PMID- 36874030 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20230307 IS - 1663-9812 (Print) IS - 1663-9812 (Electronic) IS - 1663-9812 (Linking) VI - 14 DP - 2023 TI - Dendrobium mixture ameliorates type 2 diabetes mellitus with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease through PPAR gamma: An integrated study of bioinformatics analysis and experimental verification. PG - 1112554 LID - 10.3389/fphar.2023.1112554 [doi] LID - 1112554 AB - Dendrobium mixture (DM) is a patented Chinese herbal medicine indicated which has anti-inflammatory and improved glycolipid metabolism. However, its active ingredients, targets of action, and potential mechanisms are still uncertain. Here, we investigate the role of DM as a prospective modulator of protection against non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) induced by type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and illustrate the molecular mechanisms potentially involved. The network pharmacology and TMT-based quantitative protomics analysis were conducted to identify potential gene targets of the active ingredients in DM against NAFLD and T2DM. DM was administered to the mice of DM group for 4 weeks, and db/m mice (control group) and db/db mice (model group) were gavaged by normal saline. DM was also given to Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats, and the serum was subjected to the palmitic acid-induced HepG2 cells with abnormal lipid metabolism. The mechanism of DM protection against T2DM-NAFLD is to improve liver function and pathological morphology by promoting peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARgamma) activation, lowering blood glucose, improving insulin resistance (IR), and reducing inflammatory factors. In db/db mice, DM reduced RBG, body weight, and serum lipids levels, and significantly alleviated histological damage of liver steatosis and inflammation. It upregulated the PPARgamma corresponding to the prediction from the bioinformatics analysis. DM significantly reduced inflammation by activating PPARgamma in both db/db mice and palmitic acid-induced HepG2 cells. CI - Copyright (c) 2023 Zhuang, Zhang, Lin, Wang, Yu and Shi. FAU - Zhuang, Shuting AU - Zhuang S AD - College of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, China. FAU - Zhang, Jieping AU - Zhang J AD - College of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, China. FAU - Lin, Xiaohui AU - Lin X AD - College of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, China. FAU - Wang, Xiaoning AU - Wang X AD - College of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, China. FAU - Yu, Wenzhen AU - Yu W AD - College of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, China. FAU - Shi, Hong AU - Shi H AD - College of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20230216 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Pharmacol JT - Frontiers in pharmacology JID - 101548923 PMC - PMC9978952 OTO - NOTNLM OT - PPAR gamma OT - TMT-based quantitative protomics OT - dendrobium mixture OT - inflammation OT - network pharmacology OT - non-alcoholic fatty liver disease OT - type 2 diabetes mellitus COIS- The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. EDAT- 2023/03/07 06:00 MHDA- 2023/03/07 06:01 PMCR- 2023/02/16 CRDT- 2023/03/06 03:49 PHST- 2022/11/30 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/01/30 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/03/06 03:49 [entrez] PHST- 2023/03/07 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/03/07 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2023/02/16 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 1112554 [pii] AID - 10.3389/fphar.2023.1112554 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Pharmacol. 2023 Feb 16;14:1112554. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2023.1112554. eCollection 2023.