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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2023

Ursolic Acid Alleviates Neuroinflammation after Intracerebral Hemorrhage by Mediating Microglial Pyroptosis via the NF-κB/NLRP3/GSDMD Pathway.

Pan Lei, Zhiyang Li, Qiuwei Hua, Ping Song, Lun Gao, Long Zhou, Qiang Cai

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Pan LeiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China.ORCID 0000-0002-9173-1241
Zhiyang LiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China.
Qiuwei HuaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China.
Ping SongDepartment of Neurosurgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China.
Lun GaoDepartment of Neurosurgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China.
Long ZhouDepartment of Neurosurgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China.
Qiang CaiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China.
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Funding

Guiding projects of traditional Chinese medicine in 2023~2024 by Hubei provincial administration of traditional Chinese medicine ZY2023F038National Natural Science Foundation of China 82271518; 81971158; 81671306The Interdisciplinary Innovative Talents Foundation from Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University JCRCFZ-2022-030
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The neuroinflammatory response after intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) causes a large amount of neuronal loss, and inhibiting the inflammatory response can improve the prognosis. In previous laboratory studies and clinical trials, ursolic acid (UA) inhibited the inflammatory response, but whether it can be administered to inhibit the neuroinflammatory response after cerebral hemorrhage is unknown. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of ursolic acid after cerebral hemorrhage. Online databases were used to obtain potential therapeutic targets of ursolic acid for the treatment of cerebral hemorrhage, and possible mechanisms were analyzed by KEGG, GO, and molecular docking. A rat model of cerebral hemorrhage was established using collagenase, and an in vitro cerebral hemorrhage model was constructed by adding hemin to BV2 cell culture medium. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), Western blotting (WB), immunofluorescence, TUNEL staining, and calcein/PI staining were used to investigate the degree of microglial M1 polarization, changes in the levels of inflammatory factors, activation of the NF-κB pathway, and changes in the indicators of cellular death after ursolic acid treatment. In addition, phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) was used to activate the NF-κB pathway to verify that ursolic acid exerts its anti-neuroinflammatory effects by regulating the NF-κB/NLRP3/GSDMD pathway. Network pharmacology and bioinformatics analyses revealed that ursolic acid may exert its therapeutic effects on cerebral hemorrhage through multiple pathways. Together, in vivo and in vitro experiments showed that ursolic acid inhibited microglial M1 polarization and significantly reduced the levels of p-NF-κB, GSDMD-N, cleaved caspase-1, TNF-α, IL-6, and IL-1β, which were significantly inhibited by the use of PMA. Ursolic acid inhibits microglial pyroptosis via the NF-κB/NLRP3/GSDMD pathway to alleviate neuroinflammatory responses after cerebral hemorrhage.

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NF-kappa BNLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 ProteinAnimalsCerebral HemorrhageInflammationMicrogliaMolecular Docking SimulationNeuroinflammatory DiseasesPyroptosisRatsRats, Sprague-DawleySignal TransductionUrsolic AcidNF-kappa BNLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 ProteinUrsolic Acidcerebral hemorrhagemicroglialneuroinflammationpyroptosisursolic acid

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