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Mechanistic Studies on the Use of Polygonum multiflorum for the Treatment of Hair Graying.

ABSTRACT: Polygonum multiflorum is a traditional Chinese medicine with a long history in hair growth promotion and hair blackening. The purpose of the study was to examine the effect and the mechanism of Polygonum multiflorum in hair blackening. C57BL/6 mice hair fade was induced with H2O2 and used in this research. Hair pigmentogenesis promotion activities of Polygonum Multiflorum Radix (PMR, raw crude drug), Polygonum Multiflorum Radix Preparata (PMRP, processed crude drug), and their major chemical constituent TSG were investigated. The regulation effects of several cytokines and enzymes such as POMC, ?-MSH, MC1R, ASIP, MITF, TYR, TRP-1, and TRP-2 were investigated. PMR group gave out the most outstanding black hair among all groups with the highest contents of total melanin, ?-MSH, MC1R, and TYR. Promotion of hair pigmentogenesis was slightly decreased after processing in the PMRP group. TSG as the major constituent of PMR showed weaker hair color regulation effects than both PMR and PMRP. PMR, but not PMRP, should be used to blacken hair. The ?-MSH, MC1R, and TYR were the major targets in the medicinal use of PMR in hair graying. Chemical constituents other than TSG may contribute to the hair color regulation activity of PMR.

SUBMITTER: Han MN

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4657090 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Mechanistic Studies on the Use of Polygonum multiflorum for the Treatment of Hair Graying.

Han Ming-Nuan MN Lu Jian-Mei JM Zhang Guang-Yuan GY Yu Jie J Zhao Rong-Hua RH

BioMed research international 20151110

Polygonum multiflorum is a traditional Chinese medicine with a long history in hair growth promotion and hair blackening. The purpose of the study was to examine the effect and the mechanism of Polygonum multiflorum in hair blackening. C57BL/6 mice hair fade was induced with H2O2 and used in this research. Hair pigmentogenesis promotion activities of Polygonum Multiflorum Radix (PMR, raw crude drug), Polygonum Multiflorum Radix Preparata (PMRP, processed crude drug), and their major chemical con ...[more]

PMID: 26640791

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Project description:The clinical use of Polygonum multiflorum Thunb (PM) has been restricted or banned in many countries, due to its hepatotoxic adverse effects. Its toxicity research has become a hot topic. So far, the pharmacokinetic studies of PM, focusing on prototype compounds such as 2,3,5,4'-tetrahydroxystilbene-2-O-β-D-glucoside (TSG), emodin, and physcion, have been considered the main basis of pharmacodynamic material or of toxic effect. However, pharmacokinetic studies of its phase II metabolites have not yet been reported, mainly because the quantifications of such metabolites are difficult to do without the reference substance. In addition, pharmacokinetic studies on different pathological models treated with PM have also not been reported. On the other hand, toxic effects of PM have been reported in patients diagnosed with different liver pathologies. In the present work, a simultaneous quantitation method for eight prototypes components of PM and their five phase II metabolites has been performed by ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS) and used for the pharmacokinetic study of PM in two different liver pathological models in rats (normal, alpha-naphthylisothiocyanate (ANIT), and carbon tetrachloride (CCl4)). The results showed that the main blood-entering components of PM are TSG, emodin, physcion, emodin-8-O-β⁃D⁃glucoside (E-Glu), physcion-8-O-β⁃D⁃glucoside (P-Glu), aloe-emodin, gallic acid, resveratrol and catechin, among which TSG, emodin, and catechin were primary metabolized in phase II, while resveratrol was converted to all phase II metabolites, and the others were metabolized as drug prototypes. Meanwhile, their pharmacokinetic parameters in the different models also exhibited significant differences. For instance, the AUC (0-∞) values of the TSG prototype and its phase II metabolites were higher in the ANIT group, followed by CCl4 group and the normal group, while the AUC (0-∞) values of the emodin prototype and its phase II metabolites were higher in the CCl4 group. To further illustrate the reasons for the pharmacokinetic differences, bilirubin metabolizing enzymes and transporters in the liver were measured, and the correlations with the AUC of the main compounds were analyzed. TSG and aloe-emodin have significant negative correlations with UGT1A1, BSEP, OATP1A4, OCT1, NTCP, MRP2 and MDR1 (p < 0.01). These data suggest that when the expression of metabolic enzymes and transporters in the liver is inhibited, the exposure levels of some components of PM might be promoted in vivo.

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