Toxicity and Detoxification Effects of Herbal Caowu via Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry Metabolomics Analyzed using Pattern Recognition Method
Yan Yan1, Aihua Zhang1, Hui Dong1, Guangli Yan1, Hui Sun1, Xiuhong Wu1, Ying Han1, Xijun Wang1★★ Corresponding author
- 1Sino‑US Chinmedomics Technology Cooperation Center, National TCM Key Laboratory of Serum Pharmacochemistry, Research Center of Chinmedomics (State Administration of TCM), Laboratory of Metabolomics, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin 150040, China.
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Xijun Wang
Sino‑US Chinmedomics Technology Cooperation Center, National TCM Key Laboratory of Serum Pharmacochemistry, Research Center of Chinmedomics (State Administration of TCM), Laboratory of Metabolomics, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin 150040, China.
Received: 23-10-2016; Revised: 17-11-2016.
Volume 13, Issue 52 · pp. 683–692 · PUBLISHED 13 November 2017 · DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_475_16
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Background: Caowu (Radix Aconiti kusnezoffii, CW), the root of Aconitum kusnezoffii Reichb., has widely used clinically in rheumatic arthritis, painful joints, and tumors for thousands of years. However, the toxicity of heart and central nervous system induced by CW still limited the application. Materials and Methods: Metabolomics was performed to identify the sensitive and reliable biomarkers and to characterize the phenotypically biochemical perturbations and potential mechanisms of CW‑induced toxicity, and the detoxification by combinatorial intervention of CW with Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae) (CG), Baishao (Radix Paeoniae Alba) (CB), and Renshen (Radix Ginseng) (CR) was also analyzed by pattern recognition methods. Results: As a result, the metabolites were characterized and responsible for pentose and glucuronate interconversions, tryptophan metabolism, amino sugar and nucleotide sugar metabolism, taurine and hypotaurine metabolism, fructose and mannose metabolism, and starch and sucrose metabolism, six networks of which were the same to the metabolic pathways of Chuanwu (Radix Aconiti, CHW) group. The ascorbate and aldarate metabolism was also characterized by CW group. The urinary metabolomics also revealed CW‑induced serious toxicity to heart and liver. Thirteen significant metabolites were identified and had validated as phenotypic toxicity biomarkers of CW, five biomarkers of which were commonly owned in Aconitum. The changes of toxicity metabolites obtained from combinatorial intervention of CG, CB, and CR also were analyzed to investigate the regulation degree of toxicity biomarkers adjusted by different combinatorial interventions at 6th month. Conclusion: Metabolomics analyses coupled with pattern recognition methods in the evaluation of drug toxicity and finding detoxification methods were highlighted in this work.
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Yan, Y., Zhang, A., Dong, H., Yan, G., Sun, H., Wu, X., Han, Y., & Wang, X. (2017). Toxicity and Detoxification Effects of Herbal Caowu via Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry Metabolomics Analyzed using Pattern Recognition Method. Pharmacognosy Magazine, 13(52), 683–692. https://doi.org/10.4103/pm.pm_475_16