Jun-mei CHEN, Chun-xiang ZHOU. Advances in Pharmacological Mechanism of Linggui Zhugan Tang. [J]. Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae 25(14):222-227(2019)
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Jun-mei CHEN, Chun-xiang ZHOU. Advances in Pharmacological Mechanism of Linggui Zhugan Tang. [J]. Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae 25(14):222-227(2019) DOI: 10.13422/j.cnki.syfjx.20191438.
Advances in Pharmacological Mechanism of Linggui Zhugan Tang
a representative of warming spleen to resolve fluid retention
is widely used in various diseases caused by spleen deficiency and fluid retention (SDFR). Ancient doctors mostly focused on the theme of SDFR to analysis the composition of LGZG. Modern research has now found that most of the components of LGZG contain anti-inflammatory
anti-tumor and immune-modulating effects. At present
the pharmacological research of LGZG mainly involves clearance of
β
-amyloid (A
β
) and anti-neuroinflammation
regulation of lipid metabolism and insulin resistance
protection of myocardial cells and regulation of liquid metabolism as follow. LGZG can promote the clearance of A
β
by regulating the expression of A
β
transporters
including low-density lipoprotein receptor-associated protein-1 and terminal glycosylation product receptors
as well as reduce the inflammation of nerve cells by inhibiting the secretion of pro-inflammatory factors such as interleukin(IL)-1
β
IL-6 and tumor necrosis factor-
α
(TNF-
α
) by microglia. The prescription can also affect the lipid metabolism and insulin resistance by regulating the levels of adiponectin
insulin and leptin
thus producing therapeutic effects on metabolic syndrome and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. The protective mechanism of LGZG on myocardial cells mainly contains inhibition of the over-activation of nuclear transcription factor-
κ
B(NF-
κ
B) signaling pathway
up-regulation of Smad7 expression and down-regulation of Smad3 expression
regulation of inhibitor of nuclear factor kappa-B kinase (IKK) /NF-
κ
B inhibitor (I
κ
B) /NF-
κ
B signaling pathway
inhibition of inflammatory factor production
and down-regulation of Caspase-3 and Caspase-8 expression. In addition
LGZG can also regulate aquaporins to affect water metabolism. And it also has significant antioxidant effects. As is known to all
the functional mechanism of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) compound is closely related to the network regulation of TCM disease syndromes. Considered from this angle
it is helpful to carry out the " disease-syndrome-formula" research by means of network pharmacology characterized by " disease-target-drug"
thus organically exploring the relationship between LGZG and SDFR from the microscopic perspective
and helping to explain the scientific connotation of SDFR and the biological mechanism of warming spleen to resolve fluid retention.
关键词
苓桂术甘汤药理作用机制温脾化饮脾虚饮停网络药理学
Keywords
Linggui Zhugan Tangpharmacological mechanismwarm spleen to resolve fluid retentionspleen deficiency and fluid retentionnetwork pharmacology
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