Xu SY, Zhang Y, Han T, Li XR, Lihong-Li, Zuo L. UPLC-Q/TOF-MS based plasma metabolomics study of hepatoprotective effect of Cuscutae semen on CCl4-induced liver injury model of rats.
Biomed Chromatogr 2022;
36:e5489. [PMID:
36002930 DOI:
10.1002/bmc.5489]
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Abstract
BACKGROUND
Hepatic disorders is a serious health problem threaten human. Cuscutae semen (CS) is a broadly used Chinese medicine as a tonic to nourish the liver and kidney.
OBJECTIVE
Our research aimed to assess the hepatoprotective effect of CS on CCl4 -induced liver injury rats via plasma metabolomics.
METHODS
The liver injury rats were induced by 40% CCl4 in olive oil twice a week for 21 days. The CS group received CS 2g/kg every day for 21 days. The liver tissues were used for histological studies. The serum was used for biochemical parameters analysis. Plasma metabolomic analysis were performed by ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled with quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry (UPLC-Q/TOF-MS).
RESULTS
Administration of CS could relieve hepatocyte necrosis, decrease levels of serum biochemical parameters in comparison with CCl4 group. The principal component analysis (PCA) and orthogonal partial least-squares-discriminant analysis (OPLS-DA) analyses on plasma metabolomes showed an obvious separation among the control, model and CS groups. The heatmap showed that CS-administered mice had the similar metabolite profiles as the control group. Seven influential pathways in plasma of hepatoprotective impacted by CS were identified.
CONCLUSION
This study verified the hepatoprotective effect of CS, and the related metabolic pathways were discussed.
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