Yang, Xinmin, Yao, Linbo, Yuan, Mei, Zhang, Xiaoying, Jakubowska, Monika A, Ferdek, Pawel E, Dai, Lei, Yang, Jingyu, Jin, Tao, Deng, Lihui et al (show 7 more authors)
(2022)
Transcriptomics and Network Pharmacology Reveal the Protective Effect of Chaiqin Chengqi Decoction on Obesity-Related Alcohol-Induced Acute Pancreatitis <i>via</i> Oxidative Stress and PI3K/Akt Signaling Pathway.
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Abstract
Obesity-related acute pancreatitis (AP) is characterized by increasing prevalence worldwide and worse clinical outcomes compared to AP of other etiologies. Chaiqin chengqi decoction (CQCQD), a Chinese herbal formula, has long been used for the clinical management of AP but its therapeutic actions and the underlying mechanisms have not been fully elucidated. This study has investigated the pharmacological mechanisms of CQCQD in a novel mouse model of obesity-related alcohol-induced AP (OA-AP). The mouse OA-AP model was induced by a high-fat diet for 12 weeks and subsequently two intraperitoneal injections of ethanol, CQCQD was administered 2 h after the first injection of ethanol. The severity of OA-AP was assessed and correlated with changes in transcriptomic profiles and network pharmacology in the pancreatic and adipose tissues, and further docking analysis modeled the interactions between compounds of CQCQD and their key targets. The results showed that CQCQD significantly reduced pancreatic necrosis, alleviated systemic inflammation, and decreased the parameters associated with multi-organ dysfunction. Transcriptomics and network pharmacology analysis, as well as further experimental validation, have shown that CQCQD induced Nrf2/HO-1 antioxidant protein response and decreased Akt phosphorylation in the pancreatic and adipose tissues. <i>In vitro</i>, CQCQD protected freshly isolated pancreatic acinar cells from H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub>-elicited oxidative stress and necrotic cell death. The docking results of AKT1 and the active compounds related to AKT1 in CQCQD showed high binding affinity. In conclusion, CQCQD ameliorates the severity of OA-AP by activating of the antioxidant protein response and down-regulating of the PI3K/Akt signaling pathway in the pancreas and visceral adipose tissue.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Chaiqin chengqi decoction, obesity-related acute pancreatitis, pharmacology network analysis, transcriptomics, antioxidant protein response, PI3K, Akt pathway |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Health and Life Sciences Faculty of Health and Life Sciences > Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology |
| Depositing User: | Symplectic Admin |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Oct 2022 15:20 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Oct 2023 08:50 |
| DOI: | 10.3389/fphar.2022.896523 |
| Open Access URL: | https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2022.896523 |
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| URI: | https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3165627 |
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