torstai 25. kesäkuuta 2020


18, 5,6-dihydro-9,10-dimetoksibentso(g)-1,3-bentsodioksoli (5,6-a) kinolitsiumi; kemian avuin ilmaistuna tämä aine on berberiini. Nimi berberine otettiin käyttöön vuonna 1830, kun Buchner ja Herberger tekivät ruostehappomarjasta puhdistettua keltaista uutetta; tätä ainetta kutsuttiin myös nimellä hydrastine. Berberiini on alkaloidi, jolla on suojaava vaikutus useita kasvitauteja vastaan. Berberiiniä on käytetty muinaisista ajoista lähtien luonnonlääkkeenä monien ihmisten sairauksien ehkäisyssä ja hoidossa Intiassa, Kiinassa, Koreassa, Persiassa, Etelä-Amerikassa ja Euroopassa. Ensimmäinen maininta Berberis aristata-kasvin marjojen verta puhdistavasta vaikutuksesta löytyy Assyyrian keisarin Ashurbanibalin ajoilta -noin vuodelta 650 ennen ajanlaskun alkua – savitauluista. Uskomattoman monet tieteellisen tarkasti tehdyt ja julkaistut tutkimukset puoltavat berberiinin käyttöä etenkin sokeri- ja rasva-aineenvaihdunnan tasapainottamiseen sekä sydän- ja mielenterveysongelmien ja syöpätautien ehkäisyyn ja täydentävään hoitoon sekä diabeteksen ja Alzheimerin taudin hoitoon. Berberiinin ei ole todettu kuormittavan maksaa eikä munuaisia, vaan päinvastoin berberiini suojelee maksaa ja munuaisia lääkkeiltä ja myrkyllisiltä aineilta.

Berberiini on ammoniumsuola, joka kuuluu isokinoliiniryhmän alkaloideihin. Monien kasvien, kuten ruostemarjat (Berberis vulgaris), (Berberis aristata), hurmejuuri (Hydrastis canadensis) ja (Coptis chinensis), juuret, varret ja kuoret sisältävät berberiiniä. Voimakkaan keltaisen väristä berberiiniä käytetään Pohjois-Intiassa villakankaiden, nahan ja puun värjäämiseen. Berberiiniä käytetään samoin histologiassa – kun tutkitaan kudoksia - solujen värjäämiseen. Ultraviolettivalossa berberiini tuottaa voimakkaan keltaisen fluoresenssin.

Berberiinin tiedetään läpäisevän helposti veriaivoesteen (BBB, Blood-Brain-Barrier) ja siksi se pääsee vaikuttamaan tehokkaasti aivoissa. Berberiini on myös tehokas antioksidantti, polyfarmaseuttinen yhdiste, joka vastustaa ja heikentää kroonista matala-asteista tulehdusta, hillitsee allergioita ja valtimonkovetustautia sekä alkoholista johtuvaa muistin heikkenemistä. Kaukoidässä berberiiniä on käytetty bakteerien, virusten, hiivan, sienten ja loisten tehokkaaseen torjuntaan. Berberiini estää RNA ja DNA:n synteesiä. Berberiini tuo helpotusta kohonneeseen verensokeriin sekä hapettuneeseen ox-LDL-kolesteroliin sekä triglyserideihin ja muihin haitallisiin veren rasvoihin. Sangen monien lääkkeiden kanssa berberiini soveltuu yhteiskäyttöön aiheuttamatta lääkkeille tyypillisiä sivuvaikutuksia. Jotta berberiinistä olisi apua ja sen käyttö turvallisella tasolla, on suositeltava päiväannos 1-1,5 grammaa. Berberiiniä ei voi suositella henkilälle, jolla on autonomisen hermoston häiriötila, vagotonia, ja siksi hyvin harva syke, alle 50 lyöntiä minuutissa. Samoin varovaisesti pitää suhtautua berberiiniin raskauden aikana, imetyksen aikana sekä lapsille annettaessa, sillä näistä ryhmistä on vielä verrattain vähän tutkimustietoa olemassa.

Berberiini lukeutuu luonnollisiin AMPK:n säätäjiin. AMPK taas on elimistömme entsyymijärjestelmä, joka säätää ja tunnustelee jokaisen solumme energiataloutta ja aineenvaihdunnan tasapainoa. AMPK:n aktiivisuus heikkenee iän karttuessa sekä monissa aineenvaihduntasairauksissa, kuten diabetes, lihavuus, osteoporoosi, sydän- ja verisuonisairauksissa, munuaistaudeissa ja syövissä. AMPK:ta löytyy maksasta, lihaksista, aivoissa ja muissa kudoksissa. Yhdysvaltojen terveysviraston ylläpitämässä PubMed-tietokannassa löytyy melkein 5 700 tieteellistä tutkimusta berberiinistä. Seuraavassa lähdeluettelossa on osa tästä tutkimusmateriaalista:

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Liu H, You L, Wu J et al. Berberine Suppresses Influenza Virus-Triggered NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation in Macrophages by Inducing Mitophagy and Decreasing Mitochondrial ROS. Journal of Leukocyte Biology. 2020 Apr 9[Online ahead of print]
Hu Q, Peng Z, Li L, et al. The Efficacy of Berberine-Containing Quadruple Therapy on Helicobacter Pylori Eradication in China: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials. Frontiers on Pharmacology. 2020;10:1694. Published 2020 Feb 4. doi:10.3389/fphar.2019.01694 Free Access
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Xin BC, Wu QS, Jin S, Luo AH, Sun DG, Wang F. Berberine Promotes Osteogenic Differentiation of Human Dental Pulp Stem Cells Through Activating EGFR-MAPK-Runx2 Pathways.Patholology Oncology Research. 2019 Oct 9. doi: 10.1007/s12253-019-00746-6. 
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Chao G, Ye F, Zhang S. Berberine ameliorates NSAIDs-induced intestinal injury by the repair of enteric nervous system.Fundamental and Clinical Pharmacology. 2019 Sep 13. doi: 10.1111/fcp.12509. 
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Poudel A, Zhou J, Mekala N, Welchko R, Rosca M, Li L. Berberine protects against cytokine-induced inflammation through multiple pathways in undifferentiated C2C12 myoblast cells. Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology. 2019 Apr 26. doi: 10.1139/cjpp-2018-0653.
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Sun S, Zhang X, Xu M, et al. Berberine downregulates CDC6 and inhibits proliferation via targeting JAK-STAT3 signaling in keratinocytes. Cell Death and Disease. 2019 Mar 20;10(4):274.b doi: 10.1038/s41419-019-1510-8. Free Full Text
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Luganini A, Mercorelli B, Messa L, et al. The isoquinoline alkaloid berberine inhibits human cytomegalovirus replication by interfering with the viral Immediate Early-2 (IE2) protein transactivating activity. Antiviral Res. 2019 Feb 7. pii: S0166-3542(18)30597-7. doi: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2019.02.006.

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Li G, Zhao M, Qiu F, Sun Y, Zhao L. Pharmacokinetic interactions and tolerability of berberine chloride with simvastatin and fenofibrate: an open-label, randomized, parallel study in healthy Chinese subjects. Drug Design, Development and Therapy. 2018 Dec 20;13:129-139. doi: 10.2147/DDDT.S185487. eCollection 2019. Free Full Text
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Neag MA, Mocan A, Echeverría J, Pop RM, Bocsan CI, Crişan G, Buzoianu AD. Berberine: Botanical Occurrence, Traditional Uses, Extraction Methods, and Relevance in Cardiovascular, Metabolic, Hepatic, and Renal Disorders. Review. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 2018 Aug 21;9:557. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2018.00557. ECollection 2018. Free Full Text
Yang S, Yu Z, Sun W, et al. The antiviral alkaloid berberine ameliorates neuropathic pain in rats with peripheral nerve injury. Acta Neurologica Belgica. 2018 Aug 30. doi: 10.1007/s13760-018-1006-9
El-Horany HE, Gaballah HH, Helal DS. Berberine ameliorates renal injury in a rat model of D-galactose-induced aging through a PTEN/Akt-dependent mechanism. Archives of Physiol0gu and Biochemistry. The Journal of Metabolic Diseases 2018 Aug 25:1-9. doi: 10.1080/13813455.2018.1499117. 
Duan Y, Liu T, Zhou Y, Dou T, Yang Q. Glycoside hydrolase family 18 and 20 enzymes are novel targets of the traditional medicine berberine. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2018 Aug 22. pii: jbc.RA118.004351. doi: 10.1074/jbc.RA118.004351. 
Chu M, Chen X, Wang J, Polypharmacology of Berberine Based on Multi-Target Binding Motifs. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 2018 Jul 24;9:801. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2018.00801. ECollection 2018.
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Gholampour F, Keikha S. Berberine protects the liver and kidney against functional disorders and histological damages induced by ferrous sulfate. Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences. 2018 May;21(5):476-482. doi: 10.22038/IJBMS.2018.25199.6241
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Wang L, Ye X, Hua Y, Song Y. Berberine alleviates adipose tissue fibrosis by inducing AMP-activated kinase signaling in high-fat diet-induced obese mice. Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy. 2018 May 28;105:121-129. doi: 10.1016/j.biopha.2018.05.110
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Wang H, Li K, Ma L, et al. Berberine inhibits enterovirus 71 replication by downregulating the MEK/ERK signaling pathway and autophagy.
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Yuan ZY, Lu X, Lei F, et al. TATA boxes in gene transcription and poly (A) tails in mRNA stability: New perspective on the effects of berberine. Scientific Reports. 2015 Dec 16;5:18326. doi: 10.1038/srep18326. Free Full Text
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