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LI Yuting,LEI Zhiqiang,YOU Yu,et al.Mechanism of Buyang Huanwutang in Regulating Macrophage Cell Polarization Based on TLR4/NF-κB/NLRP3 Pathway[J].Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae,2023,29(19):18-25. DOI: 10.13422/j.cnki.syfjx.20231013.
Mechanism of Buyang Huanwutang in Regulating Macrophage Cell Polarization Based on TLR4/NF-κB/NLRP3 Pathway增强出版
RAW264.7 macrophages were intervened with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of different concentrations (0, 1.25, 2.5, 5, 10, 20, 40, and 80 mg·L
-1
) for 24 hours. Cell Counting Kit-8 (CCK-8) assay was used to determine the cell viability of RAW264.7 macrophages. The optimal concentration was chosen to establish an
in vitro
inflammation model induced by LPS. Cells were divided into a blank group (20% blank serum), a model group (20% blank serum + 10 mg·L
-1
LPS), a model control group (20% FBS + 10 mg·L
-1
LPS), low-, medium-, and high-dose (5%, 10%, and 20%) Buyang Huanwutang-containing serum groups, a high-dose (20%) Buyang Huanwutang combined with NLRP3 inhibitor MCC950 (50 μmol·L
-1
) group, a high-dose (20%) Buyang Huanwutang combined with reactive oxygen species (ROS) inhibitor NAC (10 μmol·L
-1
) group, and a high-dose (20%) Buyang Huanwutang combined with NF-
κ
B inhibitor PDTC (10 μmol·L
-1
) group. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used to detect the expression of interleukin-1
β
(IL-1
β
), interleukin-18 (IL-18), and tumor necrosis factor-
α
(TNF-
α
) in RAW264.7 macrophages. Flow cytometry was employed to measure ROS levels in macrophages. Western blot was used to determine the protein expression of M1-type macrophage-related factors inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and TNF-
α
, M2-type macrophage-related factors arginase-1 (Arg-1) and interleukin-10 (IL-10), as well as the proteins in the TLR4/NF-
κ
B/NLRP3 pathway.
Result
2
CCK-8 results indicated that under 10 mg·L
-1
LPS stimulation, RAW264.7 macrophages exhibited the highest cell viability (
P
<
0.01). Compared with the blank group, the model group showed significantly increased levels of IL-1
β
, IL-18, and TNF-
α
(
P
<
0.05,
P
<
0.01), increased ROS expression (
P
<
0.05,
P
<
0.01), increased protein expression of M1-type macrophage factors iNOS and TNF-
α
(
P
<
0.01), decreased protein expression of M2-type macrophage factors Arg-1 and IL-10 (
P
<
0.05,
P
<
0.01), and upregulated expression levels of TLR4, myeloid differentiation factor 88 (MyD88), phosphorylated inhibitor of NF-
κ
B (p-I
κ
B)/NF-
κ
B inhibitor (I
κ
B), phosphorylated NF-
κ
B (p-NF-
κ
B) p65/NF-
κ
B p65, NLRP3, apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing a CARD (ASC), and pro-Caspase-1 (
P
<
0.05,
P
<
0.01). Compared with the model group, all Buyang Huanwutang-treated groups and inhibitor groups significantly reduced levels of IL-1
β
, IL-18, and TNF-
α
(
P
<
0.01), suppressed the expression of inflammatory factors in RAW264.7 macrophages, decreased cellular ROS expression levels (
P
<
0.01), downregulated M1-type macrophages iNOS and TNF-
α
protein expression (
P
<
0.01), upregulated M2-type macrophages Arg-1 and IL-10 protein expression (
P
<
0.01), and lowered protein expression levels of TLR4, MyD88, p-I
κ
B/I
κ
B, p-NF-
κ
B p65/NF-
κ
B p65, NLRP3, ASC, and pro-Caspase-1 (
P
<
0.05,
P
<
0.01).
Conclusion
2
Buyang Huanwutang can improve macrophage inflammation, potentially by reducing macrophage ROS levels, inhibiting RAW264.7 macrophage polarization, and downregulating the protein expression levels of the TLR4/NF-
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