Journal
JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY
Volume 300, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2022.115691
Keywords
Breviscapine; Cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury; Intestinal flora; TLR4/MyD88/NF-kappa B; CYP3A4
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This study discussed the protective effect of Erigeron breviscapus extract (breviscapine) on cerebral ischemia and its possible mechanism by targeting intestinal flora, brain inflammatory pathway, and intestinal CYP3A4. The results indicated that breviscapine could protect rats from cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury by regulating intestinal flora, inhibiting brain TLR4/MyD88/NF-.B inflammatory pathway, and intestinal CYP3A4 expression.
Ethnopharmacological relevance: The plant Erigeron breviscapus (Vant.) Hand.-Mazz.,a Chinese herbal medicine with multiple pharmacological effects and clinical applications, has been traditionally used in the treatment of paralysis caused by stroke and joint pain from rheumatism by the Yi minority people of Southwest China for generations.However, its mechanism involves many factors and has not been fully clarified. Aim of the study: Taking intestinal flora as the target, the protective effect of extract(breviscapine) of E. breviscapus on cerebral ischemia and its possible mechanism were discussed from the perspective of brain inflammatory pathway and intestinal CYP3A4, which depends on intestinal flora. Materials and methods: In this study, we first verified the binding ability between major active ingredient of Erigeron breviscapus and the core target TLR4 protein by molecular docking using Vina software.We established a rat model of cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury in vivo.The neurological function of rats was scored by Bederson score table, the cerebral infarction volume was detected by TTC staining, and the serum NSE level was detected by ELASA. 16S rRNA sequencing was used to detect the intestinal flora of rats in each group.The expression levels of cerebral TLR4/MyD88/NF-kappa B and CYP3A4 mRNA and protein in different intestinal segments were detected by qRT-PCR and Western blot. Results: Compared with the model group, the neurological injury score, infarct volume and serum NSE concentration of breviscapine low, medium and high dose groups and nimodipine groups decreased significantly. Meanwhile, breviscapine could significantly reduce the expression level of the TLR4/MyD88/NF-kappa B in brain tissue and CYP3A4 in different intestinal segments of rats with cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury. In addition, breviscapine also significantly ameliorated intestinal flora dysbiosis of rats with cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury. Conclusions: Breviscapine can protect rats from cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury by regulating intestinal flora, inhibiting brain TLR4/MyD88/NF-.B inflammatory pathway and intestinal CYP3A4 expression.
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