楊靖 柳煒佳 李英 曾莉 閆芳
本文引用: 楊? 靖, 柳煒佳, 李? 英, 曾? 莉, 閆? 芳. 中藥納米制劑研究進(jìn)展[J]. 湖南中醫(yī)藥大學(xué)學(xué)報(bào), 2024, 44(4): 706-712.
〔摘要〕 納米制劑是目前藥劑學(xué)領(lǐng)域的研究熱點(diǎn)。傳統(tǒng)中藥“納米化”為中藥創(chuàng)新研究打開了新的大門,不僅改變了中藥應(yīng)用的“尺度”,更是拓展了中藥治療的范圍。中藥納米制劑既能延續(xù)傳統(tǒng)中藥治療“多靶點(diǎn)、多層次”的特點(diǎn),又能改善活性成分口服生物利用度低、組織靶向性不足等問題。通過總結(jié)中藥外泌體、碳點(diǎn)、納米凝膠、聚合物膠束、自微乳和納米脂質(zhì)體相關(guān)研究,分析不同中藥納米制劑的作用特點(diǎn),為創(chuàng)新中藥研究提供思路。
〔關(guān)鍵詞〕 中藥;納米制劑;研究進(jìn)展;構(gòu)成;生物活性
〔中圖分類號(hào)〕R283? ? ? ? ?〔文獻(xiàn)標(biāo)志碼〕A? ? ? ? ? 〔文章編號(hào)〕doi:10.3969/j.issn.1674-070X.2024.04.029
Research progress on nanoagents of Chinese medicine
YANG Jing1, LIU Weijia2, LI Ying1, ZENG Li1, YAN Fang3*
1. Department of Pharmacy, Chengdu Fifth People's Hospital (The Fifth People's Hospital of Chengdu University of Chinese Medicine), Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China; 2. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Chengdu Fifth People's Hospital (The Fifth People's Hospital of Chengdu University of Chinese Medicine), Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China; 3. Medical Research and Transformation Center, Chengdu Fifth People's Hospital (The Fifth People's Hospital of Chengdu University of Chinese Medicine), Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China
〔Abstract〕 Recently, nanoagents have become a hot topic in the field of pharmaceutics. The "nanotization" of Chinese medicine has opened up new avenues for the innovative research of Chinese medicine, not only changing the "scale" of its application but also expanding the scope of Chinese Medicine treatment. Nanoagents of Chinese medicine can maintain the characteristics of "multi-target and multi-level" of Chinese medicine treatment and improve low oral bioavailability and inadequate tissue targeting of active ingredients. By summarizing the relevant research on exosomes, carbon dots, nanogels, polymeric micelles, self-microemulsion, and nano-liposomes of Chinese medicine, and analyzing the functional characteristics of different nanoagents of Chinese medicine, this study provides ideas for innovative research on Chinese medicine.
〔Keywords〕 Chinese medicine; nanoagent; research progress; composition; biological activity
近年來,伴隨材料科學(xué)、藥物制劑學(xué)、藥物代謝動(dòng)力學(xué)等學(xué)科的創(chuàng)新發(fā)展,藥物劑型不斷豐富,新劑型的涌現(xiàn)刷新了人們對(duì)藥物作用特點(diǎn)的認(rèn)識(shí),也打破了傳統(tǒng)藥物應(yīng)用的固有邊界。“納米藥物”,即通過“納米化”,將藥物與載體材料制成粒徑在10~1 000 nm范圍內(nèi)的藥物晶體或載藥微粒,從而獲得有別于常規(guī)藥物的靶向性和作用強(qiáng)度[1]。在中醫(yī)藥領(lǐng)域,外泌體、碳點(diǎn)(carbon dot,CD)、納米凝膠、聚合物膠束、自微乳、脂質(zhì)體等納米技術(shù),已廣泛應(yīng)用于中藥新藥研發(fā),并衍生出多種生物學(xué)活性(圖1),旨在從細(xì)胞、亞細(xì)胞、分子層面賦予傳統(tǒng)中藥理論新的內(nèi)涵[2]。
1 中藥負(fù)載納米材料的主要類型和特點(diǎn)
1.1? 中藥來源的外泌體
外泌體是由細(xì)胞內(nèi)多泡體與細(xì)胞膜融合后釋放到細(xì)胞外基質(zhì)中的脂質(zhì)包裹體,直徑30~100 nm,內(nèi)含蛋白、核酸、脂質(zhì)和代謝物。幾乎所有類型的細(xì)胞都可產(chǎn)生并釋放外泌體。不同細(xì)胞通過分泌不同組分的外泌體實(shí)現(xiàn)細(xì)胞間通信,進(jìn)而實(shí)現(xiàn)細(xì)胞功能的調(diào)節(jié)。諸多研究發(fā)現(xiàn),來源于藥用植物的外泌體或外泌體樣納米囊泡富含各種具有生物活性的脂質(zhì)、蛋白、RNA等成分[3],是天然的納米制劑,在創(chuàng)傷修復(fù)與再生[4]、抗炎與免疫調(diào)節(jié)[5]、抗腫瘤[6]、腸轉(zhuǎn)運(yùn)蛋白[7]等方面均有顯著調(diào)控作用。此外,鑒于植物外泌體或外泌體樣納米囊泡體積小、穿透性強(qiáng),且一定程度耐酸堿、耐高溫的特點(diǎn),這些微囊泡成為藥物遞送的理想載體[8]。
1.2? 中藥CD
CD是一類具有顯著熒光性能的零維碳納米材料,由超細(xì)、分散、準(zhǔn)球形且直徑小于10 nm的碳納米顆粒組成[9],根據(jù)碳源的不同可分為碳量子點(diǎn)(car?bon quantum dot,CQD)、石墨烯量子點(diǎn)(graphene quan?tum dot,GQD)、碳化聚合物點(diǎn)(carbonized polymer dot,CPD)和碳納米點(diǎn)(carbon nanodot,CND)[10]。因其良好的光學(xué)性質(zhì)、水溶性、低毒性和生物相容性,CD廣泛應(yīng)用于醫(yī)學(xué)成像[11]、光熱治療[12]、抗腫瘤治療[13]等醫(yī)藥領(lǐng)域。
1.3? 中藥納米凝膠
納米凝膠,即直徑小于200 nm的水凝膠,是一種三維網(wǎng)狀的聚合物。與其他尺寸的凝膠相比,納米凝膠容易被細(xì)胞吞噬,易于透過血腦屏障實(shí)現(xiàn)腦部給藥,且載藥效率高[14],目前在促進(jìn)藥物經(jīng)皮吸收、控制藥物釋放、靶向給藥等方面發(fā)揮重要作用。當(dāng)傳統(tǒng)中藥具備納米凝膠特性(即形成中藥納米凝膠)時(shí),中藥的治療潛能被極大開發(fā)。
1.4? 中藥聚合物膠束
膠束是一種有序排列的熱力學(xué)穩(wěn)定膠狀團(tuán)聚體,當(dāng)水溶液中的表面活性劑達(dá)到一定濃度時(shí),分子自組裝形成[15]。由兩親性嵌段共聚物自組裝形成的熱力學(xué)穩(wěn)定膠體溶液稱為聚合物膠束[16]。聚合物膠束由于其粒徑小、內(nèi)部疏水不含水、外表面鏈段保護(hù)作用、增溶性、低毒性等特點(diǎn),已成為目前藥物遞送系統(tǒng)的重要選擇之一[17]。
1.5? 中藥自微乳
微乳是一種透明或半透明、低黏度、各向同性且熱力學(xué)穩(wěn)定的納米級(jí)油水混合體系,由水相、油相、表面活性劑和助表面活性劑在適當(dāng)比例下自發(fā)形成[18]。微乳因增溶能力強(qiáng)、透明度高、熱力學(xué)穩(wěn)定性強(qiáng)、擴(kuò)散快、吸收率高、便于制備等特點(diǎn)被視為強(qiáng)大的替代載藥系統(tǒng)[19]。與微乳相比,自微乳(self-microemulsifying,SME)型藥物遞送系統(tǒng)由相同的組分構(gòu)成,在水中自動(dòng)分散形成微乳,屬于微乳的濃縮液。
1.6? 中藥脂質(zhì)體
“脂質(zhì)體”一詞可追溯至二十世紀(jì)六十年代,最初用于描述“磷脂在水中可自發(fā)形成雙分子層囊泡”的結(jié)構(gòu)[20]。脂質(zhì)體由一個(gè)或幾個(gè)脂質(zhì)雙層組成,直徑20~1 000 nm,包含磷脂或鞘脂尾部(親脂性)聚集形成的疏水區(qū)域和頭部(親水性)暴露的親水區(qū)域。因該結(jié)構(gòu)與細(xì)胞膜成分非常相似,可與細(xì)胞膜融合,進(jìn)而釋放內(nèi)容物進(jìn)入細(xì)胞,調(diào)節(jié)細(xì)胞功能,故可用于靶向細(xì)胞內(nèi)部。為提高藥物對(duì)細(xì)胞的選擇性,避免非目的性吞噬細(xì)胞攝取,載藥脂質(zhì)體直徑一般不超過100 nm[21]。由此,脂質(zhì)納米顆粒[或稱納米脂質(zhì)體(lipid nanoparticle, LNP)作為脂質(zhì)體的優(yōu)化劑型出現(xiàn)在制藥行業(yè)。除粒徑大小差異外,LNP與傳統(tǒng)脂質(zhì)體在組成成分、內(nèi)部結(jié)構(gòu)方面亦有顯著不同,如LNP中膽固醇比例明顯高于傳統(tǒng)脂質(zhì)體;傳統(tǒng)脂質(zhì)體內(nèi)部有親水空腔,而LNP內(nèi)部因內(nèi)容物(如核酸)與磷脂頭部的電荷差異而形成多層核心[22]。目前,傳統(tǒng)脂質(zhì)體已廣泛用于小分子藥物遞送[23];LNP多用于核酸[如mRNA[24]、小干擾RNA(small interfering RNA,siRNA)[25]等]遞送。隨著脂質(zhì)體/LNP制備組裝技術(shù)的不斷完善,源自中藥的天然化合物逐漸成為脂質(zhì)體/LNP藥物遞送體系的主角。
2 中藥納米制劑的生物學(xué)活性
2.1? 抗炎
源自生姜的外泌體樣納米囊泡直徑為50~200 nm,內(nèi)含脂質(zhì)(如磷脂酸、磷脂酰乙醇胺、磷脂酰膽堿、磷脂酰絲氨酸、二半乳糖二?;视停?、蛋白(如酶、肌動(dòng)蛋白、通道蛋白/轉(zhuǎn)運(yùn)體)、微小RNA(microRNA,miRNA)、活性化合物(如6-姜酚、8-姜酚、10-姜酚、6-姜烯酚)等生物活性組分。其中,姜酚和姜烯酚類化合物具有抗炎活性,如6-姜酚能抑制核因子κB(nuclear factor-κB,NF-κB)活化與蛋白激酶C(protein kinase C,PKC)易位,抑制細(xì)胞因子生成和T細(xì)胞激活,從而發(fā)揮抗炎作用[26]。大蒜衍生的外泌體樣納米囊泡(ginger-derived exosome-like nanoparticle,GEN)含有26種脂質(zhì)、61種蛋白質(zhì)和127種已知的miRNA。GEN可顯著下調(diào)Toll樣受體4(Toll-like rec?eptor 4,TLR4)、髓細(xì)胞分化初級(jí)反應(yīng)基因88(myeloid differentiation factor 88,MyD88)和NF-κB的表達(dá),減少葡聚糖硫酸鈉(dextran sulfate sodium,DSS)誘導(dǎo)的促炎細(xì)胞因子分泌;GEN所含Han-miR3630-5p可結(jié)合TLR4的3非翻譯區(qū),從而抑制TLR4表達(dá);此外,GEN通過恢復(fù)毛螺桿菌科的相對(duì)豐度和降低幽門螺桿菌的相對(duì)豐度,改變結(jié)腸炎小鼠腸道微生物群[27]??梢?,抑制TLR4/MyD88/NF-κB信號(hào)通路和調(diào)節(jié)腸道微生物群是GEN減輕DSS誘導(dǎo)腸道炎癥損傷的潛在機(jī)制[27]。LIU等[28]制備魚腥草精油(Houttuynia essential oil,HEO)自微乳(SME-HEO)研究該制劑對(duì)脂多糖(lipopolysaccharide, LPS)誘導(dǎo)小鼠乳腺炎及血乳屏障(blood-milk barrier, BMB)的影響,結(jié)果發(fā)現(xiàn),SME-HEO可顯著下調(diào)促炎因子腫瘤壞死因子-α(tumor necrosis factor-α, TNF-α)和白細(xì)胞介素-1β(interleukin-1β, IL-1β),上調(diào)抗炎因子白細(xì)胞介素-10(interleukin-10, IL-10),抑制髓過氧化物酶(myeloperoxidase, MPO)表達(dá),減輕乳腺組織病理?yè)p傷;此外,SME-HEO通過上調(diào)閉鎖小帶蛋白(zonula occludens protein 1, ZO-1)、緊密連接蛋白-1(claudin-1)、緊密連接蛋白-3(claudin-3)和緊密連接組分閉合蛋白(occludin)表達(dá)保護(hù)BMB的完整性。可見,SME-HEO具有良好的抗炎和乳腺保護(hù)作用。一種裝載紫草素的透明質(zhì)酸-玉米醇溶蛋白納米凝膠能選擇性抑制巨噬細(xì)胞炎癥小體,同時(shí)減少促炎細(xì)胞因子的釋放,作用途徑與抑制胱天蛋白酶-1(cysteine aspartic acid specific protease-1,Caspase-1)活化和IL-1β生成有關(guān)[29]。
2.2? 抗腫瘤
人參來源的微囊泡結(jié)構(gòu)[細(xì)胞外納米囊泡(ginseng-derived extracellular nanovesicle,GsNV)或外泌體樣納米顆粒(ginseng-derived exosome-like nanop?articles,GsEN)]因其廣泛的生物活性備受關(guān)注。近期研究發(fā)現(xiàn),GsNV在體外能抑制破骨細(xì)胞的分化,并維持骨髓源性巨噬細(xì)胞(bone marrow-derived macroph?age,BMM)的活性;在LPS誘導(dǎo)的骨吸收小鼠模型中,GsNV同樣能抑制破骨細(xì)胞分化[30]。該效應(yīng)與抑制NF-κB受體活化因子配體(receptor activator of NF-κB ligand,RANKL)誘導(dǎo)的NF-κB抑制蛋白(inhibitor of NF-κB,IκBα)、c-Jun氨基末端激酶(c-Jun N-terminal kinase,JNK)、細(xì)胞外信號(hào)調(diào)節(jié)激酶(extracellular signal-regulated kinase,ERK)信號(hào)通路和調(diào)節(jié)破骨細(xì)胞成熟的基因有關(guān)[30]。此外,GsEN在體外、體內(nèi)被證明是膠質(zhì)瘤治療的候選制劑,能通過血腦屏障靶向膠質(zhì)瘤,并在腫瘤微環(huán)境(tumor microenvironment,TME)中招募M1巨噬細(xì)胞,表明GsEN在抑制膠質(zhì)瘤進(jìn)展和調(diào)節(jié)腫瘤相關(guān)巨噬細(xì)胞(tumor-associated macrophage,TAM)方面具有良好的潛力[31]。類似地,由RES合成的CD(RES-CD)能提高RES的腫瘤靶向性,癌細(xì)胞毒性作用更顯著[32]。損傷腫瘤細(xì)胞線粒體功能是RES-CD抗腫瘤作用的途徑之一,包括細(xì)胞內(nèi)鈣釋放、細(xì)胞色素C氧化酶活性抑制和線粒體膜擾動(dòng)。這一特性在多種癌細(xì)胞模型中被發(fā)現(xiàn),預(yù)示該途徑是RES-CD抗腫瘤效應(yīng)優(yōu)于單獨(dú)RES或其他CD制劑的重要基礎(chǔ)[32]。海藻酸是源自海帶、巨藻等褐藻細(xì)胞壁的一種天然多糖醛酸,在抗腫瘤[33]、抗氧化[34]、抑菌[35]、抗炎[36]、免疫調(diào)節(jié)[37]等領(lǐng)域發(fā)揮重要作用。來源于金銀花的外泌體含有活性組分miR-2911,該物質(zhì)富集于金銀花不同組織中;miR-2911可靶向人乳頭瘤病毒(human papillomavirus,HPV)16/18的E6和E7致癌基因,抑制HPV16/18陽(yáng)性子宮頸癌細(xì)胞增殖并誘導(dǎo)其凋亡;E6/E7-p53/Caspase3軸是miR-2911抗腫瘤效應(yīng)的關(guān)鍵分子途徑[38]。源自郁金、姜黃、莪術(shù)等中藥的活性成分姜黃素因其廣泛的藥理活性而備受關(guān)注,然而,低口服生物利用度的問題一直限制其應(yīng)用。基于聚合物膠束的姜黃素遞送系統(tǒng)能顯著提高姜黃素的口服生物利用度,阻止網(wǎng)狀內(nèi)皮系統(tǒng)攝取姜黃素,且可增強(qiáng)姜黃素的腫瘤滲透和保留效應(yīng),表現(xiàn)出強(qiáng)于游離姜黃素的抗癌活性[39]。紫草素是源自中藥紫草的脂溶性萘醌類化合物。已有研究發(fā)現(xiàn),紫草素具有抗腫瘤活性[40]。然而,低口服生物利用度、不良反應(yīng)和非選擇性毒性限制了該化合物的臨床應(yīng)用[41]。與單純紫草素比較,紫草素納米凝膠能顯著提高紫草素釋放靶向性和細(xì)胞凋亡率[紫草素納米凝膠干預(yù)的7-氨基放線菌素D陽(yáng)性率(50.33%±2.60%)顯著高于單純紫草素作用(30.33%±0.88%)][42]。另外,中藥活性化合物納米聯(lián)合用藥策略為耐藥腫瘤的治療提供新的機(jī)遇。一種雙氫青蒿素(dihydroartemisinin,DHA)-粉防己堿(tetrandrine,TET)聯(lián)合的pH敏感脂質(zhì)體(DT-pH-LP)治療多柔比星(doxorubicin,DOX)耐藥乳腺癌表現(xiàn)出良好的腫瘤抑制作用;該脂質(zhì)體具有良好的球形結(jié)構(gòu)、均勻的分散結(jié)構(gòu)以及長(zhǎng)期穩(wěn)定性;隨著DOX耐藥逆轉(zhuǎn)能力的增強(qiáng),DT-pH-LP對(duì)MCF-7/ADR細(xì)胞和MCF-7細(xì)胞的抑制作用均顯著增強(qiáng),且對(duì)心肌細(xì)胞H9c2的毒性低[43]。機(jī)制研究提示,該脂質(zhì)體中DHA能增強(qiáng)細(xì)胞內(nèi)活性氧(reactive oxygen species,ROS)生成和脂質(zhì)過氧化反應(yīng),表明通過負(fù)載的納米載體可促進(jìn)TET抗腫瘤作用,實(shí)現(xiàn)二者協(xié)同效應(yīng)[43]。
2.3? 抗氧化
從西藍(lán)花水提取物(broccoli water extract,BWE)中獲得的CD(BWE-CD)具有突出的抗氧化性能,能有效清除A549細(xì)胞、293T細(xì)胞和斑馬魚體內(nèi)的ROS,并減輕LPS誘導(dǎo)的斑馬魚體內(nèi)炎癥[44]。這些效應(yīng)依賴于BWE-CD與自由基的直接反應(yīng),可調(diào)節(jié)一氧化氮水平,上調(diào)超氧化物歧化酶和谷胱甘肽過氧化物酶-4的表達(dá)[44]。由于氧化應(yīng)激與炎癥反應(yīng)存在關(guān)聯(lián)性,通過抗氧化(清除ROS)增強(qiáng)抗炎效應(yīng)也是中藥納米凝膠作用特點(diǎn)之一。YEO等[45]設(shè)計(jì)了一種生物相容性聚苯硼酸(polymeric phenylboronic acid,PPBA)-單寧酸(tannic acid,TA)納米凝膠(PPBA-TA nanogel,PTNG),能有效清除外源性過氧化氫和體內(nèi)ROS;對(duì)于體外和體內(nèi)誘導(dǎo)性炎癥模型,PTNG均表現(xiàn)出抗炎作用,能顯著減少中性粒細(xì)胞募集和促炎細(xì)胞因子表達(dá)。在植物界廣泛分布的槲皮素(quercetin,QCT)因其優(yōu)異的抗氧化和抗炎特性而得到廣泛認(rèn)可,在急性肺損傷(acute lung injury,ALI)治療中顯示出巨大潛力,然而低溶解度和口服生物利用度降低其應(yīng)用價(jià)值。一種可吸入的槲皮素-海藻酸納米凝膠(QCT-alginate nanogel,QUNG)能顯著提高QCT的溶解度和口服生物利用度;超聲霧化吸入QUNG可明顯逆轉(zhuǎn)ALI大鼠氧化應(yīng)激損傷,并下調(diào)炎癥細(xì)胞因子表達(dá)[46],提示超聲霧化吸入QUNG是一種可行的肺靶向給藥方法。
2.4? 抑菌
納米技術(shù)在抗菌藥物傳遞應(yīng)用中具有提高抗菌效果的潛力。由靜電作用和疏水作用控制的小檗堿(berberine,BBR)-黃酮苷自組裝納米粒子(nanoparticle,NP)和納米纖維(nanofiber,NFib)展示了與BBR不同的抗菌特性。三者抑菌活性比較:NP遠(yuǎn)大于BBR,BBR遠(yuǎn)大于NFib。該活性差異可歸因于NP和NFib不同的空間配置和自組裝過程[47]。黃酮苷和BBR首先形成一維復(fù)合單元,隨后自組裝成三維納米結(jié)構(gòu);隨著親水性的葡萄糖醛酸朝向外部,NP展現(xiàn)出更強(qiáng)的細(xì)菌親和力,導(dǎo)致菌群銳減和生物膜減少;體外溶血試驗(yàn)、細(xì)胞毒性試驗(yàn)和體內(nèi)斑馬魚毒性評(píng)估表明,NP與NFib自組裝體具有良好的生物相容性,為自釋放藥物用于細(xì)菌感染治療提供了重要參考[47]。一種抑菌納米傳遞系統(tǒng)由來源于中藥黃連和大黃的抗菌化合物BBR和大黃素通過自主裝構(gòu)成。大黃素作為分層的骨架,BBR嵌入其中。體外抑菌實(shí)驗(yàn)表明,納米顆粒的最小殺菌濃度為0.1 μmol/mL,低于BBR和大黃素;納米顆粒對(duì)金黃色葡萄球菌生物膜有強(qiáng)烈的抑制作用;同時(shí),納米顆粒具有良好的生物相容性和安全性[48]。該研究揭示了源自傳統(tǒng)中藥組合的小分子自組裝設(shè)計(jì)模式。
2.5? 促創(chuàng)面愈合
一種由殼聚糖/蠶絲水凝膠海綿、血小板血漿外泌體(platelet-rich plasma exosome,PRP-Exos)和莪術(shù)均質(zhì)多糖(Curcuma zedoaria polysaccharide,ZWP)組成的藥物遞送系統(tǒng)用于治療糖尿病大鼠創(chuàng)面愈合,表現(xiàn)出優(yōu)于單用PRP-Exos或ZWP的創(chuàng)面閉合性能,且未見不良反應(yīng);該治療效應(yīng)可能與促進(jìn)膠原合成與沉積以及傷口部位血管生成有關(guān)[49]。XU等[50]開發(fā)了一種木質(zhì)素納米凝膠(lignin nanogel,LNG),該納米凝膠由聚乙二醇、聚丙烯乙二醇、聚二甲基硅氧烷三者的聚氨酯共聚物加入木質(zhì)素制成。LNG能降低ROS水平,保護(hù)人正常肝細(xì)胞免受氧化應(yīng)激引起的凋亡;體內(nèi)實(shí)驗(yàn)結(jié)果提示,LNG能提高Ki67表達(dá),加速小鼠燒傷創(chuàng)面的愈合[50]。表明抗氧化促進(jìn)創(chuàng)面愈合是LNG生物活性特征之一。
2.6? 細(xì)胞保護(hù)
近年來,來源于植物的天然化合物顯示出美容的應(yīng)用潛力,包括防曬、保濕、抗衰老、燒燙傷修復(fù)和皮膚疾病的治療?!凹{米化”植物化合物能增強(qiáng)藥妝產(chǎn)品的無菌體驗(yàn),實(shí)現(xiàn)持續(xù)遞送并增強(qiáng)皮膚保護(hù)活性。姜黃素[51]、白藜蘆醇[52]等天然產(chǎn)物借助脂質(zhì)體/LNP載體的高滲透性和高穩(wěn)定性成功實(shí)現(xiàn)皮膚各層次護(hù)理,加速燒燙傷愈合[53]。納米遞送技術(shù)為增強(qiáng)化妝品中植物衍生物的生物活性提供了理想載體,為皮膚科患者與化妝品用戶提供了許多臨床益處[54]。番茄紅素(lycopene,LYC)是常見類胡蘿卜素之一,具有抗氧化[55]、抗炎[56]、抗衰老[57]、免疫調(diào)節(jié)[58]、護(hù)肝[59]等生物學(xué)活性。一項(xiàng)研究發(fā)現(xiàn),LYC的納米脂質(zhì)體(LNP-LYC)比單純LYC能更有效地減少腦缺血再灌注損傷大鼠的腦梗死病變,并改善大鼠的神經(jīng)行為。分子層面,LNP-LYC能降低一氧化氮合酶、NADPH氧化酶-2等氧化酶蛋白與Caspase-3水平,升高B淋巴細(xì)胞瘤-2表達(dá),并能通過下調(diào)絲裂原活化蛋白激酶(mitogen-activated protein kinase,MAPK)-JNK信號(hào)抑制細(xì)胞凋亡[60]。此外,LNP-LYC能抑制鐵調(diào)素介導(dǎo)的鐵轉(zhuǎn)運(yùn)蛋白-1的減少,并使鐵水平正常化,提示LNP-LYC通過調(diào)節(jié)鐵代謝對(duì)腦缺血再灌注損傷大鼠發(fā)揮神經(jīng)保護(hù)作用[60]。作為一種抗疲勞、抗抑郁的經(jīng)典中藥,肉桂油(cinnamon oil,CO)常因低口服生物利用度而受限。MA等[61]設(shè)計(jì)CO固體自微乳化給藥系統(tǒng)(CO solid SME drug delivery system,CO-S-SME),該系統(tǒng)能有效改善慢性不可預(yù)知溫和刺激模型小鼠的抑郁樣行為,增加模型小鼠神經(jīng)遞質(zhì)水平,降低皮質(zhì)酮和炎癥因子表達(dá);CO-S-SME能改變腸道菌群組成,降低厚壁菌/擬桿菌比例以及乳酸桿菌的相對(duì)豐度,調(diào)節(jié)α多樣性和β多樣性。綜上,CO-S-SME通過單胺類神經(jīng)遞質(zhì)、皮質(zhì)酮、炎癥細(xì)胞因子、腸道菌群等途徑發(fā)揮抗抑郁作用。
2.7? 止血
常見臨床止血炭藥包括黃柏炭、絲路薊炭、芝麻炭等。源自這些炭化藥用植物的CD具有止血作用。在動(dòng)物出血模型中,接受黃柏炭CD治療的動(dòng)物的出血時(shí)間明顯短于對(duì)照組,表現(xiàn)出止血活性;黃柏炭CD干預(yù)后,纖維蛋白原和血小板水平顯著增加;于低劑量黃柏炭CD干預(yù)后,凝血酶時(shí)間縮短,而凝血酶原時(shí)間和活化部分凝血活酶時(shí)間在黃柏炭CD治療組與對(duì)照組之間差異無統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué)意義,提示黃柏炭CD止血效能與激活纖維蛋白系統(tǒng)有關(guān)[62]。
3 總結(jié)
中藥外泌體、CD、納米凝膠、聚合物膠束、自微乳、脂質(zhì)體/LNP等制劑充分發(fā)揮了納米劑型的優(yōu)勢(shì),將中藥作用原理從整體、宏觀層面引向分子、微觀層面,可增強(qiáng)中藥治療的靶向性,提高活性成分的利用率,彌補(bǔ)中藥應(yīng)用時(shí)的不足。中藥“納米化”是創(chuàng)新中藥研究的重要內(nèi)容之一,不僅衍生出中藥作用的新理論,而且有助于發(fā)現(xiàn)中藥治療的新適應(yīng)證。雖然中藥納米制劑的基礎(chǔ)研究已有突破性進(jìn)展,但缺少足夠的證據(jù)支持中藥納米化的臨床推廣。后續(xù)研究可篩選潛在中藥納米制劑作為臨床轉(zhuǎn)化的候選藥物,借助臨床研究證據(jù)為復(fù)雜疾病的治療提供新的思路。
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〔基金項(xiàng)目〕四川省醫(yī)院協(xié)會(huì)青年藥師科研專項(xiàng)資金項(xiàng)目(22007);成都市醫(yī)學(xué)科研課題(2023459)。
〔通信作者〕*閆? 芳,女,博士,副主任醫(yī)師,E-mail:fangyan@cdutcm.edu.cn。
湖南中醫(yī)藥大學(xué)學(xué)報(bào)2024年4期