ArticleJournal of advanced research2025
Kurarinone regulates Th17/Treg balance and ameliorates autoimmune uveitis via Rac1 inhibition.
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- Regulatory T cell dysfunction and exhaustion in uveitis: immunometabolic mechanisms, microenvironmental drivers, and emerging therapeutic strategies.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Metabolic checkpoints in the regulation of Th17 cells: implications for uveitis pathogenesis and therapy.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Gentisic acid ameliorates lumbar disc herniation by regulating M1/M2 Polarization via the MAPK14/S100A9/Rac1/2 pathway.Cell biology and toxicology · 2025Article
- Kurarinone activates the Nrf-2/HO-1 signaling pathway and alleviates high glucose-induced ferroptosis in HK2 cells.Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition · 2025Article
- Mechanism of Shi-Yang-Xiao lotion in alleviating perianal eczema based on network pharmacology and experimental validation.Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2025Article
- PIM1 signaling in immunoinflammatory diseases: an emerging therapeutic target.Frontiers in immunology · 2024Review
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Abstract
introductionAutoimmune uveitis (AU) is a severe intraocular autoimmune disorder with a chronic disease course and a high rate of blindness. Kurarinone (KU), a major component of the traditional Chinese medicine Sophorae Flavescentis Radix, possesses a wide spectrum of activities and has been used to treat several inflammation-related diseases.
objectiveWe aimed to investigate the effects of KU on AU and its modulatory mechanisms.
methodsWe used an experimental autoimmune uveitis (EAU) animal model and characterized the comprehensive immune landscape of KU-treated EAU mice using single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq). The retina and lymph nodes were analyzed. The siRNAs and selective inhibitors were used to study the signaling pathway. The effect of KU on peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from uveitis patients was also examined.
resultsWe found that KU relieved chorioretinal lesions and immune cell infiltration in EAU model mice. Subsequent single-cell analysis revealed that KU downregulated the EAU-upregulated expression of inflammatory and autoimmune-related genes and suppressed pathways associated with immune cell differentiation, activation, and migration in a cell-specific manner. KU was implicated in restoring T helper 17 (Th17)/regulatory T (Treg) cell balance by alleviating inflammatory injury and elevating the expression of modulatory mediators in Tregs, while simultaneously ameliorating excessive inflammation by Th17 cells. Furthermore, Rac1 and the Id2/Pim1 axis potentiated the pathogenicity of Th17 cells during EAU, which was inhibited by KU treatment, contributing to the amelioration of EAU-induced inflammation and treatment of AU. In addition, KU suppressed inflammatory cytokine production in activated human PBMCs by inhibiting Rac1. Integration of the glucocorticoid-treated transcriptome suggests that KU has immunomodulatory effects on lymphocytes.
conclusionOur study constructed a high-resolution atlas of the immunoregulatory effects of KU treatment on EAU and identified its potential therapeutic mechanisms, which hold great promise in treating autoimmune disorders.
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