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Chen L, He T, Wang R, Liu H, Wang X, Li H, Jing M, Zhou X, Wei S, Zou W, Zhao Y. Integrated Approaches Revealed the Therapeutic Mechanisms of Zuojin Pill Against Gastric Mucosa Injury in a Rat Model with Chronic Atrophic Gastritis. Drug Des Devel Ther 2024; 18:1651-1672. [PMID: 38774485 PMCID: PMC11108080 DOI: 10.2147/dddt.s454758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2023] [Accepted: 05/03/2024] [Indexed: 05/24/2024] Open
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Background The Zuojin Pill (ZJP) is widely used for treating chronic atrophic gastritis (CAG) in clinical practice, effectively ameliorating symptoms such as vomiting, pain, and abdominal distension in patients. However, the underlying mechanisms of ZJP in treating CAG has not been fully elucidated. Purpose This study aimed to clarify the characteristic function of ZJP in the treatment of CAG and its potential mechanism. Methods The CAG model was established by alternant administrations of ammonia solution and sodium deoxycholate, as well as an irregular diet. Therapeutic effects of ZJP on body weight, serum biochemical indexes and general condition were analyzed. HE staining and AB-PAS staining were analyzed to characterize the mucosal injury and the thickness of gastric mucosa. Furthermore, network pharmacology and molecular docking were used to predict the regulatory mechanism and main active components of ZJP in CAG treatment. RT-PCR, immunohistochemistry, immunofluorescence and Western blotting were used to measure the expression levels of apoptosis-related proteins, gastric mucosal barrier-associated proteins and PI3K/Akt signaling pathway proteins. Results The results demonstrated that ZJP significantly improved the general state of CAG rats, alleviated weight loss and gastric histological damage and reduced the serum biochemical indicators. Network pharmacology and molecular docking found that ZJP in treating CAG by inhibiting inflammation, suppressing apoptosis, and protecting the gastric mucosal barrier via the PI3K/Akt signaling pathway. Further experiments confirmed that ZJP obviously modulated the expression of key proteins involved in gastric mucosal cell apoptosis, such as Bax, Bad, Apaf-1, cleaved-caspase-3, cleaved-caspase-9, Cytochrome C, Bcl-2, and Bcl-xl. Moreover, ZJP significantly reversed the protein expression of Occludin, ZO-1, Claudin-4 and E-cadherin. Conclusion Our study revealed that ZJP treats CAG by inhibiting the PI3K/Akt signaling pathway. This research provided a scientific basis for the rational use of ZJP in clinical practice.
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- Lisheng Chen
- College of Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, People’s Republic of China
- Department of Pharmacy Department, The Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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- Division of Integrative Medicine, The Fifth Medical Center of General Hospital of PLA, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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- Division of Integrative Medicine, The Fifth Medical Center of General Hospital of PLA, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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- Integrated TCM & Western Medicine Department, The Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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- College of Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, People’s Republic of China
- Department of Pharmacy Department, The Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmacy Department, The Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmacy Department, The Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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- College of Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, People’s Republic of China
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- College of Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, People’s Republic of China
- Department of Pharmacy Department, The Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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Zhang R, Qin X, Liu Y. Exploration of the intestinal flora to reveal the important contribution of Radix Astragali to Huangqi Jianzhong Tang in treating chronic atrophic gastritis rats. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2024; 242:116067. [PMID: 38417324 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2024.116067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2023] [Revised: 02/20/2024] [Accepted: 02/20/2024] [Indexed: 03/01/2024]
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Radix Astragali (Huangqi in Chinese, HQ) is a commonly used Chinese herbal medicine for thousands of years. In this study, A classic prescription Huangqi Jianzhong tang (HQJZ) was selected to evaluate the important effect of HQ on rats with chronic atrophic gastritis (CAG) from the perspective of intestinal flora in cecal contents samples. Traditional pharmacological indicators, including weight change, pathological examination and biochemical indicators showed that HQ exerted favorable contribution to HQJZ against CAG, where the efficiencies of HQ and HQJZ were better than HY (HQJZ prepared without HQ). An accurate strategy was adopted to screen out the differential metabolites in the metabolomis analysis of intestinal flora in cecal contents samples based on the optimal screening factors, including VIP (importance of variables in projection), FC (fold change), AUROC (area under the receiver operating characteristic curve) and -ln(p-value), which were evaluated based on their interpreting, grouping, and predicting abilities of the performed orthogonal partial least-squares-discriminate analysis (OPLS-DA) models. Ten altered differential metabolites were obtained and associated with the intestinal flora, which HQ exerted the important metabolic contributions to HQJZ. The efficacy on the diversity of intestinal flora and their correlations with the altered metabolites further showed the important role of HQ in HQJZ composition. This work provided valuable approach for looking for potential biomarkers associated with metabolomics research with more accuracy, and provided new insights into the mechanisms to explain the efficacy of HQ contributing to HQJZ formula.
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- Ruonan Zhang
- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, the Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Shanxi University, No. 92, Wucheng Road, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030006, PR China; Key Laboratory of Effective Substances Research and Utilization in TCM of Shanxi Province, No. 92, Wucheng Road, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030006, PR China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, the Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Shanxi University, No. 92, Wucheng Road, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030006, PR China; Key Laboratory of Effective Substances Research and Utilization in TCM of Shanxi Province, No. 92, Wucheng Road, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030006, PR China.
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, the Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Shanxi University, No. 92, Wucheng Road, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030006, PR China; Key Laboratory of Effective Substances Research and Utilization in TCM of Shanxi Province, No. 92, Wucheng Road, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030006, PR China.
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Yang L, Zhang X, Wang Z, Lin X, Zhang Y, Lu J, Wu L, Yao S, Jing W, Huang X, Wang P. Decoction regulating phytochemicals' micromorphology changes and anti-inflammation activity enhancements originated from herb medicine supermolecules. Chin Med 2024; 19:19. [PMID: 38279104 PMCID: PMC10811931 DOI: 10.1186/s13020-023-00864-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2023] [Accepted: 11/21/2023] [Indexed: 01/28/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Mahuang Fuzi decoction (MGF) is composed of three herb medicines that has been clinically used to treat inflammatory diseases for a long history. At present, more and more active phytochemicals' aggregations have been found during the thermodynamic process of herb medicine decoction, and revealing the clinical efficacy of herb medicine through supramolecular strategies is the focus of current research. However, it is not clear whether decoction induced supermolecules' morphological changes to modify activity. METHODS Dynamic light scattering (DLS) and field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) were used to analyze the micromorphology of MGF, MGF SA (MGF supermolecules), and MIX (physical mixture of MGF single decoction). The interaction and thermodynamic parameters of single herbs in a decoction were investigated by Isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC). The phytochemicals were systematically analyzed by ultra high performance liquid chromatography-Q Exactive hybrid quadrupole-orbitrap high-resolution accurate mass spectrometry (UHPLC-Q-Orbitrap HRMS). Under the safe dose on RAW264.7 cells, NO, IL-6 and TNF-α were determined by Enzyme-Linked ImmunoSorbent Assay (ELISA) method. NF-κB p65 translocation from the cytoplasm into the nucleus was examined using the immunofluorescence assay and the western blot, respectively. Furthermore, Metabolomics was used to discover potential biomarkers and the associated metabolic pathways of MGF SA treatment. RESULTS There were nanoscale aggregations in MGF, and the micromorphology of the extracted MGF SA consisted of uniform particles; while the MIX micromorphology had no uniformity. ITC showed that the interaction MH-GC and FZ-GC were a spontaneous exothermic reaction, indicating that their phytochemicals had the property of self-assembly. Though the micromorphology between MGF, MGF SA, and MIX was obviously different, UHPLC-Q-Orbitrap HRMS results displayed that the main phytochemicals of MGF and MIX had nearly the same components. Interestingly, MGF and MGF SA could significantly inhibit the production of NO, and had better inhibition effect on the expression of nuclear protein NF-κB p65 than MIX, among which MGF SA had the best effect. Further investigation indicated that the perturbance of metabolic profiling in RAW264.7 inflammatory cells was obviously reversed by MGF SA. CONCLUSIONS The decoction enriched the key active phytochemicals and regulated the formation of homogeneous nanoparticles in MGF SA. The supermolecules in MGF SA significantly enhanced its anti-inflammatory activity, primarily affecting the NF-κB signaling pathway and the biosynthesis and metabolism of arginine in RAW264.7 inflammatory cells. Current study displayed that co-decocting herbal medicine were beneficial to the treatment of diseases than the mixture of the single herbs' extraction.
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- Luping Yang
- School of Chinese Pharmacy, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 102488, China
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- School of Chinese Pharmacy, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 102488, China
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- School of Chinese Pharmacy, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 102488, China
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- School of Chinese Pharmacy, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 102488, China
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- School of Chinese Pharmacy, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 102488, China
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- School of Chinese Pharmacy, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 102488, China
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- School of Chinese Pharmacy, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 102488, China
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- School of Chinese Pharmacy, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 102488, China
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- National Institutes for Food and Drug Control, Beijing, 100050, China.
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- School of Chinese Pharmacy, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 102488, China.
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- School of Chinese Pharmacy, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 102488, China.
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Zhang H, Huang X, Wang G, Liu Y. Huangqi Jianzhong Tang treats chronic atrophic gastritis rats by regulating intestinal flora and conjugated bile acid metabolism. Biomed Chromatogr 2023; 37:e5721. [PMID: 37591498 DOI: 10.1002/bmc.5721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2023] [Revised: 07/25/2023] [Accepted: 07/28/2023] [Indexed: 08/19/2023]
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Huangqi Jianzhong Tang (HQJZ) is effective for treating chronic atrophic gastritis (CAG). The present study was carried out to reveal the mechanism of HQJZ in CAG rats. The metabolism and microbial composition of the cecal contents in CAG rats were analyzed through the integration of an untargeted metabolomic approach using ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with the quadrupole-time of flight mass spectrometry (UHPLC-QTOF-MS) and 16S rRNA gene sequencing, respectively. Finally, MetOrigin analyses were performed to explore the relationship between differential metabolites and intestinal flora. The results showed that HQJZ could significantly regulate metabolic disorders, especially conjugated acid metabolites. 16S rRNA gene sequencing analysis illustrated that HQJZ decreased the abundance of Acetobacter, Desulfovibrio, Escherichia, and Shigella. MetOrigin metabolite traceability analysis showed that the six bile acids associated with HQJZ efficacy included three bacteria-host cometabolites, which were involved in the primary bile acid biosynthesis pathway. Research presented here confirmed that conjugated bile acid metabolism was key to the treatment of CAG by HQJZ and correlates strongly with Bacteroides acidifaciens and Prevotella copri. These findings provide new insights into the mechanisms to explain the efficacy of HQJZ.
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- Hui Zhang
- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, the Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
- Key Laboratory of Effective Substances Research and Utilization in TCM of Shanxi Province, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, the Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
- Key Laboratory of Effective Substances Research and Utilization in TCM of Shanxi Province, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Shanxi Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Taiyuan, China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, the Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
- Key Laboratory of Effective Substances Research and Utilization in TCM of Shanxi Province, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
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Liu X, Zhao Z, Zhao D, Zhao S, Qin X. Comprehensive microbiomes and fecal metabolomics combined with network pharmacology reveal the effects of Jichuanjian on aged functional constipation. Exp Gerontol 2023; 178:112216. [PMID: 37211069 DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2023.112216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2022] [Revised: 05/13/2023] [Accepted: 05/18/2023] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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BACKGROUND Functional constipation is a common gastrointestinal disorder especially severely affecting the life quality of the aged. Jichuanjian (JCJ) has been widely used for aged functional constipation (AFC) in clinic. Yet, the mechanisms of JCJ merely scratch the surface with being studied at a single level, rather than from a systematic perspective of the whole. AIM The purpose of this study was to explore the underlying mechanisms of JCJ in treating AFC from the perspectives of fecal metabolites and related pathways, gut microbiota, key gene targets and functional pathways, as well as "behaviors-microbiota-metabolites" relationships. METHODS 16S rRNA analysis and fecal metabolomics combined with network pharmacology were applied to investigate the abnormal performances of AFC rats, as well as the regulatory effects of JCJ. RESULTS JCJ significantly regulated the abnormalities of rats' behaviors, the microbial richness, and the metabolite profiles that were interrupted by AFC. 19 metabolites were found to be significantly associated with AFC involving in 15 metabolic pathways. Delightfully, JCJ significantly regulated 9 metabolites and 6 metabolic pathways. AFC significantly interrupted the levels of 4 differential bacteria while JCJ significantly regulated the level of SMB53. HSP90AA1 and TP53 were the key genes, and pathways in cancer was the most relevant signaling pathways involving in the mechanisms of JCJ. CONCLUSION The current findings not only reveal that the occurrence of AFC is closely related to gut microbiota mediating amino acid and energy metabolism, but also demonstrate the effects and the underlying mechanisms of JCJ on AFC.
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- Xiaojie Liu
- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanxi University, No. 92, Wucheng Rd. Xiaodian Dist, Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi, China; The Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Shanxi University, No. 92, Wucheng Rd. Xiaodian Dist., Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi, China; Institute of Biomedicine and Health, Shanxi University, No. 92, Wucheng Rd. Xiaodian Dist., Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi, China.
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanxi University, No. 92, Wucheng Rd. Xiaodian Dist, Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi, China; The Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Shanxi University, No. 92, Wucheng Rd. Xiaodian Dist., Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi, China; Institute of Biomedicine and Health, Shanxi University, No. 92, Wucheng Rd. Xiaodian Dist., Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi, China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanxi University, No. 92, Wucheng Rd. Xiaodian Dist, Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi, China; The Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Shanxi University, No. 92, Wucheng Rd. Xiaodian Dist., Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi, China; Institute of Biomedicine and Health, Shanxi University, No. 92, Wucheng Rd. Xiaodian Dist., Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Shanxi Institute for Food and Drug Control, Taiyuan 030001, Shanxi, China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanxi University, No. 92, Wucheng Rd. Xiaodian Dist, Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi, China; The Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Shanxi University, No. 92, Wucheng Rd. Xiaodian Dist., Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi, China; Institute of Biomedicine and Health, Shanxi University, No. 92, Wucheng Rd. Xiaodian Dist., Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi, China
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Gai X, Qian P, Guo B, Zheng Y, Fu Z, Yang D, Zhu C, Cao Y, Niu J, Ling J, Zhao J, Shi H, Liu G. Heptadecanoic acid and pentadecanoic acid crosstalk with fecal-derived gut microbiota are potential non-invasive biomarkers for chronic atrophic gastritis. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2023; 12:1064737. [PMID: 36699724 PMCID: PMC9868245 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2022.1064737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2022] [Accepted: 12/05/2022] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Background Chronic atrophic gastritis (CAG), premalignant lesions of gastric cancer (GC), greatly increases the risk of GC. Gastroscopy with tissue biopsy is the most commonly used technology for CAG diagnosis. However, due to the invasive nature, both ordinary gastroscope and painless gastroscope result in a certain degree of injury to the esophagus as well as inducing psychological pressure on patients. In addition, patients need fast for at least half a day and take laxatives. Methods In this study, fecal metabolites and microbiota profiles were detected by metabolomics and 16S rRNA V4-V5 region sequencing. Results Alteration of fecal metabolites and microbiota profiles was found in CAG patients, compared with healthy volunteers. To identify the most relevant features, 7 fecal metabolites and 4 microbiota were selected by random forest (RF), from A and B sample sets, respectively. Furthermore, we constructed support vector machines (SVM) classifification model using 7 fecal metabolites or 4 gut microbes, or 7 fecal metabolites with 4 gut microbes, respectively, on C sample set. The accuracy of classifification model was 0.714, 0.857, 0.857, respectively, and the AUC was 0.71, 0.88, 0.9, respectively. In C sample set, Spearman's rank correlation analysis demonstrated heptadecanoic acid and pentadecanoic acid were signifificantly negatively correlated to Erysipelotrichaceae_UCG-003 and Haemophilus, respectively. We constructed SVM classifification model using 2 correlated fecal metabolites and 2 correlated gut microbes on C sample set. The accuracy of classification model was 0.857, and the AUC was 0.88. Conclusion Therefore, heptadecanoic acid and pentadecanoic acid, crosstalk with fecal-derived gut microbiota namely Erysipelotrichaceae_UCG-003 and Haemophilus, are potential non-invasive biomarkers for CAG diagnosis.
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- Xiao Gai
- School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- School of Computer Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Shuguang Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- School of Computer Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Compound Chinese Medicines, The Ministry of Education (MOE) Key Laboratory for Standardization of Chinese Medicines, The State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine (SATCM) Key Laboratory for New Resources & Quality Evaluation of Chinese Medicine, Research Center of Shanghai Traditional Chinese Medicine Standardization, Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
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Metabolomics reveals the effect of hypobaric treatment on energy metabolism in vibration-injured ‘Huangguan’ pears. Food Chem 2023; 400:134057. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2022.134057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2022] [Revised: 08/21/2022] [Accepted: 08/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Liu Y, Lian X, Qin X. Bile acid metabolism involved into the therapeutic action of Xiaojianzhong Tang via gut microbiota to treat chronic atrophic gastritis in rats. PHYTOMEDICINE : INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHYTOTHERAPY AND PHYTOPHARMACOLOGY 2023; 109:154557. [PMID: 36610165 DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2022.154557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2022] [Revised: 11/03/2022] [Accepted: 11/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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BACKGROUND As a classical traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), Xiaojianzhong Tang (XJZ) is effective in treating chronic atrophic gastritis (CAG). However, the pharmacological mechanism of XJZ has not been fully explained. PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to investigate the mechanism of XJZ against CAG rats via gut microbiome using a multi-omics approach. METHODS The rat cecal contents were analyzed through the integration of an untargeted metabolomic approach based on ultra-high performance liquid chromatography coupled with the quadrupole-time of flight mass spectrometry (UHPLC-QTOF-MS) and 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Finally, the interaction of differential metabolites with bile acid (BA)-related targets was verified by molecular docking. RESULTS A new strategy was adopted to screen out the differential metabolites based on the comprehensive evaluation of VIP, |log2(FC)|, -ln(p-value) and ǀp(corr)ǀ. As results, XJZ showed favor regulations on the screened metabolites, cholic acid, deoxycholic acid, glycoursodeoxycholic acid, taurochenodesoxycholic acid, docosahexaenoic acid and L-isoleucine. The 16S rRNA gene sequencing analysis showed that XJZ could regulate gut microbiota disturbances in CAG rats, especially bile acid (BA) metabolism-related bacteria (Butyricimonas, Desulfovibrio, Bacteroides, Parabacteroides, Acetobacter and Alistipes). Molecular docking further showed that the differential metabolites regulated by XJZ had a good docking effect on BA-related targets. CONCLUSION The current work indicated that XJZ's therapeutic action was strongly linked to BA-related microorganisms and metabolic processes. These findings provided new insights into the effects of XJZ for the treatment of CAG.
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- Yuetao Liu
- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, the Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Shanxi University, No. 92, Wucheng Road, Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi, PR China; Key Laboratory of Effective Substances Research and Utilization in TCM of Shanxi Province, No. 92, Wucheng Road, Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi, PR China.
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, the Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Shanxi University, No. 92, Wucheng Road, Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi, PR China; Key Laboratory of Effective Substances Research and Utilization in TCM of Shanxi Province, No. 92, Wucheng Road, Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi, PR China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, the Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Shanxi University, No. 92, Wucheng Road, Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi, PR China; Key Laboratory of Effective Substances Research and Utilization in TCM of Shanxi Province, No. 92, Wucheng Road, Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi, PR China.
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Yu XT, Chen M, Guo J, Zhang J, Zeng T. Noninvasive detection and interpretation of gastrointestinal diseases by collaborative serum metabolite and magnetically controlled capsule endoscopy. Comput Struct Biotechnol J 2022; 20:5524-5534. [PMID: 36249561 PMCID: PMC9550535 DOI: 10.1016/j.csbj.2022.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2022] [Revised: 09/15/2022] [Accepted: 10/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Gastrointestinal diseases are complex diseases that occur in the gastrointestinal tract. Common gastrointestinal diseases include chronic gastritis, peptic ulcers, inflammatory bowel disease, and gastrointestinal tumors. These diseases may manifest a long course, difficult treatment, and repeated attacks. Gastroscopy and mucosal biopsy are the gold standard methods for diagnosing gastric and duodenal diseases, but they are invasive procedures and carry risks due to the necessity of sedation and anesthesia. Recently, several new approaches have been developed, including serological examination and magnetically controlled capsule endoscopy (MGCE). However, serological markers lack lesion information, while MGCE images lack molecular information. This study proposes combining these two technologies in a collaborative noninvasive diagnostic scheme as an alternative to the standard procedures. We introduce an interpretable framework for the clinical diagnosis of gastrointestinal diseases. Based on collected blood samples and MGCE records of patients with gastrointestinal diseases and comparisons with normal individuals, we selected serum metabolite signatures by bioinformatic analysis, captured image embedding signatures by convolutional neural networks, and inferred the location-specific associations between these signatures. Our study successfully identified five key metabolite signatures with functional relevance to gastrointestinal disease. The combined signatures achieved discrimination AUC of 0.88. Meanwhile, the image embedding signatures showed different levels of validation and testing accuracy ranging from 0.7 to 0.9 according to different locations in the gastrointestinal tract as explained by their specific associations with metabolite signatures. Overall, our work provides a new collaborative noninvasive identification pipeline and candidate metabolite biomarkers for image auxiliary diagnosis. This method should be valuable for the noninvasive detection and interpretation of gastrointestinal and other complex diseases.
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- Xiang-Tian Yu
- Clinical Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People’s Hospital, Shanghai, China,Corresponding authors at: Clinical Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People’s Hospital, Yishan Road 600, Shanghai, China (X.-T. Yu); Guangzhou Laboratory, Guangzhou, China (T. Zeng).
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China
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- Clinical Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People’s Hospital, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China
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- Guangzhou Laboratory, Guangzhou, China,Corresponding authors at: Clinical Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People’s Hospital, Yishan Road 600, Shanghai, China (X.-T. Yu); Guangzhou Laboratory, Guangzhou, China (T. Zeng).
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Liu Y, Cai C, Qin X. Regulation of gut microbiota of Astragali Radix in treating for chronic atrophic gastritis rats based on metabolomics coupled with 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Chem Biol Interact 2022; 365:110063. [PMID: 35872051 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2022.110063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2022] [Revised: 07/09/2022] [Accepted: 07/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Astragali Radix (HQ), a common traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), is widely used to treat chronic atrophic gastritis (CAG). However, its mechanism in treating CAG is still not clear. Accumulating evidence highlights the link between gut microbiota and CAG. We hypothesized that the gut microbiota might be involved in the effect of HQ. Ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled with time-of-flight mass spectrometry (UPLC-Q-TOF/MS) based metabolomics and 16S rRNA gene sequencing techniques of the cecal contents were applied to study its mechanisms. As a result, nine metabolites and fifteen gut microbiotas changed significantly in cecal contents samples between control group and model group. Among them, two metabolites (7-keto-3A ·12-α-hydroxyalkanoic acid and deoxycholic acid) and two gut microbiota genera (Acetobacter and Escherichia), had the most obvious callback effect after the administration of HQ. Sixty-seven correlated pairs exhibited the significant link between the involved metabolites and gut microbiotas through the correlation analysis, where two strong correlation pairs: Tetrahydrohydroxone ∼ Bacteroides (r = 0.895) and Deoxycholic acid ∼ Acetobacter (r = -0.843) were regulated by HQ. The results showed that HQ had the potential protection from metabolic perturbation involved into gut microbiotas induced by CAG. Two gut microbiotas, Acetobacter and Escherichia, and two metabolites, 7-keto-3A ·12-α-hydroxyalkanoic acid and deoxycholic acid were the potential targets of HQ.
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- Yuetao Liu
- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, The Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Shanxi University, No. 92, Wucheng Road, Taiyuan, 030006, Shanxi, PR China; Key Laboratory of Effective Substances Research and Utilization in TCM of Shanxi Province, No. 92, Wucheng Road, Taiyuan, 030006, Shanxi, PR China.
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, The Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Shanxi University, No. 92, Wucheng Road, Taiyuan, 030006, Shanxi, PR China; Key Laboratory of Effective Substances Research and Utilization in TCM of Shanxi Province, No. 92, Wucheng Road, Taiyuan, 030006, Shanxi, PR China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, The Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Shanxi University, No. 92, Wucheng Road, Taiyuan, 030006, Shanxi, PR China; Key Laboratory of Effective Substances Research and Utilization in TCM of Shanxi Province, No. 92, Wucheng Road, Taiyuan, 030006, Shanxi, PR China.
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Liu X, Jian C, Li M, Wei F, Liu H, Qin X. Microbiome-metabolomics deciphers the effects of Cistanche deserticola polysaccharides on aged constipated rats. Food Funct 2022; 13:3993-4008. [PMID: 35315484 DOI: 10.1039/d2fo00008c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Chronic constipation is an extremely common gastrointestinal disorder that severely affects the life quality of the elderly. As an edible food and therapeutic medicine, Cistanche deserticola (CD) has been widely used not only as food in daily life, but also as a medicine to treat constipation. As the main component in CD, polysaccharide shows great potentials in improving constipation in the elderly. In this study, 16S rRNA analysis and fecal metabolomics were applied to investigate the impacts of constipation in an aged rat model, as well as the regulatory effects and the underlying mechanisms of CD polysaccharide (CDPS). Firstly, a classic constipation model of aged rats was constructed. The behavioral indicators of the rats were analyzed, providing behavioral correlations at the macro level. Meanwhile, the levels of SOD, GSH-Px, MDA, and CAT in serum samples of the rats were assessed. Additionally, the changes of gut microbiota, fecal metabolites and corresponding metabolic pathways in the aged constipated rats were demonstrated. On top of this, inter-and inner-layer networks of "behavioral indicators - intestinal bacteria - metabolites" were constructed to visually demonstrate the relationships among differential indicators. We found that CDPS significantly regulated the abnormalities of the behavioral indexes, the microbial richness and diversity, and the metabolite profiles that were induced by constipation in the aged rats. From the intestinal microbiological point of view, CDPS significantly increased the prevalence of beneficial bacteria while reducing the potentially pathogenic bacterial population. In terms of metabolomics, a total of 16 metabolites were finally identified as potential biomarkers of constipation in the aged rats. The mechanisms of CDPS were mainly involved in metabolic energy and the synthesis of amino acids. The current findings not only deepen our understanding about constipation in the elderly from the perspectives of microbiome and metabolomics, but also lay a solid foundation for the applications of polysaccharides in constipation in the elderly, the discovery of new medicines for constipation, and improving the life quality of the elderly.
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- Xiaojie Liu
- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, 030006, China. .,The Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, 030006, China.,Key Laboratory of Effective Substances Research and Utilization in TCM of Shanxi Province, Tai Yuan, 030006, China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, 030006, China. .,The Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, 030006, China.,Key Laboratory of Effective Substances Research and Utilization in TCM of Shanxi Province, Tai Yuan, 030006, China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, 030006, China. .,The Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, 030006, China.,Key Laboratory of Effective Substances Research and Utilization in TCM of Shanxi Province, Tai Yuan, 030006, China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, 030006, China. .,The Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, 030006, China.,Key Laboratory of Effective Substances Research and Utilization in TCM of Shanxi Province, Tai Yuan, 030006, China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, 030006, China. .,The Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, 030006, China.,Key Laboratory of Effective Substances Research and Utilization in TCM of Shanxi Province, Tai Yuan, 030006, China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, 030006, China. .,The Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, 030006, China.,Key Laboratory of Effective Substances Research and Utilization in TCM of Shanxi Province, Tai Yuan, 030006, China
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Hao Y, Zhang R, Morris R, Cheng F, Zhu Z, Xu Y, Wang Y. Metabolome and microbiome alterations in tongue coating of gastric precancerous lesion patients. Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 2021; 15:949-963. [PMID: 33252275 DOI: 10.1080/17474124.2021.1850259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Objective: This paper seeks to provide mechanistic insight into the pathological transition through the analysis of metabolites and microorganisms in the tongue coating of gastric precancerous lesions (GPL) patients.Methods: GC-TOF-MS and UHPLC-QE-MS metabolomics, combined with 16S rRNA microbiome techniques, were performed to explore the changes in metabolites and microorganisms in the tongue coating of GPL patients.Results: When compared with 15 controls, 133 metabolites were found to be differentially expressed in 60 GPL cases, of which could be divided into ten categories. Among them, most of the differentially expressed metabolites identified were lipids or lipid-like molecules. These metabolites were implicated in 6 metabolic pathways including glycine, serine and threonine metabolism, arginine and proline metabolism, sphingolipid metabolism, valine, leucine and isoleucine degradation, arachidonic acid metabolism, and tyrosine metabolism. The relative abundances of Alloprevotella, Solobacterium, Rothia, Eikenella, and Aggregatibacter in the GPL group increased significantly relative to the controls and were associated with lipids and lipid-like molecules, organic nitrogen compounds, organic oxygen compounds, phenylpropanoids and polyketides, and organoheterocyclic compounds, respectively.Conclusions: Compared with healthy people, the changes of tongue coating metabolites in GPL patients were mainly characterized by alterations in lipid metabolism and were associated with localized changes in the microbiome.
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- Yiming Hao
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Health Identification and Assessment/Laboratory of TCM Four Diagnostic Information, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Longhua Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Longhua Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Health Identification and Assessment/Laboratory of TCM Four Diagnostic Information, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Health Identification and Assessment/Laboratory of TCM Four Diagnostic Information, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
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Zhou KL, Dong S, Guo S, Dai XH, Yang JY, Liu Y, Mi BL, Wang SW, Fu GB, Wei PD. Efficacy and safety of massage therapy for chronic atrophic gastritis: A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis. Medicine (Baltimore) 2020; 99:e23347. [PMID: 33217876 PMCID: PMC7676512 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000023347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2020] [Accepted: 10/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Chronic atrophic gastritis (CAG) is an established precursor of gastric carcinoma with high prevalence worldwide. It is a typical complex gastro-intestinal disease with multiple influence factors, of which exact mechanisms remain unelucidated. Therefore, an ideal strategy to relieve CAG is urgently needed. In recent years, massage therapy has been increasingly accepted by CAG patients due to its lower costs, fewer unwanted side effects and safety for clinical use. In this systematic review, we aim to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of massage therapy for patients with chronic atrophic gastritis. METHODS We will search the following electronic databases for randomized controlled trials to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of massage therapy in treating chronic atrophic gastritis: Wanfang and Pubmed Database, China National Knowledge Infrastructure Database, Cochrane Central register of controlled trials, Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature, and Excerpta Medica database. Each database will be searched from inception to September 2020. The entire process will include study selection, data extraction, risk of bias assessment, and meta-analyses. RESULT This proposed study will evaluate the effectiveness and safety of massage therapy for patients with chronic atrophic gastritis. The outcomes will include changes in CAG relief and adverse effect. CONCLUSION This proposed systematic review will evaluate the existing evidence on the effectiveness and safety of massage therapy for patients with chronic atrophic gastritis. DISSEMINATION AND ETHICS The results of this review will be disseminated through peer-reviewed publication. Because all of the data used in this systematic review and meta-analysis has been published, this review does not require ethical approval. Furthermore, all data will be analyzed anonymously during the review process.
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- Ke-Lin Zhou
- Dongfang Hospital of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
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- School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
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- Dongfang Hospital of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
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- Dongfang Hospital of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
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- Dongfang Hospital of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
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- Dongfang Hospital of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
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- Dongfang Hospital of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
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- Dongfang Hospital of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
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- Dongfang Hospital of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
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- Dongfang Hospital of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
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Zu GX, Sun QQ, Chen J, Liu XJ, Sun KY, Zhang LK, Li L, Han T, Huang HL. Urine metabolomics of rats with chronic atrophic gastritis. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0236203. [PMID: 33175875 PMCID: PMC7657567 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0236203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2020] [Accepted: 10/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND/AIM To use liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) to identify endogenous differential metabolites in the urine of rats with chronic atrophic gastritis (CAG). MATERIALS AND METHODS Methylnitronitrosoguanidine (MNNG) was used to produce a CAG model in Wistar rats, and HE staining was used to determine the pathological model. LC-MS was used to detect the differential metabolic profiles in rat urine. Diversified analysis was performed by the statistical method. RESULTS Compared with the control group, the model group had 68 differential metabolites, 25 that were upregulated and 43 that were downregulated. The main metabolic pathways were D-glutamine and D-glutamic acid metabolism, histidine metabolism and purine metabolism. CONCLUSION By searching for differential metabolites and metabolic pathways in the urine of CAG rats, this study provides effective experimental data for the pathogenesis and clinical diagnosis of CAG.
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- Guo-Xiu Zu
- Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, Shandong, China
- Affiliated Central Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Graduate Office, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, Shandong, China
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Liu Y, Li X, Qin X. Saccharum Granorum ameliorated mitochondrial dysfunction in chronic atrophic gastritis rats using organelle-specific metabolomics and network pharmacology approaches. Food Res Int 2020; 136:109503. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2020.109503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2020] [Revised: 06/24/2020] [Accepted: 06/24/2020] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Zhao D, Liu X, Zhao S, Li Z, Qin X. 1H NMR-Based Fecal Metabolomics Reveals Changes in Gastrointestinal Function of Aging Rats Induced by d-Galactose. Rejuvenation Res 2020; 24:86-96. [PMID: 32847490 DOI: 10.1089/rej.2020.2352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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d-galactose (d-gal) is widely used to induce aging. However, it is still unclear whether long-term injection of d-gal affects the gastrointestinal functions of aging rats, and how. In this study, we investigated the effects of d-gal on the gastrointestinal functions of aging rats, especially from the perspective of fecal metabolomics. Biochemical and behavioral analyses were performed. Besides, a 1H NMR-based metabolomics approach was built and applied in combination with multivariate data analysis including principal components analysis (PCA) and orthogonal partial least squares-discriminate analysis (OPLS-DA). Regarding gastrointestinal functions, d-gal significantly decreased the small intestine propulsion rates and prolonged gastrointestinal transit time. In addition, d-gal significantly increased the oxidative damages. PCA results showed that d-gal interrupted the metabolic profiles of endogenous small molecules in aging rats. Furthermore, OPLS-DA showed that 40 metabolites were screened and identified to be involved in the disruption of gastrointestinal functions in aging rats. Accordingly, seven metabolic pathways were recognized as the most influenced pathways associated with gastrointestinal functions of aging rats induced by d-gal, including amino acid metabolism, energy metabolism, intestinal flora metabolism, and metabolism of short chain fatty acids. It is the first report to investigate the effects and underlying mechanisms of d-gal on gastrointestinal functions of aging rats from the perspective of fecal metabolomics. The current results are conducive to further comprehensively understand d-gal-induced aging and will expand the applications of d-gal in pharmacological researches.
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- Di Zhao
- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, P.R. China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, P.R. China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Shanxi Institute for Food and Drug Control, Taiyuan, P.R. China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, P.R. China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, P.R. China
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Xu W, Qin X, Liu Y. Network pharmacology research of Astragali Radix in treating chronic atrophic gastritis rats based on mitochondrial metabonomics. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2020; 1145:122109. [PMID: 32304947 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2020.122109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2020] [Revised: 02/23/2020] [Accepted: 04/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Astragali Radix (HuangQi), one important traditional Chinese herb, is used for treatment of chronic atrophic gastritis (CAG). To comprehensively evaluate its regulation on CAG, a mitochondria-specific metabonomics was applied to reveal its action on energy metabolism based on ultra high performance liquid chromatography coupled with quadrupole - Exactive mass spectrometry. 16 related metabolites from mitochondria samples were served as potential biomarkers of CAG. Nine out of them were significantly regulated by HuangQi. Combining with network pharmacology, three active components from HuangQi and 3 mitochondrial metabolites exerted better docking abilities with 56 predicted targeted proteins based on SystemsDock, which were involved into multiple biological abnormities including mitochondrion dysfunction. The results demonstrated that mitochondrial energy metabolism played crucial role contributing to HuangQi against CAG, which was one important mechanism of HuangQi.
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- WenQian Xu
- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine of Shanxi University, No. 92, Wucheng Road, Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi, PR China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine of Shanxi University, No. 92, Wucheng Road, Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi, PR China.
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine of Shanxi University, No. 92, Wucheng Road, Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi, PR China.
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Liu Y, Xue Q, Li A, Li K, Qin X. Mechanisms exploration of herbal pair of HuangQi-DanShen on cerebral ischemia based on metabonomics and network pharmacology. JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 2020; 253:112688. [PMID: 32101772 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2020.112688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2019] [Revised: 01/04/2020] [Accepted: 02/19/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE The herbal pair of HuangQi-DanShen (HD) is frequently used for treating brain injury caused by cerebral ischemia (CI) in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). AIM OF THE STUDY The present work was designed to reveal the active mechanism of HD against CI. MATERIALS AND METHODS In our work, an integrated approach combined 1H-NMR based metabonomics and network pharmacology was applied to decipher the protection of HD against MCAO (middle cerebral artery occlusion)-induced CI rats. Meanwhile, the indicator of neurological deficit and TTC staining were used to estimate the efficacy of HD. RESULTS The results of neurological deficit test and TTC staining suggested HD could improve the brain injury in CI rats. The metabonomic result indicated that HD could significantly ameliorate 8 serum metabolites in CI rats, which were linked 71 corresponding targeted proteins obtained by Metscape. In addition, 84 targets related HD against CI were obtained by network pharmacology. At last, 5 important targets were screened as hopeful targets for the treatment of CI through integrating them. CONCLUSION The integrated method coupled 1H-NMR based metabonomics with network pharmacology provided the insights into the mechanisms of TCM in treating CI.
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- YueTao Liu
- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine of Shanxi University, No. 92, Wucheng Road, Taiyuan, 030006, Shanxi, PR China.
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine of Shanxi University, No. 92, Wucheng Road, Taiyuan, 030006, Shanxi, PR China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine of Shanxi University, No. 92, Wucheng Road, Taiyuan, 030006, Shanxi, PR China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine of Shanxi University, No. 92, Wucheng Road, Taiyuan, 030006, Shanxi, PR China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine of Shanxi University, No. 92, Wucheng Road, Taiyuan, 030006, Shanxi, PR China.
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Yuan ZY, Li J, Zhou XJ, Wu MH, Li L, Pei G, Chen NH, Liu KL, Xie MZ, Huang HY. HS-GC-IMS-Based metabonomics study of Baihe Jizihuang Tang in a rat model of chronic unpredictable mild stress. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2020; 1148:122143. [PMID: 32417717 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2020.122143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2019] [Revised: 04/02/2020] [Accepted: 05/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The aim of this study was to investigate the differences in volatile organic compounds (VOCs) obtained from the feces of a Baihe Jizihuang Tang (BHT)-treated rat depression model. Rats were subjected to chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS), and the differences in VOCs were analyzed by headspace-gas chromatography-ion mobility spectrometry (HS-GC-IMS), NIST software, principal component analysis, and orthogonal partial least squares discriminant analysis. Eleven biomarkers were identified on the basis of VOC migration time, and their relative peak intensities were analyzed. A metabonomic model was established using multivariate statistical analysis. The study demonstrated the metabonomics of CUMS rats and the intervention effect of BHT and also highlighted the potential therapeutic effects of the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) Jingfang for the clinical treatment of complex diseases, which was in line with the holistic and systemic approaches of TCM. This study augments the use of metabonomics based on HS-GC-IMS in research studies. Using this method, there is no need to pre-process samples by extraction or derivatization, and the VOC component of the sample can be detected directly and rapidly. In conclusion, this study establishes a simple, convenient, and fast technique, which can help identify clinical biomarkers for rapid medical diagnosis.
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- Zhi-Ying Yuan
- Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha 410208, China; Hunan Engineering Technology Center of Functional Food Homology of Medicine, Changsha 410208, China; Hunan Engineering Technology Center of Standardization and Function of Chinese Herbal Decoction Pieces, Changsha 410208, China
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- Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha 410208, China
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- Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha 410208, China; Hunan Engineering Technology Center of Standardization and Function of Chinese Herbal Decoction Pieces, Changsha 410208, China
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- Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha 410208, China
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- Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha 410208, China
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- Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha 410208, China; Hunan Engineering Technology Center of Standardization and Function of Chinese Herbal Decoction Pieces, Changsha 410208, China
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- Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha 410208, China; Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
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- Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha 410208, China
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- Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha 410208, China; Hunan Engineering Technology Center of Functional Food Homology of Medicine, Changsha 410208, China.
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- Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha 410208, China; Hunan Engineering Technology Center of Functional Food Homology of Medicine, Changsha 410208, China.
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1H HR-MAS NMR and chemometric methods for discrimination and classification of Baccharis (Asteraceae): A proposal for quality control of Baccharis trimera. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2020; 184:113200. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2020.113200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2019] [Revised: 02/21/2020] [Accepted: 02/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Liu H, Zhang X, Xiao J, Song M, Cao Y, Xiao H, Liu X. Astaxanthin attenuates d-galactose-induced brain aging in rats by ameliorating oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, and regulating metabolic markers. Food Funct 2020; 11:4103-4113. [PMID: 32343758 DOI: 10.1039/d0fo00633e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Astaxanthin (AX) is a red-colored xanthophyll carotenoid with potent antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and neuroprotective properties. However, the underlying in vivo mechanism by which AX protects the brain from oxidative stress remains unclear. In this study, we investigated the protective effect of AX on brain oxidative damage in a d-galactose-induced rat model of aging. We also explored its possible mechanism of action by analyzing the resulting serum metabolic profiles. Our results showed that AX significantly increased the activities of catalase (CAT), superoxide dismutase (SOD), and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) by 26%, 30%, and 53%, respectively. AX also significantly increased the mitochondrial membrane potential by 18% when compared with the model group. Additionally, treatment with AX (15 mg kg-1) increased the activities of respiratory chain complexes I and IV by 50.17% and 122.87%, respectively. Furthermore, AX also improved age-related morphological changes in the cerebral cortex and hippocampus. Significant differences in serum metabolic profiles were observed between the d-galactose and AX treatment groups. AX corrected amino acid metabolic problems by increasing the levels of N-acetyl-l-leucine, N-acetyl-l-tyrosine, and methionine sulfoxide to protect nerve cells. This also allowed AX to regulate the pentose phosphate pathway by acting on ergotoxine, d-xylose-5-phosphoric, and thiamine, to against oxidative stress and apoptosis. Moreover, AX reduced the levels of both hyodeoxycholic acid and chenodeoxycholic acid though the primary bile acid biosynthesis pathway, resulting in improved brain mitochondrial dysfunction. In conclusion, AX likely enhances the brain's antioxidant defenses through these potential metabolic means, enabling the brain to resist mitochondrial dysfunction, improve neuronal damage, and protect the electron transmission of mitochondrial respiratory chain, thus preventing brain aging.
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- Han Liu
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods, College of Food Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, Guangdong, China.
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Liu Y, Jin Z, Qin X, Zheng Q. Urinary metabolomics research for Huangqi Jianzhong Tang against chronic atrophic gastritis rats based on 1 H NMR and UPLC-Q/TOF MS. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2020; 72:748-760. [PMID: 32128823 DOI: 10.1111/jphp.13242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2019] [Accepted: 02/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVES As a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), Huangqi Jianzhong Tang (HQJZ) has a good efficacy in treating chronic atrophic gastritis (CAG). Our objective was to determine its mechanism based on the urine comprehensive metabolome. METHODS In the study, a metabolomic approach was applied to reveal the efficacy of HQJZ on the constructed CAG rats coupled with proton nuclear magnetic resonance (1 H NMR) and ultra-performance liquid chromatography/quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry (UPLC-Q/TOF MS). KEY FINDINGS The results showed the regulatory effect of HQJZ on urinary metabolism disorder in CAG rats was similar to the positive drug teprenone. Nineteen and 16 potential biomarkers related to CAG were detected by NMR and UPLC-Q/TOF MS, respectively. Thirty-two urine metabolites were significantly regulated by HQJZ treatment. Combined with MetPA and partial least square regression analysis (PLS-RA), three metabolic pathways of valine, leucine and isoleucine, TCA cycle, and glycine, serine and threonine metabolism were the most relevant pathways for HQJZ treatment. CONCLUSIONS The main mechanism of HQJZ might be due to the balance of energy consumption, inflammatory inhibition, improvement of the immune system and oxidative stress on the constructed CAG rats. These findings provided comprehensive metabolic information of TCM by parallel measurements by LC-MS and NMR.
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- YueTao Liu
- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine of Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine of Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine of Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
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- Zhengzhou Tobacco Research Institute of CNTC, Zhengzhou, China
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Qin X, Liu Y, Wang G. Role of Saccharum Granorum as a “Principal Drug” in a traditional chinese medicine formula against chronic atrophic gastritis rats. Pharmacogn Mag 2020. [DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_238_19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Koumiss consumption induced changes in the fecal metabolomes of chronic atrophic gastritis patients. J Funct Foods 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jff.2019.103522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Liu Y, Xu W, Qin X. Deciphering the Mechanical Network of Chronic Atrophic Gastritis: A Urinary Time-Dependent Metabonomics-Based Network Pharmacology Study. Front Physiol 2019; 10:1004. [PMID: 31447694 PMCID: PMC6691169 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2019.01004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2019] [Accepted: 07/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Chronic atrophic gastritis (CAG) is one of the most important pre-cancerous states with a high prevalence. Deciphering its mechanical network is of significant importance for its diagnosis and treatment. The time-series factor associated with CAG progression specially needs to be considered together with its biological condition. In the present work, 1H NMR-based dynamic metabonomics was firstly performed to analyze the urinary metabolic features of CAG coupled with ANOVA-simultaneous component analysis (ASCA). As results, 4 (alanine, lipids, creatine, and dimethylglycine), 2 (α-ketoglutarate and alanine) and 5 (succinate, α-ketoglutarate, alanine, hippurate, and allantoin) urine metabolites were finally selected as the candidate biomarkers related to phenotype, time, and their interaction, respectively. Mechanistically, the network pharmacology analysis further revealed these metabolites were involved into mitochondrial function, oxidation reduction, cofactor binding, generation of precursor metabolites and energy, nucleotide binging, coenzyme metabolic process, cofactor metabolic process, cellular respiration, and tricarboxylic acid cycle. Especially, mitochondria were the most important targeted organelle referred 30 targeted proteins. The present work provided a novel network pharmacology approach for elucidating the mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis of CAG based on urinary time dependent metabonomics.
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- YueTao Liu
- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine of Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine of Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine of Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China
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Mu X, Ji C, Wang Q, Liu K, Hao X, Zhang G, Shi X, Zhang Y, Gonzalez FJ, Wang Q, Wang Y. Non-targeted metabolomics reveals diagnostic biomarker in the tongue coating of patients with chronic gastritis. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2019; 174:541-551. [PMID: 31255854 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2019.06.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2018] [Revised: 05/12/2019] [Accepted: 06/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Analysis of the properties of the tongue has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for disease diagnosis. Notably, tongue analysis, which is non-invasive and convenient compared with gastroscopy and pathological examination, can be used to assess chronic gastritis (CG). In order to find potential diagnostic biomarkers and study the metabolic mechanisms of the endogenous small molecules in the tongue coating related to CG, a non-targeted metabolomic analysis method was developed using ultra high performance liquid chromatography combined with quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry (UHPLC-Q/TOF-MS). It was performed using two different columns in positive and negative ion scanning modes separately. The stability of the samples was evaluated and the age and gender factors of the subjects were excluded to ensure the reliability of the data in this study. Finally, under the four analysis models, 130, 229, 113 and 92 differential compounds were found using multivariate statistical methods respectively. 37 potential biomarkers were putatively identified after removing the duplicate compounds and five potential diagnostic biomarkers were putatively identified by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis, including inosine, oleamide, adenosine, N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) and xanthine. The main metabolic pathways associated with CG were purine metabolism, amino acid metabolism, sphingolipid metabolism and energy metabolism, which suggested that oxygen free radicals and energy metabolism were altered in patients with CG. These results provided a potential new basis for the quantitative diagnosis and pathogenesis of CG.
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- Xiyan Mu
- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, School of Pharmacy, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, PR China
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- Hebei Province Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shijiazhuang, PR China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, School of Pharmacy, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, PR China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, School of Pharmacy, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, PR China
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- Hebei Province Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shijiazhuang, PR China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, School of Pharmacy, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, PR China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, School of Pharmacy, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, PR China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, School of Pharmacy, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, PR China
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- Laboratory of Metabolism, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, School of Pharmacy, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, PR China.
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- Hebei Province Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shijiazhuang, PR China.
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Zhou YZ, Xue LY, Gao L, Qin XM, Du GH. Ginger extract extends the lifespan of Drosophila melanogaster through antioxidation and ameliorating metabolic dysfunction. J Funct Foods 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jff.2018.08.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Difference of Liver and Kidney Metabolic Profiling in Chronic Atrophic Gastritis Rats between Acupuncture and Moxibustion Treatment. EVIDENCE-BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE 2018; 2018:6030929. [PMID: 30310411 PMCID: PMC6166372 DOI: 10.1155/2018/6030929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2018] [Accepted: 08/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Acupuncture and moxibustion proved to be very effective in chronic atrophic gastritis (CAG). According to the Chinese traditional medicine theory, chronic diseases have an influence on the function of liver and kidney. However, there is little research to demonstrate this theory. This study is aimed at assessing the 1H NMR-based metabolic profiling in liver and kidney of CAG rats and comparing the difference between electroacupuncture and moxibustion treatment. Male SD rats were subjected to CAG modeling by intragastric administration of mixture of 2% sodium salicylate and 30% alcohol coupled with compulsive sporting and irregular fasting for 12 weeks and then treated by electroacupuncture or moxibustion at Liangmen (ST 21) and Zusanli (ST 36) acupoints for 2 weeks. A 1H NMR analysis of liver and kidney samples along with histopathological examination and molecular biological assay was employed to assess and compare the therapeutic effects of electroacupuncture and moxibustion. CAG brought characterization of metabolomic signatures in liver and kidney of rats. Both electroacupuncture and moxibustion treatment were found to normalize the CAG-induced changes by restoring energy metabolism, neurotransmitter metabolism, antioxidation metabolism, and other metabolism, while the moxibustion treatment reversed more metabolites related to energy metabolism in liver than electroacupuncture treatment. CAG did have influence on liver and kidney of rats. Both of these treatments had good effects on CAG by reversing the CAG-induced perturbation in liver and kidney. For regulating the energy metabolism in liver, the moxibustion played more important role than electroacupuncture treatment.
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Liu Y, Xu W, Wang G, Qin X. Material basis research for Huangqi Jianzhong Tang against chronic atrophic gastritis rats through integration of urinary metabonomics and SystemsDock. JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 2018; 223:1-9. [PMID: 29777900 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2018.05.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2018] [Revised: 05/04/2018] [Accepted: 05/12/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE Huangqi Jianzhong Tang (HQJZ), a celebrated traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), is commonly used for treatment of chronic atrophic gastritis (CAG) in China. AIM OF THE STUDY We aimed to screen out the material basis of HQJZ against CAG. MATERIALS AND METHODS CAG rat model was constructed by alternant administrations of ammonia solution and sodium deoxycholate, and the hunger disorder method. Body weight, biochemical indexes and histopathological exam were used to evaluate the efficacy of HQJZ. 1H NMR-based metabonomics was employed to analyze the urine metabolic features of HQJZ deviated from CAG rats. SystemsDock analysis was utilized to explore the active compounds involved into the efficacy of HQJZ against CAG based on the targeted metabolic biomarkers. RESULTS The metabonomic results indicated that HQJZ could significantly improve 16 urinary perturbed metabolites in CAG rats, which were involved into the metabolism of energy and amino acids. And then 28 related proteins and genes were selected out to be the potential targets of HQJZ against CAG based on the six key metabolites closely correlating with biochemical indexes (α-ketoglutarate, valine, sarcosine, glycine, malonate and fumarate). 71 previous identified compounds were docked through systemsDock-aided molecular docking experiments. And the constructed herb-component-protein-metabolite interaction network (HCPMN) revealed the associations between the herbal formulae and CAG. At last, 51 compounds of them were screened as promising active constitutes for the inhibition of CAG, which could act on various targeted proteins. CONCLUSIONS he results showed that the approach integrating of metabonomics and systemsDock is a powerful tool to obtain the material basis and regulatory mechanism of TCM formula.
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- Yuetao Liu
- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine of Shanxi University, No. 92, Wucheng Road, Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi, PR China; Department of Pharmacy, Shanxi Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Taiyuan 030012, PR China.
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine of Shanxi University, No. 92, Wucheng Road, Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi, PR China; College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering of Shanxi University, No. 92, Wucheng Road, Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi, PR China; Department of Pharmacy, Shanxi Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Taiyuan 030012, PR China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine of Shanxi University, No. 92, Wucheng Road, Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi, PR China; Department of Pharmacy, Shanxi Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Taiyuan 030012, PR China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine of Shanxi University, No. 92, Wucheng Road, Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi, PR China; Department of Pharmacy, Shanxi Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Taiyuan 030012, PR China.
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Li S, Xu T, Liu S, Liu Z, Pi Z, Song F, Jin Y. Exploring the potential pharmacodynamic material basis and pharmacologic mechanism of the Fufang-Xialian-Capsule in chronic atrophic gastritis by network pharmacology approach based on the components absorbed into the blood. ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE 2018; 5:171806. [PMID: 30110485 PMCID: PMC6030346 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.171806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2017] [Accepted: 05/04/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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In this study, a new network pharmacology approach based on the components absorbed into the blood was used to investigate the pharmacodynamic material basis and the pharmacologic mechanism of the Fufang-Xialian-Capsule (FXL) in treating chronic atrophic gastritis (CAG). Initially, we confirmed the components absorbed into the blood by ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Then, the network approach, which was based on the results of components absorbed into the blood, was used to analyse the pharmacodynamic material basis and the pharmacologic mechanism of FXL on treating CAG. As a result, 22 absorbed components were found in rat plasma. Given the results of the absorption analysis of the components, eight pathways associated with CAG development were found. The targets linked to these pathways are the drug targets of FXL in CAG treatment. The components associated with these targets are the potential pharmacodynamic material basis and exert synergy in regulating pathways during CAG treatment.
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- Shizhe Li
- National Center of Mass Spectrometry in Changchun and Jilin Province Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine Chemistry and Mass Spectrometry and Chemical Biology Laboratory, Changchun 130022, People's Republic of China
- College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, People's Republic of China
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- National Center of Mass Spectrometry in Changchun and Jilin Province Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine Chemistry and Mass Spectrometry and Chemical Biology Laboratory, Changchun 130022, People's Republic of China
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- National Center of Mass Spectrometry in Changchun and Jilin Province Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine Chemistry and Mass Spectrometry and Chemical Biology Laboratory, Changchun 130022, People's Republic of China
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- National Center of Mass Spectrometry in Changchun and Jilin Province Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine Chemistry and Mass Spectrometry and Chemical Biology Laboratory, Changchun 130022, People's Republic of China
- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, People's Republic of China
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- National Center of Mass Spectrometry in Changchun and Jilin Province Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine Chemistry and Mass Spectrometry and Chemical Biology Laboratory, Changchun 130022, People's Republic of China
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- National Center of Mass Spectrometry in Changchun and Jilin Province Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine Chemistry and Mass Spectrometry and Chemical Biology Laboratory, Changchun 130022, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, People's Republic of China
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Xu W, Pei Y, Xu S, Wang H, Jin P. Metabolic Profiling Analysis of the Alleviation Effect of the Fractions of Niuhuang Jiedu Tablet on Realgar Induced Toxicity in Rats. EVIDENCE-BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE : ECAM 2018; 2018:2154603. [PMID: 29599804 PMCID: PMC5828372 DOI: 10.1155/2018/2154603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2017] [Revised: 12/05/2017] [Accepted: 12/20/2017] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Niuhuang Jiedu Tablet (NJT) is a classical formula in treating acute tonsillitis, pharyngitis, and so on. In the formula, significant level of Realgar as a potentially toxic element is contained. Our previous experiments revealed that it was less toxic for combined Realgar in NJT. However, the active fraction of this prescription with toxicity alleviation effect on Realgar was still obscure. NJT was divided into five different polar fractions (NJT-PET, NJT-25, NJT-50, NJT-75, and NJT-95), and we explored the toxicity alleviation effect on Realgar. Based on 1H NMR spectra of urine and serum from rats, PCA and PLS-DA were performed to identify different metabolic profiles. Liver and kidney histopathology examinations and serum clinical chemistry analysis were also performed. With pattern recognition analysis of metabolites in urine and serum, Realgar group showed a clear separation from control group, while the metabolic profiles of NJT-PET, NJT-25, NJT-50, and NJT-95 groups were similar to Realgar group, and the metabolic profiles of NJT and NJT-75 groups were very close to control group. Statistics results were confirmed by the histopathological examination and biochemical assay. The present work indicated that 75% EtOH fraction of NJT was the most valid fraction with the toxicity alleviation effect on Realgar.
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- Wenfeng Xu
- Department of Pharmacy, National Center of Gerontology, Beijing Hospital, Beijing 100730, China
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- School of Traditional Chinese Materia Medica, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, China
- Key Laboratory of Structure-Based Drug Design and Discovery, Ministry of Education, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, National Center of Gerontology, Beijing Hospital, Beijing 100730, China
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- School of Traditional Chinese Materia Medica, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, China
- Key Laboratory of Structure-Based Drug Design and Discovery, Ministry of Education, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, National Center of Gerontology, Beijing Hospital, Beijing 100730, China
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Luo L, Hu M, Li Y, Chen Y, Zhang S, Chen J, Wang Y, Lu B, Xie Z, Liao Q. Association between metabolic profile and microbiomic changes in rats with functional dyspepsia. RSC Adv 2018; 8:20166-20181. [PMID: 35541663 PMCID: PMC9080732 DOI: 10.1039/c8ra01432a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2018] [Accepted: 05/14/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Functional dyspepsia (FD) is one of the most prevalent functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs). Accumulated evidence has shown that FD is a metabolic disease that might relate to gut microbiota, but the relationship between microbiome and the host metabolic changes is still uncertain. To clarify the host–microbiota co-metabolism disorders related to FD, an integrated approach combining 1H NMR-based metabolomics profiles, polymerase chain reaction-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (PCR-DGGE) and 16S rRNA gene sequencing was used to investigate the relationship among FD, metabolism of gut microbiota and the host. 34 differential urinary metabolites and 19 differential fecal metabolites, which affected the metabolism of energy, amino acids, nucleotides and short chain fatty acids (SCFAs), were found to have associated with FD. Based on the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis, 10 biomarkers were screened out as diagnostic markers of FD. Meanwhile, the concentrations of Flintibacter, Parasutterella, Eubacterium and Bacteroides significantly increased in the FD group, whereas Eisenbergiella, Butyrivibrio, Intestinimonas, Saccharofermentans, Acetivibrio, Lachnoanaerobaculum and Herbinix significantly decreased. Furthermore, the above altered microbiota revealed a strong correlation with the intermediate products of the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle, amino acids and SCFAs. In our study, it suggested that the energy metabolism was mainly disturbed in FD rats. Our findings also demonstrated that FD might be the result of gut microbiota and metabolism disorders, which was potentially valuable to enrich our understanding of the pathogenesis of FD. Functional dyspepsia (FD) is one of the most prevalent functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs). The aim of our study was to evaluate the effects of FD on the microbiota and its metabolic profiles in feces and urine.![]()
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- Liang Luo
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine
- Guangzhou
- China
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- Infinitus (China) Company Ltd
- Guangzhou
- China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine
- Guangzhou
- China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine
- Guangzhou
- China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences (Shenzhen)
- Sun Yat-sen University
- Guangzhou
- China
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- Key Laboratory of State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine
- Sunshine Lake Pharma Company Ltd
- Dongguan
- China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine
- Guangzhou
- China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences (Shenzhen)
- Sun Yat-sen University
- Guangzhou
- China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine
- Guangzhou
- China
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Fuzi Lizhong decoction came from "Treatise on Three Categories of Pathogenic Factors", and it can nourish the spleen and stomach and treat middle Jiao deficiency or Yang deficiency of the spleen and kidney. Although Fuzi Lizhong decoction is famous for warming middle Jiao to dispel cold, it was rarely used alone to treat digestive system diseases. Modern physicians often combine Fuzi Lizhong decoction with traditional Chinese medicine or Western medicine to treat digestive system diseases, such as irritable bowel syndrome, drug-induced liver injury, chronic gastritis, ulcerative colitis, functional dyspepsia, chronic diarrhea and so on, with significant effects observed. This reflects the philosophy of treatment based on syndrome differentiation and same treatment for different diseases for traditional Chinese medicine. We recommend that in future research and clinical applications, Fuzi Lizhong decoction should be combined with emotional therapy based on the experience of traditional Chinese medicine to better exploit the unique advantages of traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of digestive diseases.
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Chen R, Wang J, Liao C, Ma N, Zhang L, Wang X. 1H NMR studies on serum metabonomic changes over time in a kidney-Yang deficiency syndrome model. RSC Adv 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7ra04057a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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The central aim of this study was to investigate metabolite changes in metabolic pathwaysviametabonomic approaches in rats suffering from Kidney-Yang Deficiency Syndrome (KYDS) induced by hydrocortisone.
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- Ruiqun Chen
- School of Basic Courses
- Guangdong Pharmaceutical University
- Guangzhou 510006
- P. R. China
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- School of Basic Courses
- Guangdong Pharmaceutical University
- Guangzhou 510006
- P. R. China
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- School of Basic Courses
- Guangdong Pharmaceutical University
- Guangzhou 510006
- P. R. China
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- School of Basic Courses
- Guangdong Pharmaceutical University
- Guangzhou 510006
- P. R. China
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- School of Basic Courses
- Guangdong Pharmaceutical University
- Guangzhou 510006
- P. R. China
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- School of Basic Courses
- Guangdong Pharmaceutical University
- Guangzhou 510006
- P. R. China
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Liu D, Li T, Zheng H, Yin X, Chen M, Liao Z, Hu M, Luo Z, Lu B, Li Y, Liao Q, Xie Z, Wu F. Study on alterations of physiological functions in aged constipation rats with fluid-deficiency based on metabonomic and microbiology analysis. RSC Adv 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7ra07651g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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To clarify how constipation interferes with the normal physiological function of organisms,1H NMR profiles combined with PCR-DGGE and 16s rRNA gene sequencing were used to investigate the relationship among constipation, metabolite and gut microbiota.
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