Dan-Lou prescription inhibits foam cell formation induced by ox-LDL via the TLR4/NF-κB and PPARγ signaling pathways

Li Na Gao, Xin Zhou, Yu Ren Lu, Kefeng Li, Shan Gao, Chun Quan Yu, Yuan Lu Cui

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摘要

Atherosclerosis is the major worldwide cause of mortality for patients with coronary heart disease. Many traditional Chinese medicine compound prescriptions for atherosclerosis treatment have been tried in patients. Dan-Lou prescription, which is improved from Gualou-Xiebai-Banxia decoction, has been used to treat chest discomfort (coronary atherosclerosis) for approximately 2,000 years in China. Although the anti-inflammatory activities of Dan-Lou prescription have been proposed previously, the mechanism remains to be explored. Based on the interaction between inflammation and atherosclerosis, we further investigated the effect of Dan-Lou prescription on macrophage-derived foam cell formation and disclosed the underlying mechanisms. In the oxidative low-density lipoprotein (ox-LDL) induced foam cells model using murine macrophage RAW 264.7 cells, the ethanol extract from Dan-Lou prescription (EEDL) reduced ox-LDL uptake and lipid deposition by inhibiting the protein and mRNA expression of Toll-like receptor (TLR)4 and scavenger receptor (SR)B1. After stimulation with ox-LDL, the metabolic profile of macrophages was also changed, while the intervention of the EEDL mainly regulated the metabolism of isovalerylcarnitine, arachidonic acid, cholesterol, aspartic acid, arginine, lysine, L-glutamine and phosphatidylethanolamine (36:3), which participated in the regulation of the inflammatory response, lipid accumulation and cell apoptosis. In total, 27 inflammation-related gene targets were screened, and the biological mechanisms, pathways and biological functions of the EEDL on macrophage-derived foam cells were systemically analyzed by Ingenuity Pathway Analysis system (IPA). After verification, we found that EEDL alleviated ox-LDL induced macrophage foam cell formation by antagonizing the mRNA and protein over-expression of PPARγ, blocking the phosphorylation of IKKα/β, IκBα and NF-κB p65 and maintaining the expression balance between Bax and Bcl-2. In conclusion, we provided evidences that Dan-Lou prescription effectively attenuated macrophage foam cell formation via the TLR4/NF-κB and PPARγ signaling pathways.

原文English
文章編號590
期刊Frontiers in Physiology
9
發行號MAY
DOIs
出版狀態Published - 29 5月 2018
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