1. Palmatine ameliorated murine colitis by suppressing tryptophan metabolism and regulating gut microbiota.
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Zhang XJ, Yuan ZW, Qu C, Yu XT, Huang T, Chen PV, Su ZR, Dou YX, Wu JZ, Zeng HF, Xie Y, and Chen JN
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- Animals, Colitis metabolism, Colitis microbiology, Colitis pathology, Colon drug effects, Colon metabolism, Colon pathology, Cytokines metabolism, Dextran Sulfate, Disease Models, Animal, Male, Mice, Inbred BALB C, Mucins genetics, Tight Junction Proteins genetics, Anti-Inflammatory Agents pharmacology, Anti-Inflammatory Agents therapeutic use, Berberine Alkaloids pharmacology, Berberine Alkaloids therapeutic use, Colitis drug therapy, Gastrointestinal Microbiome drug effects, Tryptophan metabolism
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Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), majorly include Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC), is chronic and relapsing inflammatory disorders of the gastrointestinal tract, which treatment options remain limited. Here we examined the therapeutic effects of an isoquinoline alkaloid, Palmatine (Pal), on mice experimental colitis induced by dextran sulfate sodium (DSS) and explored underlying mechanisms. Colitis was induced in BALB/c mice by administering 3% DSS in drinking water for 7 days. Pal (50 and 100 mg kg
-1 ) and the positive drug Sulfasalazine (SASP, 200 mg kg-1 ) were orally administered for 7 days. Disease activity index (DAI) was evaluated on day 8, and colonic tissues were collected for biochemistry analysis. The fecal microbiota was characterized by high-throughput Illumina MiSeq sequencing. And plasma metabolic changes were detected by UPLC-MS. Our results showed that Pal treatment significantly reduced DAI scores and ameliorated colonic injury in mice with DSS-induced colitis. Mucosal integrity was improved and cell apoptosis was inhibited. Moreover, gut microbiota analysis showed that mice received Pal-treatment have higher relative abundance of Bacteroidetes and Firmicutes, but reduced amount of Proteobacteria. Moreover, Pal not only suppressed tryptophan catabolism in plasma, but also decreased the protein expression of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 1 (IDO-1, the rate-limiting enzyme of tryptophan catabolism) in colon tissue. This is consolidated by molecular docking, which suggested that Pal is a potent IDO-1 inhibitor. Taken together, our findings demonstrate that Pal ameliorated DSS-induced colitis by mitigating colonic injury, preventing gut microbiota dysbiosis, and regulating tryptophan catabolism, which indicated that Pal has great therapeutic potential for colitis., (Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)- Published
- 2018
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