1. Modified Gegen Qinlian Decoction modulated the gut microbiome and bile acid metabolism and restored the function of goblet cells in a mouse model of ulcerative colitis.
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Huang J, Zhang J, Wang F, and Tang X
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- Animals, Mice, Male, Fecal Microbiota Transplantation, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Colon pathology, Colon metabolism, Colon drug effects, Colon microbiology, Gastrointestinal Microbiome drug effects, Colitis, Ulcerative microbiology, Colitis, Ulcerative drug therapy, Colitis, Ulcerative metabolism, Colitis, Ulcerative therapy, Disease Models, Animal, Drugs, Chinese Herbal pharmacology, Drugs, Chinese Herbal therapeutic use, Goblet Cells drug effects, Goblet Cells metabolism, Bile Acids and Salts metabolism
- Abstract
Objective: Modified Gegen Qinlian Decoction (MGQD) has been shown to effectively relieve ulcerative colitis (UC) without a known pharmacological mechanism. In this study, the anti-colitis efficaciousness of MGQD and its underlying mechanisms in UC were evaluated., Methods: Mice with colitis were administered MGQD for 7 days. Following the evaluation of clinical symptoms, gut microbiota in the feces of UC mice was examined using 16S rRNA sequencing and bile acids (BAs) were examined using LC/MS. Gut microbiota consumption and fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) were used to explore the involvement of gut microbiota in the anti-UC action of MGQD., Results: MGQD relieved colitis as shown by weight loss protection, a lower disease activity index (DAI), restoration of intestinal length reduction, and lower histopathologic scores. MGQD also restored crypt stem cell proliferation and function of colonic goblet cells, and promoted MUC2 protein secretion. Interestingly, investigations using gut bacterial depletion and FMT showed that MGQD attenuated colonic damage in a gut-dependent way. The modulation of the gut microbiota by MGQD might be attributed to a decrease in Odoribacter and an increase in n orank_f_Muribaculaceae . In addition, MGQD modulated the metabolism of BAs while restoring the structure of the gut microbiota., Conclusion: MGQD significantly alleviated colitis in mice, which may be associated with the modulation of gut microbiota and BA metabolism and restoration of function of goblet cells. However, factors other than the gut microbiota may also be involved in the amelioration of UC by MGQD., Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest., (Copyright © 2024 Huang, Zhang, Wang and Tang.)
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- 2024
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