Artesunate restraining MAPK passage by smad7 to resist pulmonary fibrosis

This study aims to discuss the function and molecular mechanism of artesunate in resisting pulmonary fibrosis.

Artesunate was used to stimulate the HFL-I cell line, which restrains the expression of Smad7 protein. Under different conditions, all treatment factors were checked, including Smad7, p-P38, ERK, and p-JNK protein expressions. Flow cytometry was used to detect the cell cycle. For the silent expression of the p-Smad7 protein, Western blot analysis revealed that Smad7, p-P38, and p-JNK proteins decreased compared with those of the non-treatment group.

No significant changes were observed in Smad7, p-P38, and p-JNK proteins after the cells with silent p-Smad7 protein expression were stimulated by artesunate (p > 0.5). No significant changes were observed in the expression of Smad7, p-P38, and p-JNK proteins after using TGF-β1 recombination factor to cells whose p-Smad7 protein expression is silent (p > 0.5).

Artesunate blocks the MAPK cell conduction pathway through Smad7 to restrain idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.