PMID- 36806191 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230811 LR - 20230811 IS - 1470-8744 (Electronic) IS - 0885-4513 (Linking) VI - 70 IP - 4 DP - 2023 Aug TI - Banxia Xiexin decoction ameliorates dextran sulfate sodium (DSS)-induced ulcerative colitis via inhibiting serine-threonine protein kinase (Akt)/mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling pathway. PG - 1530-1542 LID - 10.1002/bab.2451 [doi] AB - Banxia Xiexin decoction (BXD), a traditional Chinese medicine, was widely used in treating ulcerative colitis (UC). However, the active components of BXD and its mechanism in UC remain elusive. Therefore, we used network pharmacology in vivo experiments, molecular docking, and surface plasmon resonance strategy (SPR) to uncover BXD's potential mechanism. A UC rat model was established by orally administering 7% dextran sulfate sodium (DSS) in drinking water, BXD and palmatine were orally administered for 7 days. Network pharmacology was used to investigate the main bioactive components and crucial targets of BXD in treating UC. Molecular docking was used to investigate interactions between components and crucial targets, verifying the results by SPR. By network pharmacology predicting, 20 active components and 44 candidate anti-UC targets of BXD were identified, and the crucial proteins were screeded from PPI network, including extracellular regulated protein kinases (ERK), AKT1, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF). In addition, some key active components (palmatine, sexangularetin, and skullcapflavone II) were screened out from the active components-targets network. Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) enrichment and in vivo experiments showed that protein-serine-threonine kinase (Akt)/MAPK pathway was involved in BXD treatment for UC; BXD and palmatine significantly ameliorated the severity of DSS-induced UC in rats. Our study might assist in further investigation of the active components in Chinese medicine. CI - (c) 2023 International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc. FAU - Ji, Wanli AU - Ji W AD - School of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Shanghai, China. FAU - Liu, Wangzhenzu AU - Liu W AD - School of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China. FAU - Huo, Yan AU - Huo Y AD - Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China. FAU - Hu, Cheng AU - Hu C AD - Science and Technology Experiment Center, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China. FAU - Zhang, Yifan AU - Zhang Y AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7946-1808 AD - School of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Shanghai, China. LA - eng GR - 82204741/National Natural Science Foundation of China/ GR - SSF-21-07-002/Scientific Research Foundation of Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20230320 PL - United States TA - Biotechnol Appl Biochem JT - Biotechnology and applied biochemistry JID - 8609465 RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases) RN - 0 (banxia xiexin decoction) RN - 9042-14-2 (Dextran Sulfate) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - 0 (Drugs, Chinese Herbal) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Rats MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases MH - Dextran Sulfate/toxicity MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt MH - *Colitis, Ulcerative/chemically induced/drug therapy MH - Molecular Docking Simulation MH - Signal Transduction MH - Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases MH - *Drugs, Chinese Herbal/pharmacology OTO - NOTNLM OT - Akt OT - Banxia Xiexin decoction OT - MAPK OT - inflammatory bowel disease OT - ulcerative colitis EDAT- 2023/02/23 06:00 MHDA- 2023/08/11 06:43 CRDT- 2023/02/22 10:27 PHST- 2022/10/10 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/02/11 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/08/11 06:43 [medline] PHST- 2023/02/23 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/02/22 10:27 [entrez] AID - 10.1002/bab.2451 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biotechnol Appl Biochem. 2023 Aug;70(4):1530-1542. doi: 10.1002/bab.2451. Epub 2023 Mar 20.