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Active Compounds Derived from Fuzheng Huayu Formula Protect Hepatic Parenchymal Cells from Apoptosis Based on Network Pharmacology and Transcriptomic Analysis

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Rong Wu
1,†,
Shu Dong
1,†,
Fei-Fei Cai
1,
Xiao-Le Chen
1,
Meng-Die Yang
1,
Ping Liu
2 and
Shi-Bing Su
1,*
1
Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine Complexity System, Institute of Interdisciplinary Integrative Medicine Research, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China
2
E-institute of Shanghai Municipal Education Committee, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China
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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
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These authors contributed equally to this work.
Molecules 2019, 24(2), 338; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24020338
Received: 25 December 2018 / Revised: 16 January 2019 / Accepted: 17 January 2019 / Published: 18 January 2019
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Fuzheng huayu formula (FZHY), an antifibrotic traditional Chinese medicine, is frequently used for the treatment of liver fibrosis. In this study, network analysis, transcriptomic analysis, assays of cell apoptosis, viability and protein expression were used for investigating the effects and mechanisms of compounds derived from FZHY on hepatic parenchymal cell (HPC) protection and hepatic stellate cell activation. Network pharmacology analysis found that 6 major compounds and 39 potential targets were important network nodes. Our analysis predicted that the active compounds of FZHY, including hederagenin, luteolin and tanshinone IIA inhibited cell apoptosis (p < 0.05), increased PI3K expression and reduced cleaved caspase 3 expression and the Bax/Bcl-w ratio (p < 0.05) in L02 cells that had apoptosis induced by TNF-α. Few significant changes caused by FZHY, hederagenin, luteolin and tanshinone IIA were observed in hepatic stellate Lx2 cells upon TGF-β1 induction. These data suggest that FZHY is active against liver fibrosis, protects hepatic parenchymal cells from apoptosis, and recovers liver function, possibly through the effects of its active compounds hederagenin, luteolin and tanshinone IIA and is involved in the inhibition of apoptosis in HPCs, possibly through regulating the PI3K, ERK, cleaved caspase 3 and Bax/Bcl-w levels. View Full-Text
Keywords: fuzheng huayu formula; hederagenin; luteolin; tanshinone IIA; network pharmacology; apoptosis fuzheng huayu formula; hederagenin; luteolin; tanshinone IIA; network pharmacology; apoptosis
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Wu, R.; Dong, S.; Cai, F.-F.; Chen, X.-L.; Yang, M.-D.; Liu, P.; Su, S.-B. Active Compounds Derived from Fuzheng Huayu Formula Protect Hepatic Parenchymal Cells from Apoptosis Based on Network Pharmacology and Transcriptomic Analysis. Molecules 2019, 24, 338. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24020338

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Wu R, Dong S, Cai F-F, Chen X-L, Yang M-D, Liu P, Su S-B. Active Compounds Derived from Fuzheng Huayu Formula Protect Hepatic Parenchymal Cells from Apoptosis Based on Network Pharmacology and Transcriptomic Analysis. Molecules. 2019; 24(2):338. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24020338

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Wu, Rong, Shu Dong, Fei-Fei Cai, Xiao-Le Chen, Meng-Die Yang, Ping Liu, and Shi-Bing Su. 2019. "Active Compounds Derived from Fuzheng Huayu Formula Protect Hepatic Parenchymal Cells from Apoptosis Based on Network Pharmacology and Transcriptomic Analysis" Molecules 24, no. 2: 338. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24020338

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