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Network Pharmacology-Based Approach Uncovers the Mechanism of Guanxinning Tablet for Treating Thrombus by Mapks Signal Pathway ORIGINAL RESEARCH published: 13 May 2020 doi: 10.3389/fphar.2020.00652 Network Pharmacology-Based Approach Uncovers the Mechanism of GuanXinNing Tablet for Treating Thrombus by MAPKs Signal Pathway † † Mu-Lan Wang 1,2 , Qin-Qin Yang 1,3 , Xu-Hui Ying 2, Yuan-Yuan Li 1, Yang-Sheng Wu 1, Qi-Yang Shou 1, Quan-Xin Ma 1, Zi-Wei Zhu 2 and Min-Li Chen 1* 1 Academy of Chinese Medicine & Institute of Comparative Medicine, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China, 2 The Department of Medicine, Chiatai Qingchunbao Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Hangzhou, China, 3 Department of Experimental Animals, Zhejiang Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hangzhou, China Edited by: Background: GuanXinNing tablet (GXNT), a traditional Chinese patent medicine, has Jianxun Liu, been found to have remarkable antithrombotic effects and can effectively inhibit pro- China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, China thrombotic factors in previous studies. However, the mechanism of its antithrombotic Reviewed by: effects remains little known. Songxiao Xu, fi fi Artron BioResearch Inc., Canada Methods: In this study, we rst determined and identi ed the sources of each main Yi Ding, compound in GXNT using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS). Through Fourth Military Medical the approach of network pharmacology, we predicted the action targets of the active University, China Yunyao Jiang, components, mapped the target genes related to thrombus, and obtained potential Tsinghua University, China antithrombotic targets for active ingredients. We then performed gene ontology (GO) *Correspondence: enrichment analyses and KEGG signaling pathway analyses for the action targets, and Min-Li Chen – – – [email protected] constructed networks of active component target and active component target †These authors have contributed pathway for GXNT. Additionally, we evaluated the pharmacodynamic effects of GXNT equally to this work on thrombus using the rat thrombus model induced by FeCl3, observed the effects of antiplatelet aggregation via platelet assay, and further verified the results predicted by Specialty section: This article was submitted to network pharmacology via Western blot. Ethnopharmacology, Results: In total, 14 active ingredients were identified in GXNT, and 83 action targets were a section of the journal Frontiers in Pharmacology predicted, 17 of which are antithrombotic targets that potentially participate in processes Received: 31 May 2019 including response to oxidative stress and positive regulation of blood vessel endothelial Accepted: 22 April 2020 cell migration. KEGG pathway analyses revealed that the predicted action targets were Published: 13 May 2020 involved in multiple signal pathways, such as MAPK, IL-17, and platelet activation. Citation: Pharmacodynamics study found that GXNT could significantly reduce the thrombus Wang M-L, Yang Q-Q, Ying X-H, Li Y-Y, Wu Y-S, Shou Q-Y, Ma Q-X, length and weight, lower platelet aggregation function, and decrease the levels of Fbg and Zhu Z-W and Chen M-L (2020) PAI-1. In addition, GXNT could significantly increase 6-keto-PGF1a content and regulate Network Pharmacology-Based a Approach Uncovers the Mechanism of the ratio of TXB2/6-keto-PGF1 , while not having dramatic effects on TXB2. GXNT was GuanXinNing Tablet for Treating also observed to visibly inhibit maximum platelet aggregation. Herein, we further studied Thrombus by MAPKs Signal Pathway. the thrombus-related MAPKs signaling pathway and found that GXNT could significantly Front. Pharmacol. 11:652. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2020.00652 reduce the phosphorylation levels of p38MAPK, ERK, and JNK proteins in platelet. Frontiers in Pharmacology | www.frontiersin.org 1 May 2020 | Volume 11 | Article 652 Wang et al. GXNT Treats Thrombus by MAPKs Conclusions: This study revealed the pharmacodynamic material basis of GXNT and its potential multicomponent–multitarget–multipath pharmacological effects, confirmed the antithrombotic effects of GXNT, and showed that its mechanism may be related to inhibiting phosphorylation of p38, ERK, and JNK proteins in MAPKs signaling pathway, partially verifying the results from network pharmacology. The results from this study could provide a theoretical basis for the development and clinical application of GXNT. Keywords: GuanXinNing tablet, network pharmacology, thrombus, Danshen, Chuanxiong, MAPKs signal pathway INTRODUCTION protect the vascular endothelium (Chen et al., 2005), and have antithrombotic activities with multiple-target effects (Wang Thrombus is a common pathophysiological basis for various et al., 2016). Nevertheless, TCM is a complex chemical cardiovascular diseases in the clinic, such as acute myocardial composition system of multiple components, with multiple infarction, stroke, and coronary heart disease (Sadowski et al., targets, multiple links, and multiple effects. Therefore, a 2014; Wang, 2018). Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) holistic view of “multiple components-multiple targets-multiple believes that cold coagulation and blood stasis plays an pathways” is needed to study the material basis and action important role in thrombotic diseases (Gu, 2010). Warming mechanism of GXNT on thrombus. collaterals and activating blood circulation therapy is a general Network pharmacology uses high-throughput omics data principle for treating cold coagulation and blood stasis analysis, virtual computing, and network database retrieval to syndrome, according to the Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic. construct an interaction network of “compound-gene-disease” As a consequence, Chinese medicine with the function of and to provide a holistic understanding of the relationship activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis is often between drugs and targets. Integrating with systems biology, used to prevent and cure thromboembolic diseases. multi-directional pharmacology and bioinformatics, and network GuanXinNing is a classical Chinese herbal formula pharmacology offers new approaches and strategies for designing preparation, which is composed of two well-established anddevelopingnew drugs(Hopkins,2008; Li, 2013).Inparticular, it Chinese herbs that activate blood circulation and remove blood has unique advantages and potential in predicting and identifying stasis: Salvia miltiorrhiza Bge. (Chinese name Danshen, DS) and the active ingredient clusters and action targets of Chinese Ligusticum chuanxiong Hort. (Chinese name Chuanxiong, CX). medicines, and in discovering new indications through active This preparation has the effect of activating blood circulation, molecule screening, target prediction, network construction, and removing blood stasis, dredging arteries, and nourishing the analysis. The systemic and holistic traits of network pharmacology heart. To improve patient convenience and compliance, are in line with the complexity of TCM, making it widely adopted in GuanXinNing tablet (GXNT) is a novel preparation developed studying the pharmacodynamic material basis and action from the widely used GuanXinNing injection with an improved mechanism of TCM preparations, such as XinShengHua granule extraction process. GXNT consists of extracts from Danshen and (Pang et al., 2018), MaZiRen wan (Huang et al., 2018), Chuanxiong at the ratio of 1:1 (Chen et al., 2005), and has YinHuangQingFei capsule (Yu et al., 2017), YangXinShi tablet already been approved for listing by the China Food and Drug (Chen et al., 2018a), etc. Administration (CFDA approval no. Z20150028). Danshen, the In this study, we used network pharmacology to predict the dry roots of Salvia miltiorrhiza Bge., is beneficial to heart and targets of active ingredients in GXNT and investigate its action liver with a bitter taste and a slightly cold property. Studies have mechanism. Firstly, the main active components of GXNT were demonstrated that Danshen has significant anti-arrhythmia identified and screened based on liquid chromatography-mass effects via reducing myocardial infarct size, protecting spectrometry (LC-MS) combined with traditional Chinese myocardial injury (Chang et al., 2016), and improving medicine system pharmacology technology platform (TCMSP). myocardial ischemia (Zhang et al., 2013). The second Chinese Then, active ingredient targets were predicted using Swiss Target herb component, Chuanxiong, is the dry rhizome of Ligusticum Prediction web server to construct the active ingredient-target, chuanxiong Hort. Chuanxiong is known to protect the liver, protein interaction, and component–target–pathway network for gallbladder, and pericardium with a mild property and an acrid analyzing the pharmacodynamic basis and action mechanism of taste, and has the effects of activating blood circulation, moving GXNT. Next, the common carotid artery thrombus model in rats qi, dispelling wind, and relieving pain (Chen et al., 2018b). induced by FeCl3 was adopted to further verify the Modern pharmacological studies have shown that Chuanxiong antithrombotic effects of GXNT, followed by the antiplatelet has antioxidation, anti-inflammation, neuroprotection, and anti- study. Finally, we examined the protein expressions in the bacteria activities (Chen et al., 2018b; Shan et al., 2018). predicted thrombus-related signaling pathways via Western Moreover, our previous studies have found that GXNT could blot to verify the antithrombotic mechanism of GXNT. The reduce platelet aggregation, scavenge free radicals, ameliorate results from this study provided a theoretical reference for the blood coagulation in rats with qi stagnation and blood
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