To unveil the molecular mechanisms of Qi and blood through systems biology-based investigation into Si-Jun-Zi-Tang and Si-Wu-Tang formulae

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Abstract

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is increasingly getting clinical application worldwide. But its theory like QI-Blood is still abstract. Actually, Qi deficiency and blood deficiency, which were treated by Si-Jun-Zi-Tang (SJZT) and Si-Wu-Tang (SWT) respectively, have characteristic clinical manifestations. Here, we analyzed targets of the ingredients in SJZT and SWT to unveil potential biologic mechanisms between Qi deficiency and blood deficiency through biomedical approaches. First, ingredients in SWT and SJZT were retrieved from TCMID database. The genes targeted by these ingredients were chosen from STITCH. After enrichment analysis by Gene Ontology (GO) and DAVID, enriched GO terms with p-value less than 0.01 were collected and interpreted through DAVID and KEGG. Then a visualized network was constructed with ClueGO. Finally, a total of 243 genes targeted by 195 ingredients of SWT formula and 209 genes targeted by 61 ingredients of SJZT were obtained. Six metabolism pathways and two environmental information processing pathways enriched by targets were correlated with 2 or more herbs in SWT and SJZT formula, respectively.

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Sun, J., Zhang, L., He, Y., Zhang, K., Wu, L., Fan, Y., & Xie, Z. (2016). To unveil the molecular mechanisms of Qi and blood through systems biology-based investigation into Si-Jun-Zi-Tang and Si-Wu-Tang formulae. Scientific Reports, 6. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep34328

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