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China Surfactant Detergent & Cosmetics ›› 2022, Vol. 52 ›› Issue (7): 704-709.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1001-1803.2022.07.003

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Study on the improvement effects of Saussurea involucrata polysaccharide on atopic dermatitis in mice by external application

Liu Guangrong1,2,Gan Xiaoshuang3,Tai Meiling3,Han Ping4,Akber Aisa Haji1,2,*(),Du Zhiyun5,*()   

  1. 1. Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, Xinjiang 830011, China
    2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China
    3. Infinitus (China) Company Ltd., Jiangmen, Guangdong 529000, China
    4. Allan Conney Biotechnology Company Ltd., Foshan, Guangdong 528231, China
    5. School of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510006, China
  • Received:2021-10-27 Revised:2022-05-16 Online:2022-07-22 Published:2022-07-21
  • Contact: Haji Akber Aisa,Zhiyun Du E-mail:Haji@ms.xjb.ac.cn;892008284@qq.com

Abstract:

The therapeutic effect and its possible mechanism of Saussurea involucrata polysaccharide on atopic dermatitis (AD) in mice were studied. The polysaccharide of Saussurea involucrata was obtained by water extraction and alcohol precipitation process. The content of crude polysaccharide was determined. The atopic dermatitis model in mice was established with topical 2, 4-dinitrofluorobenzene (DNFB). 40 Mice were randomly divided into blank group, model group, prednisolone positive group, and low-dose and high-dose Saussurea involucrata polysaccharide groups (100 and 500 μg/mL, respectively). The skin lesions of each group of mice were recorded; the transepidermal water loss of the mice was tested; the lesions were stained with hematoxylin-eosin to observe the pathological characteristics; the expression levels of IL-6, IL-4, IL-13, Ig E, TNF-α, NOD 1, TLR-2 and CRAMPS in the skin lesions were determined by ELISA method. The results show that the content of Saussurea involucrata polysaccharide prepared in this experiment is 28.23%. Saussurea involucrate polysaccharide could effectively alleviate the skin symptoms of mice with DNFB-induced atopic dermatitis. The transepidermal water loss and the thickness of the epidermal layer are both reduced. The high-dose group of Saussurea involucrata polysaccharide was selected for cytokine detection. Compared with the model group, the expression levels of Th2-related cytokines IL-6 (P<0.01), IL-4 (P<0.01), IL-13 (P<0.01) and Ig E in the skin of mice (P<0.01) are effectively reduced for the Saussurea involucrate polysaccharide group. Meanwhile, the Saussurea involucrate polysaccharide group regulates the cytokines of the innate immune pathway, significantly reduces the expression levels of TLR-2 (P<0.01), NOD1 (P<0.01) and TNF-α (P<0.01), and significantly increases the expression level of CRAMPS (P<0.05). The present study shows that, through inhibiting the cytokines IL-4 and IL-13 in Th2 inflammatory response process in atopic dermatitis, and through regulating the secretion and release of the innate immunity regulator of TLR-2, the inflammatory response in AD model mice is thereby inhibited.

Key words: Saussurea involucrata (Kar. et Kir.) Sch.-Bip. polysaccharide, atopic dermatitis, immunomodulation, cytokine

CLC Number: 

  • TQ658