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China Surfactant Detergent & Cosmetics ›› 2025, Vol. 55 ›› Issue (5): 581-590.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2097-2806.2025.05.006

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Protective effect and mechanism of Hedyotis diffusa extract on mice with solar dermatitis

Yuewen Ma1,2,3,Xiaojing Li4,Xuefeng Huang4,*(),Xian Chen5,Chunli Wang1,2,3,*()   

  1. 1. School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
    2. Engineering Research Center of Pharmaceutical Process Chemistry, Ministry of Education, Shanghai 200237, China
    3. Shanghai Key Laboratory of New Drug Design, Shanghai 200237, China
    4. PROYA Cosmetics Co., Ltd., Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310012, China
    5. Eneplus Biotech Co., Ltd., Guangzhou, Guangdong 511335, China
  • Received:2024-12-17 Revised:2025-04-11 Online:2025-05-22 Published:2025-06-11
  • Contact: *E-mail: wangchunli@ecust.edu.cn(Chunli Wang); huangxuefeng70@proya.com(Xuefeng Huang).

Abstract:

The paper aimed to study the antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects of Hedyotis diffusa extract on mice with ultraviolet B (UVB)-induced solar dermatitis. KM mice were subjected to UVB irradiation for 7 days, which were also treated with topical application of 1% and 2% Hedyotis diffusa extract. Hematoxylin-eosin (HE) staining, and picric acid-acidic magenta method (VG) staining were performed to observe the state of mouse skin. The levels of oxidative stress indicators NOS, NO, T-SOD, and inflammation indicators TNF-α, IL-6, and IL-1β were detected by biochemistry and immunohistochemistry, and the mRNA or protein levels of Nrf2, Keap1, HO-1, NQO1, GCLC, NF-κB, HMGB1 and p65 were detected by qRT-PCR and western blotting in skin tissues. Compared with the UVB group, the degree of skin damage in mice in the 1% and 2% Hedyotis diffusa extract groups is improved, with collagen fibers aligned, collagen density increased, NOS and NO levels decreased, T-SOD levels increased, TNF-α, IL-6, IL-1β expression levels decreased, mRNA expression levels of Nrf2, Keap1, HO-1, NQO1, and GCLC in skin tissue increased, NF-κB, HMGB1 mRNA expression levels decreased, the relative protein expression levels of Nrf2, Keap1, HO-1, NQO1, GCLC, and p65 in skin tissues increased, and the protein expression level of HMGB1 decreased. It can be seen that Hedyotis diffusa extract can ameliorate UVB-mediated solar dermatitis in mice, and its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory mechanism may be related to Nrf2 and NF-κB signaling pathway.

Key words: Hedyotis diffusa extract, ultraviolet B, solar dermatitis, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory

CLC Number: 

  • TQ658