Glycyrrhizic acid promotes the application of Remyelination inhibition neuroinflamation drug in preparation
Technical field
The invention belongs to the pharmaceutical product technical fields of the effective component containing natural drug, and in particular to glycyrrhizic acid
The new application of (Glycyrrhizic Acid) in terms of pharmacy.
Background technique
Multiple sclerosis (Multiple Sclerosis, MS) and its animal model experimental autoimmune myelencephalon
Scorching (Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis, EAE), is central nervous system (Central
Nervous System, CNS) chronic autoimmune disease, with significant spinal cord injury and inflammation, Quantifying axonal loss and de- marrow
Sheath.Lysis can be broadly defined as acute neurological inflammatory reaction and chronic demyelinating disease.China disease incidence by
Year improves, and is mainly in 20-40 years old women, and 80% or so is in recurrence-alleviation course of disease.In MS initial phase, myelin reactivity CD4+T
Cell is activated in periphery and is largely proliferated, and crosses blood-brain barrier (Blood-Brain Barrier, BBB) into CNS, and swash
A series of CNS immune responses characterized by attacking myelin living.In the chronic phase of MS/EAE, progression of disease and demyelinate, axis
Prominent damage is related with neuron loss.The common methods of clinical treatment are the progress for reducing inflammatory reaction to delay disease at present,
But effective immunotherapy targeted autoantibody measure there is no to the myelin damaged, be the bottleneck of demyelinate class disease treatment.
Mature oligodendroglia (Oligodendrocyte, OLG) is the cell that myelin is formed in central nervous system
(myelin-forming cell), by oligodendrocyte precursor cells (Oligodendrocyte precursor cells, OPC)
It is differentiated to form.After myelin sheath damage, OPC activation is raised to damaged part by being proliferated, migrating and is broken up as new oligodendroglia
Cell realizes Remyelination.Although in Multiple Sclerosis lesions region, there are a large amount of oligodendroglia precursor, differentiation
It is then very limited for mature oligodendrocyte numbers.Existing research the result shows that, in Multiple Sclerosis lesions region, have big
The inhibition molecule of amount hinders differentiation of the oligodendroglia precursor to mature oligodendroglia.However, these inhibit to divide
The molecular mechanism how son inhibits oligodendroglia precursor to break up is still not clear, this is also to lack effective Remyelination at present
The reason of drug.
Many Chinese medicines and herb ingredients show remarkable result in terms for the treatment of EAE in recent years.Wherein glycyrrhizic acid (GA) is
A kind of triterpenoid saponin is the natural component obtained from the root and rhizome of Radix Glycyrrhizae (Glycyrrhiza glabra).Radix Glycyrrhizae by
It is widely used as herbal medicine and natural sweetener, it is such as anti-inflammatory with extensive pharmacological activity, it is antiviral and antitumor etc..
Radix Glycyrrhizae has been accepted and has used as a kind of conventional Chinese medicine, main component be glycyrrhizin, liquiritin,
Glycyrrhizic acid flavonoids of Glycyrrhiza, rear curtain are than wingceltis element, formoononetin, Quercetin etc..
The effects of glycyrrhizic acid (GA) has removing toxic substances, and anti-inflammatory, antibechic is antitumor, antiulcer, antibacterial.Meanwhile glycyrrhizin pair
AIDS virus has Inhibit proliferaton effect;Enoxolone has inhibiting effect to myeloma and Example Ascites hepatoma.Glycyrrhizic acid has
Apparent antidiuretic activity;Glycyrrhizin, isoliquiritigenin have antiulcer and spasmolysis;Licoflavone class still has antioxygen and suppression
Bacterium effect.
According to relevant report, GA is effective in several diseases associated with inflammation or related experiment model, including allergic reaction and asthma.
Although these discoveries show that GA may also be beneficial to autoimmune diseases such as MS, about its pharmacological activity, Cytological Basis
It still requires study with the major issue of the molecular mechanism of GA effect.
Summary of the invention
The object of the present invention is to provide glycyrrhizic acids to be used to prepare the new use for promoting Remyelination to inhibit neuroinflamation drug
On the way, to provide a kind of new drug candidate for multiple sclerosis and central nervous system demyelinating disease etc..
Applicant is tested by vitro and in vivo, is carried out to function and effect of the glycyrrhizic acid to neuroinflamation and Remyelination
It investigates.Result of study discovery, GA effectively improve the serious journey of clinical disease of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE)
Degree.Histological evaluation shows that GA significantly inhibits infiltration of the inflammatory cell to CNS white matter demyelinate focal zone.In chronic phase, GA is lured
It leads oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPC) and is divided into mature oligodendroglia in vivo, to effectively accelerate myelin again
It is raw.Myelinoclasis-regeneration mouse model of copper hydrazone induction and the result table of in vitro brain section culture and external OPC test of maturity
Bright, the effect of glycyrrhizic acid is to directly facilitate Remyelination rather than immunosupress.
Present invention discloses glycyrrhizic acids to promote Remyelination to inhibit neuroinflamation new medicine use in preparation, not only widens
The application range of glycyrrhizic acid, and useful clinically novel drugs are provided for central nervous system demyelinating disease etc..
Detailed description of the invention
Fig. 1 is in EAE acute stage, PBS control group and glycyrrhizic acid GA (50mg/kg/d) treatment group mouse invasion situation pair
Than.
Fig. 2 is immune 30th day PBS control group and glycyrrhizic acid (GA) treatment group mouse spinal cord lumbosacral enlargement pathological section
H&E and LFB immunostaining figure.
Fig. 3 is immune 30th day PBS control group and glycyrrhizic acid (GA) treatment group mouse spinal cord lumbosacral enlargement pathological section
MBP immunostaining figure.
Fig. 4 is in EAE chronic phase, PBS control group and glycyrrhizic acid GA (50mg/kg/d) treatment group mouse invasion situation pair
Than.
Fig. 5 is the LFB of immune 60 days PBS control groups and glycyrrhizic acid (GA) treatment group mouse spinal cord lumbosacral enlargement pathological section
Immunostaining figure.
Fig. 6 is immune 60th day PBS control group and glycyrrhizic acid (GA) treatment group mouse spinal cord lumbosacral enlargement pathological section
MBP immunostaining figure.
Fig. 7 is immune 60th day PBS control group and glycyrrhizic acid (GA) treatment group mouse spinal cord lumbosacral enlargement pathological section
APC immunostaining figure.
Fig. 8 is copper hydrazone feeding 6 weeks, PBS control group and glycyrrhizic acid (GA) treatment group's weight figure and brain corpus callosum immunohistochemistry
Colored graph.
Fig. 9 be 4 weeks demyelinates of copper hydrazone feeding after, PBS control group and glycyrrhizic acid (GA) treatment group processing 2 weeks weight figure and
Brain corpus callosum immunohistochemical staining figure.
Figure 10 is the APC immunostaining figure of PBS (LPS+PBS) control group, UA treatment group (LPC+GA) mouse cerebellum slice.
Figure 11 is the MBP immunostaining figure of PBS (LPS+PBS) control group, UA treatment group (LPC+GA) mouse cerebellum slice.
Figure 12 is that primary OPC cultivates CNPase immunofluorescence after 7d in the differential medium with or without GA (10 μM)
Analysis chart.
Figure 13 is that primary OPC cultivates Ki67 immunofluorescence point after 7d in the differential medium with or without GA (10 μM)
Analysis figure.
Figure 14 is that primary OPC cultivates 7d in or without GA (10 μM) differential medium, and use is customized
RT2Profiler PCR array measures OPC/ oligodendroglia related gene expression.
Below in conjunction with drawings and examples, the present invention is described in further detail.
Specific embodiment
Material therefor, reagent, instrument and method in following embodiment are the routine in this field without specified otherwise
Material, reagent, instrument and method can be obtained by commercial channel.
Preventive effect of the embodiment 1:GA to the MOG acute EAE model induced
1, the preparation of EAE model and drug therapy
Female C57BL/6 mouse (8 weeks) is purchased from Xi'an Jiao great medical college animal center.Myelin oligodendroglia sugar egg
White MOG35-55 polypeptide, is purchased from Genescript company, and pertussis toxin is purchased from Sigma-Aldrich company, containing tuberculosis point
The complete Freund's complete adjuvant of branch bacillus, is purchased from BD Difco company, glycyrrhizic acid (GA) is purchased from Sigma-Aldrich company.
With PBS dissolve MOG35-55 polypeptide, then with isometric complete Freund's adjuvant (mycobacterium tuberculosis containing 5mg/ml)
Mixing pushes away the white antigen emulsion beaten to Water-In-Oil shape with glass syringe.
Mouse is immunized in two sites at back, respectively in intraperitoneal injection pertussis dilution on the day of being immunized and after 2 days
(200ng/ is only).
EAE mouse is randomly divided into following processing group:
1) control group of PBS processing: EAE mouse is injected intraperitoneally with PBS.
2) glycyrrhizic acid (GA) processing group: GA (50mg/kg/d) intraperitoneal injection daily since 0th day immune.According to optimization
Research selection dosage.
2, experiment post-processing
(1) EAE model score standard
After mouse immune, observes its limbs strength situation and carry out clinical score, EAE standards of grading are as follows: 0: without clinic
Symptom;0.5: stiff tail;1: tail portion paralysis;1.5: paralysing and lurch in tail portion;2: side quadriplegia;2.5: side
Quadriplegia, side limb adynamia;3: hind leg is paralysed completely;4: dying;5: dead.
(2) histopathology
30th day after immune, put to death mouse and carry out heart perfusion PBS, win control group and GA administration group mouse respectively
Spinal column marrow carry out immunohistochemical analysis.
3, experimental result
(1) in the acute phase of EAE, GA (50mg/kg/d) treatment significantly reduces the serious journey of disease compared to PBS group
It spends (Fig. 1).
(2) HE and LFB dyeing display, compared with the control group, GA administration group inflammatory cell infiltration substantially reduces, demyelinate journey
Degree significantly reduces (Fig. 2).
(3) MBP immunostaining shows that GA treatment group obviously increases (Fig. 3) compared with control group MBP expression.
In short, GA treatment reduces CNS inflammation and myelin damage in acute EAE.
Lysis is effectively relieved when EAE chronic phase starts treatment in embodiment 2:GA
1, the preparation of EAE model and drug therapy
EAE model preparation such as embodiment 1, is randomly divided into following processing group for EAE mouse:
1) control group of PBS processing: EAE mouse is injected intraperitoneally with PBS.
2) glycyrrhizic acid (GA) processing group: GA (50mg/kg/d) intraperitoneal injection daily since 30th day immune.
2. experiment post-processing
60th day after immune, put to death mouse and carry out heart perfusion PBS, win control group and GA administration group mouse respectively
Spinal column marrow carry out immunohistochemical analysis.
3, experimental result
(1) in the chronic phase of EAE, GA (50mg/kg/d) treats the morbidity journey for reducing EAE significant compared to PBS group
It spends (Fig. 4).
(2) LFB dyeing display, compared with PBS group, the significant reduction (Fig. 5) in demyelination after GA processing.
(3) MBP dyeing display, compared with PBS group, GA administration group is expressed with higher MBP, shows that GA treatment not only may be used
To be further reduced myelin damage, myelin can also be promoted to restore (Fig. 6).
(4) APC dyeing display, detects significant increased APC+ oligodendroglia number, table in the mouse of GA processing
Bright GA induces OPC mature (Fig. 7) in CNS lesion.
In short, GA treatment improves the clinical symptoms of chronic EAE, and promote the regeneration of EAE chronic phase myelin.
Embodiment 3:GA promotes the Remyelination in the demyelinated model of copper hydrazone induction
1, copper hydrazone model preparation and drug therapy to 8 week old male C57BL/6 mouse feeding standard rodent mouse grains with
The mixed cuprizone mouse grain of 0.2% copper chelator cuprizone inhibits mitochondrial function and causes CNS demyelinate.
Demyelinate experiment is divided into two groups:
1) PBS control group: feeding copper hydrazone mouse grain 6 weeks, and PBS is injected intraperitoneally daily.
2) GA processing group: feeding copper hydrazone mouse grain 6 weeks, and GA (50mg/kg/d) is injected intraperitoneally daily.
Remyelination experiment is divided into two groups:
1) PBS control group: PBS is injected intraperitoneally in feeding copper hydrazone mouse grain 4 weeks daily in 4-6 weeks.
2) GA processing group: GA (50mg/kg/d) is injected intraperitoneally in feeding copper hydrazone mouse grain 4 weeks daily in 4-6 weeks.
2, experiment post-processing
Mice brain tissues are fixed to all euthanizing animals, and with the PFA that concentration is 4%.In order to whether study GA
Remyelination is removed in influence, and brain is further embedded in paraffin, is sliced and dyes for histopathology and immunohistochemistry
Analysis.
3, experimental result
(1) weight figure and brain corpus callosum immunohistochemical staining are shown, continued weight mitigation and callosity between 6 period of copper hydrazone feeding
Zhi body has apparent demyelinate.However, weight loss and demyelinate are not handled by GA and change (Fig. 8) in the demyelinate stage.
(2) Remyelination is tested, at the 6th week, weight did not had significant variation, but observed gently in PBS processing group
Micro- Remyelination.It is assessed by histochemistry (LFB) and immunohistochemical staining (myelin), GA treatment increases weight simultaneously
Promote Remyelination (Fig. 9).
In short, GA administration directly stimulation oligodendroglia is mature and promotes Remyelination after copper hydrazone induces demyelinate.
Embodiment 4:GA promotes the Remyelination in organotypic slice culture
1, experiment process
After birth the 3rd day (P3) execution C57BL/6 mouse and cerebella slice is prepared with brain.Every newborn rat cuts 350 μm
Brain piece 4-5 piece is placed on the filter membrane of Gey ' s buffer infiltration of preheating.After random grouping, brain piece is transferred to culture solution
In, 37 DEG C, the CO2 of concentration 5% LPC (0.5mg/ml) culture 18h is added after cultivating 2 days to induce demyelinate, then PBS is cleaned
It is handled 14 days with PBS or GA afterwards.Pass through immunofluorescence dyeing assessment Remyelination (MBP+NFH+) and maturation OLG (APC after 14d
+) quantity.
2, experimental result
(1) compared with PBS processing group, the APC+ maturation oligodendroglia significantly increased is observed in the slice handled with GA
Cell (Figure 10).
(2) LPC induces brain tissue MBP expression to be remarkably decreased, and compared with PBS processing, MBP expression is dramatically increased after GA processing
(Figure 11).
In short, GA effectively increases mature oligodendrocyte numbers in organotypic slice culture, promote the de- of LPC induction
The generation of myelin protein in myelin.
Embodiment 5:GA promotes OPC mature in vitro
1, experiment process
(1) primary OPC is prepared from newborn C57BL/6 mouse brain, in the differentiation culture with or without GA (10 μM)
Immunofluorescence dyeing is carried out with CNPase and Ki67 after culture 7d in base, nucleus is dyed with DAPI (blue).Mature is few prominent
Spongiocyte is dyed with CNPase, and the OPCs being proliferated is marked with Ki67.
(2) primary OPC cultivates 7d in or without GA (10 μM) differential medium, with customized RT2Profiler
PCR array measures OPC/ oligodendroglia related gene expression.
2, experimental result
(1) the complicated branching pattern more extended, and and PBS are shown after culture 2 weeks by the OPCs of GA processing
Control group is compared, and total branch length of oligodendroglia increases 4 times or more (Figure 12) in GA processing group.
(2) in the OPCs of GA processing, percentage of the Ki67+ proliferative OPCs under differentiation condition significantly reduces (figure
13)。
(3) GA processing up-regulation oligodendroglia idiosyncratic transcription factor (such as Olig2, Sox10, Sox17) and glue of dashing forward less
The expression (Figure 14) of the transcriptional level and neurotrophic factor CNTF of cell plastid Specific marker MBP.
Above-described embodiment explore glycyrrhizic acid can effectively alleviate inflammatory reaction and inhibit Demyelination, alleviate it is acute and
Chronic experi Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis disease promotes Remyelination, body in the demyelinated model of copper hydrazone induction
Outer Mechanism Study discovery glycyrrhizic acid can directly induce the differentiation of oligodendrocyte precursor cells by adjusting GSK-3 signal beta access, show
The synthesis of the mature differentiation and stimulation myelin protein that promote oligodendroglia is write, for treatment demyelinating disease and multiple sclerosis
Disease provides new foundation, provides useful clinically novel drugs for the treatment of central nervous system demyelinating disease.