Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine ›› 2022, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (4): 622-632.DOI: 10.19852/j.cnki.jtcm.20220617.002

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Identification of novel biomarkers and therapeutic target candidates for stasis-heat symptom pattern of acute intracerebral hemorrhage by quantitative plasma proteomics

WEI Lexin1, LI Weiyi1, TIAN Ting2, ZHANG Ning1, YANG Shijing1, YANG Dongqing1, LI Guochun1(), YE Fang3()   

  1. 1 Department of Public Health, School of Medicine and Holistic Integrative Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China
    2 Emergency Department, Nanjing Hospital of Chinese Medicine affiliated to Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210001, China
    3 the Key Laboratory Department of Stasis-heat Pathogenesis of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the First Clinical Medical College, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210001, China
  • Received:2021-04-22 Accepted:2021-07-18 Online:2022-08-15 Published:2022-07-12
  • Contact: LI Guochun,YE Fang
  • About author:Prof. YE Fang, the Key Research Department of Stasis-heat Pathogenesis of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the First Clinical Medical College, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China. 260958@njucm.edu.cn, Telephone: +86-25-85511926
    Prof. LI Guochun, Department of Public Health, School of Medicine and Holistic Integrative Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China. dr.guochun_li@njucm.edu.cn;
  • Supported by:
    Construction and Application of Decision Support System of TCM Master Zhou Zhongying's Experience Learning in Distinguishing and Treating Major Diseases based on the Intelligent Technology(BE2019723);Dynamic Measurement and Study of Biomarker on Pathogenic Unit of Stasis-Heat in Acute Intracerebral Hemorrhage(813735)

Abstract:

OBJECTIVE: To explore the novel biomarkers and therapeutic target candidates related to the stasis-heat syndrome of acute intracerebral hemorrhage (AICH). METHODS: Applying an isobaric tagging for relative and absolute quantitation-(iTRAQ-) based quantitative proteomic approach, plasma samples from AICH patients with stasis-heat, and AICH patients with non-stasis-heat and healthy control subjects were collected and analyzed to distinguish differentially expressed proteins (DEPs) correlated to AICH with stasis-heat in this block design. The standard Western blot was applied to verify DEPs. Additionally, DEPs were analyzed via bioinformatic platforms and further approved via Ingenuity Pathway Analysis (IPA). RESULTS: A total of 26 DEPs were found among AICH with the stasis-heat, AICH with non-stasis-heat, and healthy control group. The seven DEPs compared with the non-stasis-heat group are closely related to the pathogenesis of stasis heat. These proteins showed three different protein expression patterns. The alpha-1-b glycoprotein (A1BG) and copper-protein (CP) were up-regulated in the stasis-heat group, but down-regulated in the non-stasis-heat group. Compared with the non-stasis-heat group, the expression abundance of actinin, alpha 1 (ACTN1), carbonic anhydrase I (CA1), peroxiredoxin 2 (PRDX2), and vinculin (VCL) is higher in the stasis-heat group, while the CD44 is the opposite. These differences reflect that stasis-heat syndrome has more severe inflammatory immune response, coagulation disorders and damage. Bioinformatics analysis revealed that a wide variety of cellular and metabolic processes and some signaling pathways were involved in the pathophysiology of AICH with stasis-heat. AICH with stasis-heat syndrome showed more severe inflammatory reactions, tissue damage, and coagulation disorders than non-stasis heat syndrome. CONCLUSIONS: There are differences in the protein expression patterns between the stasis-heat syndrome and non-stasis-heat syndrome. These differences reflect that stasis-heat syndrome has more severe damage. CD44, CP, ACTN1, CA1, VCL, PRDX2, and A1BG could be the potential biomarkers and therapeutic target candidates of the stasis-heat subtype. This study provides a reasonable explaination for Liangxue Tongyu decoction through anti-inflammatory and brain protection treatment.

Key words: cerebral hemorrhage, stasis-heat syndrome, biomarkers, therapeutic target, quantitative plasma proteomics

Cite this article

WEI Lexin, LI Weiyi, TIAN Ting, ZHANG Ning, YANG Shijing, YANG Dongqing, LI Guochun, YE Fang. Identification of novel biomarkers and therapeutic target candidates for stasis-heat symptom pattern of acute intracerebral hemorrhage by quantitative plasma proteomics[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2022, 42(4): 622-632.