), and up-regulated protein levels of FPR1 and NLRP3 in pancreatic tissue (
P
<
0.05). The model group had lower MT-ND2 level (
P
<
0.05) and higher MT-ND1, MT-ND3, and MT-ND6 levels in plasma (
P
<
0.05) than the sham operation group, while MT-ND4 and MT-ND5 had no significant differences between the two groups. Compared with SAP model group, the XBJ treatment decreased ascitic fluid volume and pancreas weight-to-body weight ratio (
P
<
0.01), ameliorated pancreatic lesions, and down-regulated the protein levels of FPR1 and NLRP3 in pancreatic tissue (
P
<
0.01). The treatments, especially high-dose XBJ (
P
<
0.01), down-regulated the expression of MT-ND1 (
P
<
0.01), MT-ND3 (
P
<
0.01), MT-ND6 (
P
<
0.01), and MT-ND4 and did not change that of MT-ND5.
Conclusion
2
XBJ may antagonize partial mitochondrial
N
-formyl peptides and excessive inflammatory response mediated by FPR1/NLRP3 to treat SAP in rats.
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