Protective Effects of Peucedanum japonicum Extract against Osteoarthritis in an Animal Model Using a Combined Systems Approach for Compound-Target Predictionopen access
- Authors
- Chun, Jin Mi; Lee, A. Yeong; Kim, Joong Sun; Choi, Goya; Kim, Seung-Hyung
- Issue Date
- Jun-2018
- Publisher
- MDPI
- Keywords
- Peucedanum japonicum; osteoarthritis; monosodium iodoacetate; inflammatory mediator; network pharmacology; compound-target gene network
- Citation
- NUTRIENTS, v.10, no.6
- Journal Title
- NUTRIENTS
- Volume
- 10
- Number
- 6
- URI
- https://scholarworks.sookmyung.ac.kr/handle/2020.sw.sookmyung/4498
- DOI
- 10.3390/nu10060754
- ISSN
- 2072-6643
- Abstract
- Peucedanum japonicum Thunberg is an herbal medicine used to treat neuralgia, rheumatoid arthritis, and inflammatory-related diseases. However, its effects on osteoarthritis (OA) and its regulatory mechanisms have not been investigated by network analysis. Here, we investigated the pharmacological effects of Peucedanum japonicum extract (PJE) on OA, by combining in vivo effective verification and network pharmacology prediction. Rats in which OA was induced by monosodium iodoacetate (MIA) were treated with PJE (200 mg/kg), and histopathological parameters, weight bearing distribution and inflammatory factors in serum and joint tissue were measured after 28 days of treatment. Additionally, in silico network analysis was used to predict holistic OA regulatory mechanisms of PJE. The results showed that PJE exerted potential protective effects by recovering hind paw weight bearing distribution, alleviating histopathological features of cartilage and inhibiting inflammatory mediator levels in the OA rat model. Furthermore, network analysis identified caspase-3 (CASP3), caspase-7 (CASP7), and cytochrome P450 2D6 (CYP2D6) as potential target genes; in addition, the TNF (Tumor necrosis factor) signaling pathway was linked to OA therapeutic action. Our combined animal OA model and network analysis confirmed the therapeutic effects of PJE against OA and identified intracellular signaling pathways, active compounds and target genes linked to its therapeutic action.
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