The invention relates to the technical field of medicines, and particularly discloses a pharmaceutical composition based on an IRF7-
PTEN signal axis and application of the pharmaceutical composition in
spinal cord injury. According to the application, a plurality of
spinal cord injury
single cell sequencing data sets are integrated, and the
interferon regulatory factor 7, namely IRF7, is screened and verified to be a key hub
gene for regulating and controlling
apoptosis of astrocytes. Knock-down IRF7 significantly inhibits
astrocyte apoptosis induced by
etoposide, and rotation IRF7 can reverse the effect. In mechanism, the IRF7 promotes
cell apoptosis by negatively regulating a
PTEN pathway, and the
PTEN inhibitor SF1670 can block the IRF7 overexpression mediated apoptosis promoting effect. On the basis, the invention provides a pharmaceutical composition taking the
signal axis as a target spot, and the
active ingredient of the pharmaceutical composition can be an IRF7 inhibitor or a PTEN inhibitor; the invention also discloses application of the inhibitor in preparation of drugs for treating
spinal cord injury. The application provides a new target spot and an effective intervention strategy for treatment of
spinal cord injury.