General Information of the Drug (ID: ferrodrug0402)
Name
Xiaojianzhong
Drug Type
Traditional Chinese Medicin
Full List of Ferroptosis Target Related to This Drug
Nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (NFE2L2)
In total 1 item(s) under this Target
Experiment 1 Reporting the Ferroptosis-centered Drug Act on This Target [1]
Target for Ferroptosis Marker/Suppressor
Responsed Disease Injury of intra-abdominal organs ICD-11: NB91
Responsed Regulator Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1 (KEAP1) Driver
Pathway Response Ferroptosis hsa04216
Fatty acid metabolism hsa01212
Cell Process Cell ferroptosis
In Vitro Model hGCs (Gastric cells)
In Vivo Model
C57BL/6 mice (Male, 6-8 weeks old, 20 g± 2 g) were purchased from Chengdu Yaokang Biotechnology Co., Ltd. (Chengdu, China). All animals were housed in the animal room of Shaanxi University ofTraditional Chinese Medicine, at a temperature of 22 ± 2 and a humidity of 40% ± 5%, alternating between light and dark. In the study, the mice were randomly divided into six groups (n = 10 in each group): the blank group, model group,XJZ high dose group, XJZ medium dose group, XJZ low dose group, and positive control (omeprazole) group. The mice in the model group were given Aspirin (300 mg/kg) via gavage for 14 days; the mice in the XJZ high dose group, XJZ medium dose group, and XJZ low dose group were given aspirin (300 mg/kg) by gavage in the morning and three different concentrations (12 g/kg, 6 g/kg, or 3 g/kg) of XJZ decoction by gavage in the afternoon; the mice in the positive control group were given aspirin (300 mg/kg) by gavage in the morning andomeprazole(20 mg/kg) by gavage in the afternoon. After the model was successfully constructed, the mice were anesthetized with isoflurane and gastric tissues were extracted for analysis.

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Response regulation Xiaojianzhong (XJZ) significantly counteracted aspirin-induced gastric mucosal injury and inhibited oxidative stress and ferroptosis in mice. Upon examining SQSTM1/p62(p62)/ Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1 (Keap1)/Nuclear Factor erythroid 2-Related Factor 2 (Nrf2), a well-known signaling pathway involved in the regulation of oxidative stress and ferroptosis, we found that its activation was significantly inhibited by aspirin treatment and that this signaling pathway was activated after XJZ intervention.
References
Ref 1 Xiaojianzhong decoction attenuates gastric mucosal injury by activating the p62/Keap1/Nrf2 signaling pathway to inhibit ferroptosis. Biomed Pharmacother. 2022 Nov;155:113631. doi: 10.1016/j.biopha.2022.113631. Epub 2022 Sep 16.