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ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2018

Zhuang Gu Guan Jie Wan: Reasonable Application Can Alleviate the Liver Injury for Osteoarthritis Treatment.

Bin Liu, Danping Fan, Wen Sun, Kang Zheng, Guoming Pang, Xiaojuan He, Cheng Xiao, Cheng Lu

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Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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8 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Bin LiuInstitute of Basic Research in Clinical Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.ORCID 0000-0003-1162-5930
Danping FanInstitute of Basic Research in Clinical Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8091-7032
Wen SunPharmacology Department, The Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 310015, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8117-6080
Kang ZhengInstitute for Advancing Translational Medicine in Bone and Joint Diseases, School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, 00852, Hong Kong.ORCID 0000-0001-9462-978X
Guoming PangKaifeng Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Kaifeng 475001, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9478-1431
Xiaojuan HeInstitute of Basic Research in Clinical Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0553-0919
Cheng XiaoInstitute of Clinical Medicine, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing 100029, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5601-9670
Cheng LuInstitute of Basic Research in Clinical Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6474-9198
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College · CNAffiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University · CNChina-Japan Friendship Hospital · CNHong Kong Baptist University · HKKaifeng University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The potential toxicity of herbal drugs, particularly drug-induced liver injury (DILI), has received extensive attention as the use of Chinese herbal medicine has rapidly increased globally. As a classic Chinese patent medicine, Zhuang Gu Guan Jie Wan (ZGGJW) has been brought into focus recently because of its satisfactory therapeutic effects on osteoarthritis (OA) as well as its unanticipated side effects. This study aimed to decipher the puzzling phenomenon of liver injury developing in response to ZGGJW that varies by the subtype of OA. Normal, anterior cruciate ligament transaction (ACLT) and partial medial meniscectomy (MMx) induced OA and ovariectomy combined with ACLT and partial MMx induced rat models were used and treated orally with ZGGJW or distilled water for 30 days. The results from histopathology, biochemistry, and immunohistochemistry showed that ZGGJW induced liver injury, increased the level of malondialdehyde (MDA), and decreased the levels of total antioxidation capability (T-AOC), superoxide dismutase (SOD), interleukin-22 (IL-22), and signal transducer and activator of transcription factor 3 (STAT3) in the liver of normal rats, while liver injury was alleviated and showed different tendencies in the above markers for ACLT and partial MMx induction rats and ovariectomy combined with ACLT and partial MMx induction rats after ZGGJW treatment. In the OA disease states, hepatic injury induced by ZGGJW could be associated with an impairment in antioxidant capacity and the high levels of IL-22 and STAT3 after ZGGJW treatment may be responsible for the slight hepatic injury of ZGGJW based on the subtype of OA. This study provides a novel approach to better understanding of the risks and limitations when using potentially toxic Chinese patent medicine in clinical applications.

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