1. Erchen decoction alleviates the progression of NAFLD by inhibiting lipid accumulation and iron overload through Caveolin-1 signaling.
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Deng, Guanghui, Li, Junjie, Huang, Manping, Li, Yunjia, Shi, Hao, Wu, Chaofeng, Zhao, Jiamin, Qin, Mengchen, Liu, Chang, Yang, Menghan, Wang, Yunqing, Zhang, Yuxue, Liao, Yuxin, Zhou, Chuying, Yang, Jian, Xu, Yunsheng, Liu, Bin, and Gao, Lei
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LIPID metabolism , *DISEASE progression , *BIOLOGICAL models , *HERBAL medicine , *ANIMAL experimentation , *IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY , *NON-alcoholic fatty liver disease , *CELLULAR signal transduction , *GENE expression , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *IRON overload , *DATA analysis software , *COMPUTER-assisted molecular modeling , *CHINESE medicine , *CARRIER proteins , *MICE , *THERAPEUTICS - Abstract
A combination of 6 different Chinese herbs known as Erchen decoction (ECD) has been traditionally used to treat digestive tract diseases and found to have a protective effect against nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Despite its efficacy in treating NAFLD, the precise molecular mechanism by which Erchen Decoction regulated iron ion metabolism to prevent disease progression remained poorly understood. Our study attempted to confirm the specific mechanism of ECD in reducing lipid and iron in NAFLD from the perspective of regulating the expression of Caveolin-1 (Cav-1). In our study, the protective effect of ECD was investigated in Palmitic Acid + Oleic Acid-induced hepatocyte NAFLD model and high-fat diet-induced mice NAFLD model. To investigate the impact of Erchen Decoction (ECD) on lipid metabolism and iron metabolism via mediating Cav-1 in vitro , Cav-1 knockdown cell lines were established using lentivirus-mediated transfection techniques. We constructed NAFLD model by feeding with high-fat diet for 12 weeks in vivo and Palmitic Acid + Oleic Acid treatment for 24 h in vitro. The regulation of Lipid and iron metabolism results by ECD were detected by serological diagnosis, immunofluorescent and immunohistochemical staining, and western blotting. The binding ability of 6 small molecules of ECD to Cav-1 was analyzed by molecular docking. We demonstrated that ECD alleviated the progression of NAFLD by inhibiting lipid accumulation, nitrogen oxygen stress, and iron accumulation in vivo and in vitro experiments. Furthermore, ECD inhibited lipid and iron accumulation in liver by up-regulating the expression of Cav-1, which indicated that Cav-1 was an important target for ECD to exert its curative effect. In summary, our study demonstrated that ECD alleviated the accumulation of lipid and iron in NAFLD through promoting the expression of Cav-1, and ECD might serve as a novel Cav-1 agonist to treat NAFLD. Scheme of Erchen decoction alleviates the progression of NAFLD by inhibiting lipid accumulation and iron overload through Caveolin-1 signaling. [Display omitted] • Lipid metabolism disorders and iron metabolism disorders take part in the progression of NAFLD. • Erchen Decoction inhibits the development of NAFLD by alleviating lipid accumulation and improving iron transport capacity. • Erchen Decoction regulates the expression of SREBP1/FASN and Fpn1 by upregulating the expression of Caveolin-1. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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