Pien Tze Huang alleviate the joint inflammation in collagen-induced arthritis mice

Yong Qi Deng, Hui Luo, Jun Shu, Haiyang Shu, Cheng Lu, Ning Zhao, Yun Geng*, Xiaojuan He*, Aiping Lu*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease characterized by synovitis. Pien Tze Huang (PZH) is a Chinese patent medicine with anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory effects. However, whether PZH could be used in RA therapy is still unknown. Therefore, this study aimed to explore the therapeutic effect and the potential mechanism of PZH on collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) mice.


Methods: Male DBA/1J mice were used to establish an animal model of CIA and then treated with different doses of PZH for 4 weeks. The therapeutic effect of PZH on CIA mice was evaluated by arthritis score, pathological staining, and detecting the levels of inflammatory factors in serum and joints. To investigate its possible mechanism, the activity of NF-κB signaling pathway, NLRP3 inflammasome and the level of A20 were detected.


Results: The results showed that PZH could alleviate the erythema and swelling of hind paws of CIA mice, improve the pathological conditions of joint and decrease the production of IL-1β, IL-6 and IL-17 in serum and joints. Furthermore, PZH could significantly inhibit the activity of NF-κB signaling pathway and NLRP3 inflammasome in the ankle joint of CIA mice compared with the model group. It also increased the level of A20 in the ankle joint of CIA mice.


Conclusion: This study indicated that PZH could alleviate the joint inflammation of CIA mice, and the mechanism might be related to the regulation of NF-κB signaling pathway and NLRP3 inflammasome.

Original languageEnglish
Article number30
Number of pages9
JournalChinese Medicine
Volume15
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 30 Mar 2020

Scopus Subject Areas

  • Pharmacology
  • Complementary and alternative medicine

User-Defined Keywords

  • NF-κB signaling pathway
  • NLRP3 inflammasome
  • Pien Tze Huang
  • Rheumatoid arthritis

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