Yiqi Yangyin Tongluo Formula (益气养阴通络方) in the Treatment of Sjögren's Syndrome of Deficiency of both Qi and Yin Pattern in 30 Cases: A Randomized Controlled Trial
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Yiqi Yangyin Tongluo Formula (益气养阴通络方) in the Treatment of Sjögren's Syndrome of Deficiency of both Qi and Yin Pattern in 30 Cases: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Journal of Traditional Chinese MedicineVol. 64, Issue 9, Pages: 916-923(2023)
SUN Siling,WANG Yuan,LIU Jian,et al.Yiqi Yangyin Tongluo Formula (益气养阴通络方) in the Treatment of Sjögren's Syndrome of Deficiency of both Qi and Yin Pattern in 30 Cases: A Randomized Controlled Trial[J].Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2023,64(09):916-923.
SUN Siling,WANG Yuan,LIU Jian,et al.Yiqi Yangyin Tongluo Formula (益气养阴通络方) in the Treatment of Sjögren's Syndrome of Deficiency of both Qi and Yin Pattern in 30 Cases: A Randomized Controlled Trial[J].Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2023,64(09):916-923.DOI: 10.13288/j.11-2166/r.2023.09.010.
Yiqi Yangyin Tongluo Formula (益气养阴通络方) in the Treatment of Sjögren's Syndrome of Deficiency of both Qi and Yin Pattern in 30 Cases: A Randomized Controlled Trial
pattern were randomly divided into a treatment group and a control group with 30 cases in each, and another 30 healthy people were selected as the normal group. The treatment group was given YYTF, one dose for twice daily, each in the morning and evening, and the control group was given hydroxychloroquine sulfate orally, 0.1 g per time, three times daily. Both groups were treated continuously for 8 weeks. The total effective rate was evaluated and compared between groups. The changes of serum interleukin (IL)-1β and IL-18 levels were detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELASA), and protein expression of Nod-like receptor protein 3 (NLRP3), caspase-1 (Caspase-1), and sadermin D (GSDMD) in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) were detected by Western blot (WB) before and after treatment in the treatment group and the control group, and also health subjects. The pyroptotic morphology of PBMC cells was observed by transmission electron microscope. The EULAR SS disease activity index (ESSDAI), EULAR SS patient reported index (ESSSPRI), and TCM syndrome scores were evaluated. The erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) of the two groups was detected by Wei's method, and the levels of C-reactive protein (CRP), immunoglobulin (IgG), and complement C3 and C4 were measured by immunoscattering turbidimetry.
Results
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he total effective rate in the treatment group (86.7%) was higher than that in the control group (60.0%,
P
<0.05). The treatment group was superior than the control group in decreasing TCM syndrome scores, ESSDAI and ESSSPRI scores, ESR, CRP, and IgG levels, and increasing C3 and C4 (
P
<0.05 or
P
<0.01). Compared to those in the normal group, PBMCs in the treatment group and the control group showed pyroptotic morphological changes such as cytoplasmic swelling, membrane rupture, and bubbling under the transmission electron microscope, and the levels of serum IL-1β and IL-18 as well as the protein expressions of NLRP3, caspase-1 and GSDMD in PBMCs significantly increased (
P
<0.05); after treatment, the levels of NLRP3, caspase-1 and GSDMD, as well as the IL-1β and IL-18 levels in the two groups were significantly down-regulated (
P
<0.05), while the pyroptosis of PBMC cells in the two groups was reduced; the reduction of pyroptosis was more obvious in the treatment group (
P
<0.01).
Conclusion
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YYTF can effectively relieve SS clinical symptoms and immune inflammatory responses, and the mechanism of action may be functional with the regulation of NLRP3/CASPase-1/GSDMD signal axis function and the inhibition of cell pyroptosis.
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