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简介：Theuterinetetaniccontractionanduterinearterybloodflowreductionarepossiblereasonsforprimarydysmenorrhea（PD）.Inthepresentstudy,weaimedtoevaluatetheuterinerelaxanteffectandtheinfluenceonuterinearterybloodvelocityofGe-GenDecoction（GGD）,awell-knownChineseherbalformula.InfemaleICRmice,uterinecontractionwasinducedbyoxytocinexposurefollowingestradiolbenzoatepretreatment,andtheuterinearterybloodvelocitywasdetectedbyDopplerultrasound.HistopathologicalexaminationoftheuterinetissuesampleswereperformedbyH&Estaining.Exvivostudiesdemonstratedthatoxytocin,posteriorpituitary,oracetylcholineinducedcontractionsinisolatedmouseuterus.GGDinhibitedbothspontaneousandstimulatedcontractions.InvivostudydemonstratedthatGGDsignificantlyreducedoxytocin-inducedwrithingresponseswithamaximalinhibitionof87%.FurtherstudydemonstratedthatGGDnormalizedoxytocin-inducedabnormalitiesofprostaglandinsF2alpha(PGF2α)andCa2+inmice.Inaddition,injectionofoxytocininducedadecreaseinuterinearterybloodflowvelocity.PretreatmentwithGGDreversedtheoxytocinresponseonbloodflowvelocity.HistopathologicalexaminationshowedpretreatmentwithGGDalleviatedinflammationandedemaintheuteruswhencomparedwiththemodelgroup.BothexvivoandinvivoresultsindicatedthatGGDpossessedasignificantspasmolyticeffectonuterinetetaniccontractionaswellasimprovementonuterinearterybloodvelocitywhichmayinvolvePGF2αandCa2+signaling,suggestingthatGGDmayhaveaclinicpotentialinPDtherapy.

简介：ItrecentlybecomesanimportantandurgentmissionformodernscientificresearchtoidentifyandexplainthetheoryoftraditionalChinesemedicine(TCM),whichhasbeenutilizedinChinaformorethanfourmillennia.SincefewworkshavebeencontributedtounderstandingtheTCMtheory,themechanismofactionsofdrugswithcold/hotpropertiesremainsunclear.Inthepresentstudy,sixkindsoftypicalherbswithcoldorhotpropertieswereorallyadministeredintomice,andserumandliversampleswereanalyzedusinganuntargetednuclearmagneticresonance(NMR)basedmetabolomicsapproachcoupledwithsimilarityanalysis.Thisapproachwasperformedtoidentifyandquantifychangesinmetabolicpathwaystoelucidatedrugactionsonthetreatedmice.Ourresultsshowedthatthosedrugswithsamepropertyexertedsimilareffectsonthemetabolicalterationsinmouseserumandliversamples,whiledrugswithdifferentpropertyshoweddifferenteffects.Theeffectsofherbalmedicineswithcold/hotpropertieswereexertedbyregulatingthepathwayslinkedtoglycometabolism,lipidmetabolism,aminoacidsmetabolismandothermetabolicpathways.Theresultselucidatedthedifferencesandsimilaritiesofdrugswithcold/hotproperties,providingusefulinformationontheexplanationofmedicinalpropertiesoftheseTCMs.

简介：Resistancetocisplatin(DDP)-basedchemotherapyisamajorcauseoftreatmentfailureinhumangastriccancer(GC).Itisnecessarytoidentifythedrugstore-sensitizeGCcellstoDDP.Inourpreviousresearch,ZuoJinWanFormula(ZJW)hasbeenprovedcouldincreasethemitochondrialapoptosisviacofilin-1inaimmortalizedcellline,SGC-7901/DDP.Duetotheimmortalizedcellsmaystilldifficulthighlyrecapitulatetheimportantmoleculareventsinvivo,primaryGCcellsmodelderivedfromclinicalpatientwasconstructedinthepresentstudytofurtherevaluatetheeffectofZJWandtheunderlyingmolecularmechanism.ImmunofluorescentstainingwasusedtoindentifyprimaryculturedhumanGCcells.Westernblottingwascarriedouttodetecttheproteinexpression.CellCountingKit-8(CCK-8)wasusedtoevaluatecellproliferation.Flowcytometryanalysiswasperformedtoassesscellapoptosis.ZJWinhibitedproliferationandinducedapoptosisinprimaryDDP-resistantGCcells.Notably,theapoptosisinGCcellswasmediatedbyinducingcofilin-1mitochondrialtranslocation,down-regulatingBcl-2andup-regulatingBaxexpression.Surprisingly,thelevelofp-AKTproteinwashigherinDDP-resistantGCcellsthanthatoftheDDP-sensitiveGCcells,andtheactivationofAKTcouldattenuateZJW-inducedsensitivitytoDDP.ThesedatarevealedthatZJWcanincreasethechemosensitivityinDDP-resistantprimaryGCcellsbyinducingmitochondrialapoptosisandAKTinactivation.ThecombiningchemotherapywithZJWmaybeaneffectivetherapeuticstrategyforGCchemoresistancepatients.

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简介：Acompetitiveenzyme-linkedimmunosorbentassay(ELISA)wasdevelopedtodetermineruscogenin(RUS)byusingthemonoclonalantibody(McAb).ThemonoclonalantibodyagainstRUS,secretedfromtheestablishedhybridomacelllines,wasidentifiedasbeingoftheIgG1isotype.TheMcAbexhibitedhighspecificitytoRUS,showingaveryslightcrossreactivitywithdiosgenin(15.7%),andnocross-reactivitytosarsasapogenin,diammoniumglycyrrhizinate,oleanolicacidandnotoginsenosideR1.TheestablishedELISA,atanIC50valueof157.55ng.mL-1andadetectionlimit(IC20)of20.57ng.mL-1,wascomparedwithHPLCanalyses,andagoodcorrelationbetweenELISAandHPLC-ELSDanalysesofRUSintheextractofRadixOphiopogoniswasobtained.TheexperimentaldataindicatedthattheELISAmethodexhibitsmoreadvantagesoverHPLC-ELSD,suchaslowdetectionlimit,highspecificity,lowbackground,andnorequirementforsamplepre-treatment,andismoresuitableforthedeterminationofnaturalcomponentsinChinesetraditionalmedicinesandinbiologicalsamplesforpharmacokineticstudies.

简介：AccordingtothetheoryoftraditionalChinesemedicine(TCM),Qi(vitalenergy)isregardedasadrivingforceofbiologicalactivitiesinhumanbody,includingbothnutrientsubstancesandorganfunctions.Qi-invigoratingTCMsarewidelyusedtotreatvarioussymptomsanddisorders,suchasfatigue,obesity,immunosuppression,intestinalfloraimbalance,andgastrointestinaldiseases,inwhichQiisconsideredtobereducedordepleted.Interestingly,abundantclinicalevidencessuggestthatthesedisordersareassociatedwiththealternationofintestinalflora,whichdirectlyaffectsdiseasestatus.HereinwereviewtheinteractionbetweengutmicrobiotaandQi-invigoratingTCMsunderhealthyanddiseaseconditionsanddiscussthemechanismsofactionandapplicationsofQi-invigoratingTCMsinenhancinghealthstatusthroughmicrobialalternation.AbetterunderstandingoftheroleofQi-invigoratingTCMsinmodulatingmicrobialcompositionandtheassociationbetweenintestinalmicrobiotaanddiseaseswouldhelprevealtheclinicalconsequencesofmicrobiotaalterationandexploreopportunitiestoharnessthissymbioticrelationshiptoimprovepublichealth.

简介：Chuanwu(CW)，从AconitumcarmichaeliiDebx的母亲根的著名繁体中文药(TCM)……(Ranunculaceae)，被用于各种各样的疾病的处理。不幸地，因为它的狭窄的治疗学的窗户，它的毒性经常被报导。在现在的学习，一个metabolomic方法被执行描绘phenotypically生物化学的不安和导致CW的毒性的潜在的机制。同时，在尿的毒性biomarkers的表示水平被分析与Gancao由联合评估detoxification(根值Glyeyrrhizae，CG)，Baishao(根值PaeoniaeAlba，CS)并且Ganjiang(根茎Zingiberis，CJ)，它从古典TCM药方被屏蔽。尿metabolomics被UPLC-Q-TOF-HDMS，和集体系列执行检测代谢物的信号系统地用模式识别方法被分析。作为结果，与CW毒性联系的十七biomarkers被识别，它与戊糖和glucuronate被联系互变现象，丙氨酸，aspartate，和glutamate新陈代谢，在其它之中。大多数毒性biomarkers的表示层次被相容性药有效地向正常范围调制。它显示三相容性药能有效地除去CW。在摘要，我们的工作证明metabolomics为TCM对毒性和发现detoxification方法的评估极其重要。