General Information of the Drug (ID: ferrodrug0403)
Name
Xiaoyaosan
Drug Type
Traditional Chinese Medicin
Full List of Ferroptosis Target Related to This Drug
Phospholipid hydroperoxide glutathione peroxidase (GPX4)
In total 1 item(s) under this Target
Experiment 1 Reporting the Ferroptosis-centered Drug Act on This Target [1]
Target for Ferroptosis Suppressor
Responsed Disease Depressive disorder ICD-11: 6A70
Responsed Regulator Phosphatidylethanolamine-binding protein 1 (PEBP1) Driver
Pathway Response Fatty acid metabolism hsa01212
Ferroptosis hsa04216
Cell Process Cell ferroptosis
In Vitro Model mHTs (Mouse hippocampus tissues)
In Vivo Model
The specific-pathogen free (SPF) male C57BL/6 mice (8-week-old, SCXK (Beijing) 2016-0006) were purchased from Beijing Vital River Laboratory Animal Technology Limited Company. A total of 48 mice were randomly assigned to 4 groups (n = 12): a control group (no stress + physiological saline), a CUMS group (CUMS + physiological saline), a Xiaoyaosan group (CUMS + Xiaoyaosan treatment) and a fluoxetine group (CUMS + fluoxetine treatment).

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Response regulation The activation of ferroptosis might exist in the hippocampi of CUMS-induced mice. The PEBP1-GPX4-mediated ferroptosis could be involved in the antidepressant mechanism of Xiaoyaosan. It also implied that ferroptosis could become a new target for research into the depression mechanism and antidepressant drugs.
References
Ref 1 Traditional Chinese Formula Xiaoyaosan Alleviates Depressive-Like Behavior in CUMS Mice by Regulating PEBP1-GPX4-Mediated Ferroptosis in the Hippocampus. Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat. 2021 Apr 6;17:1001-1019. doi: 10.2147/NDT.S302443. eCollection 2021.