Dihydroartemisinin Attenuated Intervertebral Disc Degeneration via Inhibiting PI3K/AKT and NF-B Signaling Pathways
Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity(2022)
摘要
Intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD) is the leading cause of low back pain (LBP). However, effective therapeutic drugs for IDD remain to be further explored. Inflammatory cytokines play a pivotal role in the onset and progression of IDD. Dihydroartemisinin (DHA) has been well reported to have powerful anti-inflammatory effects, but whether DHA could ameliorate the development of IDD remained unclear. In this study, the effects of DHA on extracellular matrix (ECM) metabolism and cellular senescence were firstly investigated in nucleus pulposus cells (NPCs) under tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFa)-induced inflammation. Meanwhile, AKT agonist sc-79 was used to determine whether DHA exerted its actions through regulating PI3K/AKT and NF-kappa B signaling pathways. Next, the therapeutic effects of DHA were tested in a puncture-induced rat IDD model. Finally, we detected the activation of PI3K/AKT and NF-kappa B signaling pathways in clinical degenerative nucleus pulposus specimens. We demonstrated that DHA ameliorated the imbalance between anabolism and catabolism of extracellular matrix and alleviated NPCs senescence induced by TNFa in vitro. Further, we illustrated that DHA mitigated the IDD progression in a puncture-induced rat model. Mechanistically, DHA inhibited the activation of PI3K/AKT and NF-kappa B signaling pathways induced by TNFa, which was undermined by AKT agonist sc-79. Molecular docking predicted that DHA bound to the PI3K directly. Intriguingly, we also verified the activation of PI3K/AKT and NF-kappa B signaling pathways in clinical degenerative nucleus pulposus specimens, suggesting that DHA may qualify itself as a promising drug for mitigating IDD.
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intervertebral disc,degeneration
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