Open AccessMatrine Exerts Pharmacological Effects Through Multiple Signaling Pathways: A Comprehensive Review
Author(s) -
Yingda Lin,
Fuming He,
Ling Wu,
Yuan Xu,
Quan Du
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
drug design, development and therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.964
H-Index - 64
ISSN - 1177-8881
DOI - 10.2147/dddt.s349678
Subject(s) - pi3k/akt/mtor pathway , matrine , signal transduction , protein kinase b , wnt signaling pathway , janus kinase , medicine , iκb kinase , pharmacology , cancer research , inflammation , biology , immunology , neuroscience , microbiology and biotechnology , nf κb
As The main effective monomer of the traditional Chinese medicine Sophora flavescens Ait , matrine has a broad scope of pharmacological activities such as anti-tumor, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, anti-fibrotic, anti-viral, anti-arrhythmia, and improving immune function. These actions explain its therapeutic effects in various types of tumors, cardiopathy, encephalomyelitis, allergic asthma, rheumatoid arthritis (RA), osteoporosis, and central nervous system (CNS) inflammation. Evidence has shown that the mechanism responsible for the pharmacological actions of matrine may be via the activation or inhibition of certain key molecules in several cellular signaling pathways including the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/protein kinase B/mammalian target of rapamycin (PI3K/AKT/mTOR), transforming growth factor-β/mothers against decapentaplegic homolog (TGF-β/Smad), nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB), Wnt (wingless/ integration 1)/β-catenin, mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs), and Janus kinase/signal transducer and activator of transcription (JAK/STAT) signaling pathways. This review comprehensively summarizes recent studies on the pharmacological mechanisms of matrine to provide a theoretical basis for molecular targeted therapies and further development and utilization of matrine.