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Ziółkiewicz A, Niziński P, Soja J, Oniszczuk T, Combrzyński M, Kondracka A, Oniszczuk A. Potential of Chlorogenic Acid in the Management of Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD): Animal Studies and Clinical Trials-A Narrative Review. Metabolites 2024; 14:346. [PMID: 38921480 PMCID: PMC11205996 DOI: 10.3390/metabo14060346] [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: 05/27/2024] [Revised: 06/17/2024] [Accepted: 06/19/2024] [Indexed: 06/27/2024] Open
Abstract
Chlorogenic acid (CGA) is a natural polyphenol found in coffee, tea, vegetables, and fruits. It exhibits strong antioxidant activity and possesses several other biological properties, including anti-inflammatory effects, antimicrobial activity, and insulin-sensitizing properties. Moreover, it may improve lipid and glucose metabolism. This review summarizes the available information on the therapeutic effect of CGA in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD). As the literature search engine, the browsers in the PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science databases, and ClinicalTrials.gov register were used. Animal trials and clinical studies suggest that CGA has promising therapeutic potential in treating MASLD and hepatic steatosis. Its mechanisms of action include antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anti-apoptotic effects via the activation of the Nrf2 signaling pathway and the inhibition of the TLR4/NF-κB signaling cascade. Furthermore, the alleviation of liver disease by CGA also involves other important molecules such as AMPK and important physiological processes such as the intestinal barrier and gut microbiota. Nevertheless, the specific target cell and key molecule to which CGA is directed remain unidentified and require further study.
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Affiliation(s)
- Agnieszka Ziółkiewicz
- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Medical University of Lublin, Dr Witolda Chodźki 4a, 20-093 Lublin, Poland; (A.Z.); (A.O.)
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- Department of Pharmacology, Medical University of Lublin, Radziwiłłowska 11, 20-080 Lublin, Poland
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- Department of Thermal Technology and Food Process Engineering, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Głęboka 31, 20-612 Lublin, Poland; (J.S.); (T.O.); (M.C.)
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- Department of Thermal Technology and Food Process Engineering, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Głęboka 31, 20-612 Lublin, Poland; (J.S.); (T.O.); (M.C.)
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- Department of Thermal Technology and Food Process Engineering, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Głęboka 31, 20-612 Lublin, Poland; (J.S.); (T.O.); (M.C.)
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- Department of Obstetrics and Pathology of Pregnancy, Medical University of Lublin, 20-081 Lublin, Poland;
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Medical University of Lublin, Dr Witolda Chodźki 4a, 20-093 Lublin, Poland; (A.Z.); (A.O.)
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Krishna TA, Maharajan T, Krishna TA, Ceasar SA. Insights into Metabolic Engineering of Bioactive Molecules in Tetrastigma hemsleyanum Diels & Gilg: A Traditional Medicinal Herb. Curr Genomics 2023; 24:72-83. [PMID: 37994327 PMCID: PMC10662378 DOI: 10.2174/0113892029251472230921053135] [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: 03/06/2023] [Revised: 06/17/2023] [Accepted: 08/20/2023] [Indexed: 11/24/2023] Open
Abstract
Plants are a vital source of bioactive molecules for various drug development processes. Tetrastigma hemsleyanum is one of the endangered medicinal plant species well known to the world due to its wide range of therapeutic effects. Many bioactive molecules have been identified from this plant, including many classes of secondary metabolites such as flavonoids, phenols, terpenoids, steroids, alkaloids, etc. Due to its slow growth, it usually takes 3-5 years to meet commercial medicinal materials for this plant. Also, T. hemsleyanum contains low amounts of specific bioactive compounds, which are challenging to isolate easily. Currently, scientists are attempting to increase bioactive molecules' production from medicinal plants in different ways or to synthesize them chemically. The genomic tools helped to understand medicinal plants' genome organization and led to manipulating genes responsible for various biosynthesis pathways. Metabolic engineering has made it possible to enhance the production of secondary metabolites by introducing manipulated biosynthetic pathways to attain high levels of desirable bioactive molecules. Metabolic engineering is a promising approach for improving the production of secondary metabolites over a short time period. In this review, we have highlighted the scope of various biotechnological approaches for metabolic engineering to enhance the production of secondary metabolites for pharmaceutical applications in T. hemsleyanum. Also, we summarized the progress made in metabolic engineering for bioactive molecule enhancement in T. hemsleyanum. It may lead to reducing the destruction of the natural habitat of T. hemsleyanum and conserving them through the cost-effective production of bioactive molecules in the future.
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- T.P. Ajeesh Krishna
- Division of Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Department of Biosciences, Rajagiri College of Social Sciences, Kochi, 683104, Kerala, India
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- Division of Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Department of Biosciences, Rajagiri College of Social Sciences, Kochi, 683104, Kerala, India
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- Research & Development Division, Sreedhareeyam Farmherbs India Pvt. Ltd, Ernakulam, 686-662, Kerala, India
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- Division of Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Department of Biosciences, Rajagiri College of Social Sciences, Kochi, 683104, Kerala, India
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Liu L, Shi B, Li J, Wen J, Zhou L, He Y. Assessing environmental suitability of Ligusticum chuanxiong based on ecological analyses with chemical and molecular verification. Heliyon 2023; 9:e14629. [PMID: 36967894 PMCID: PMC10033745 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e14629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2022] [Revised: 03/12/2023] [Accepted: 03/13/2023] [Indexed: 03/19/2023] Open
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Ligusticum chuanxiong Hort. as an important Chinese medicinal herb clinically used as anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and hepatoprotective agents, is widely planted in China. However, related studies on L. chuanxiong's distribution and significant environmental factors that affect its growth are insufficient. Based on climatic, topographic and soil factors, this study predicted current and future distributions of L. chuanxiong and analyzed the distribution transformation under different scenarios. Moreover, the most important environmental factors for modeling were explored using maximum entropy models, chemical analysis and molecular analysis. Results suggested that the predicted distribution of L. chuanxiong was wider than previously reported. Among these environmental variables, climate factors, especially the minimum temperature of the coldest month (Bio6, 46.7%) and solar radiation (SRAD, 43.4%) contributed more than others to L. chuanxiong's distribution with optimum values of 0-1.5 °C and 5000-11,000 kJ/m2 per day. Total and highly suitable areas respectively increased by 26,788-943,820 km2 and 34,757-340,417 km2 in the future (2061-2080, 2081-2100). The distribution centers of suitable zones were predicted to migrate north in the future, and the migration distance was 135.74-479.77 km from current center. Results of chemical content determination suggested that L. chuanxiong should be cultivated in high-suitable places to improve medicinal quality by evaluating contents of ferulic acids and Z-ligustilide. Correlation analysis suggested that both chemical contents and gene expression levels decreased with decreasing habitat suitability, suggesting a strong link between environments, chemical constituents, and gene expression. These findings improve the comprehension of the effects of environments on the distribution patterns of L. chuanxiong, as well the relation between environmental suitability and medicinal quality. These findings provide a useful foundation for the planting, cultivation and conservation of L. chuanxiong.
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Wang Y, Zhang L, Zhou Y, Ma W, Li M, Guo P, Feng L, Fu C. Using landscape genomics to assess local adaptation and genomic vulnerability of a perennial herb Tetrastigma hemsleyanum (Vitaceae) in subtropical China. Front Genet 2023; 14:1150704. [PMID: 37144128 PMCID: PMC10151583 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2023.1150704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2023] [Accepted: 04/04/2023] [Indexed: 05/06/2023] Open
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Understanding adaptive genetic variation of plant populations and their vulnerabilities to climate change are critical to preserve biodiversity and subsequent management interventions. To this end, landscape genomics may represent a cost-efficient approach for investigating molecular signatures underlying local adaptation. Tetrastigma hemsleyanum is, in its native habitat, a widespread perennial herb of warm-temperate evergreen forest in subtropical China. Its ecological and medicinal values constitute a significant revenue for local human populations and ecosystem. Using 30,252 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) derived from reduced-representation genome sequencing in 156 samples from 24 sites, we conducted a landscape genomics study of the T. hemsleyanum to elucidate its genomic variation across multiple climate gradients and genomic vulnerability to future climate change. Multivariate methods identified that climatic variation explained more genomic variation than that of geographical distance, which implied that local adaptation to heterogeneous environment might represent an important source of genomic variation. Among these climate variables, winter precipitation was the strongest predictor of the contemporary genetic structure. F ST outlier tests and environment association analysis totally identified 275 candidate adaptive SNPs along the genetic and environmental gradients. SNP annotations of these putatively adaptive loci uncovered gene functions associated with modulating flowering time and regulating plant response to abiotic stresses, which have implications for breeding and other special agricultural aims on the basis of these selection signatures. Critically, modelling revealed that the high genomic vulnerability of our focal species via a mismatch between current and future genotype-environment relationships located in central-northern region of the T. hemsleyanum's range, where populations require proactive management efforts such as assistant adaptation to cope with ongoing climate change. Taken together, our results provide robust evidence of local climate adaption for T. hemsleyanum and further deepen our understanding of adaptation basis of herbs in subtropical China.
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- Yihan Wang
- College of Life Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
- Henan Engineering Research Center for Osmanthus Germplasm Innovation and Resource Utilization, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Henan Engineering Research Center for Osmanthus Germplasm Innovation and Resource Utilization, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
- College of Landscape Architecture and Art, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
- Henan Engineering Research Center for Osmanthus Germplasm Innovation and Resource Utilization, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
- Henan Engineering Research Center for Osmanthus Germplasm Innovation and Resource Utilization, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
- Henan Engineering Research Center for Osmanthus Germplasm Innovation and Resource Utilization, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
- Henan Engineering Research Center for Osmanthus Germplasm Innovation and Resource Utilization, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
- *Correspondence: Peng Guo, ; Li Feng,
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- School of Pharmacy, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
- *Correspondence: Peng Guo, ; Li Feng,
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- Key Laboratory of Conservation Biology for Endangered Wildlife of the Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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Dong S, Zhou M, Zhu J, Wang Q, Ge Y, Cheng R. The complete chloroplast genomes of Tetrastigma hemsleyanum (Vitaceae) from different regions of China: molecular structure, comparative analysis and development of DNA barcodes for its geographical origin discrimination. BMC Genomics 2022; 23:620. [PMID: 36028808 PMCID: PMC9412808 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-022-08755-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2022] [Accepted: 07/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Tetrastigma hemsleyanum is a valuable traditional Chinese medicinal plant widely distributed in the subtropical areas of China. It belongs to the Cayratieae tribe, family Vitaceae, and exhibited significant anti-tumor and anti-inflammatory activities. However, obvious differences were observed on the quality of T. hemsleyanum root from different regions, requiring the discrimination strategy for the geographical origins. RESULT This study characterized five complete chloroplast (cp) genomes of T. hemsleynum samples from different regions, and conducted a comparative analysis with other representing species from family Vitaceae to reveal the structural variations, informative markers and phylogenetic relationships. The sequenced cp genomes of T. hemsleyanum exhibited a conserved quadripartite structure with full length ranging from 160,124 bp of Jiangxi Province to 160,618 bp of Zhejiang Province. We identified 112 unique genes (80 protein-coding, 28 tRNA and 4 rRNA genes) in the cp genomes of T. hemsleyanum with highly similar gene order, content and structure. The IR contraction/expansion events occurred on the junctions of ycf1, rps19 and rpl2 genes with different degrees, causing the differences of genome sizes in T. hemsleyanum and Vitaceae plants. The number of SSR markers discovered in T. hemsleyanum was 56-57, exhibiting multiple differences among the five geographic groups. Phylogenetic analysis based on conserved cp genome proteins strongly grouped the five T. hemsleyanum species into one clade, showing a sister relationship with T. planicaule. Comparative analysis of the cp genomes from T. hemsleyanum and Vitaceae revealed five highly variable spacers, including 4 intergenic regions and one protein-coding gene (ycf1). Furthermore, five mutational hotspots were observed among T. hemsleyanum cp genomes from different regions, providing data for designing DNA barcodes trnL and trnN. The combination of molecular markers of trnL and trnN clustered the T. hemsleyanum samples from different regions into four groups, thus successfully separating specimens of Sichuan and Zhejiang from other areas. CONCLUSION Our study obtained the chloroplast genomes of T. hemsleyanum from different regions, and provided a potential molecular tracing tool for determining the geographical origins of T. hemsleyanum, as well as important insights into the molecular identification approach and and phylogeny in Tetrastigma genus and Vitaceae family.
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- Shujie Dong
- The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China.,School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
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- Bureau of Agricultural and Rural Affairs of Suichang, Suichang, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China.
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China. .,Academy of Chinese Medical Science, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China.
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Wang L, Pan X, Jiang L, Chu Y, Gao S, Jiang X, Zhang Y, Chen Y, Luo S, Peng C. The Biological Activity Mechanism of Chlorogenic Acid and Its Applications in Food Industry: A Review. Front Nutr 2022; 9:943911. [PMID: 35845802 PMCID: PMC9278960 DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2022.943911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2022] [Accepted: 06/06/2022] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
Abstract
Chlorogenic acid (CGA), also known as coffee tannic acid and 3-caffeoylquinic acid, is a water-soluble polyphenolic phenylacrylate compound produced by plants through the shikimic acid pathway during aerobic respiration. CGA is widely found in higher dicotyledonous plants, ferns, and many Chinese medicine plants, which enjoy the reputation of “plant gold.” We have summarized the biological activities of CGA, which are mainly shown as anti-oxidant, liver and kidney protection, anti-bacterial, anti-tumor, regulation of glucose metabolism and lipid metabolism, anti-inflammatory, protection of the nervous system, and action on blood vessels. We further determined the main applications of CGA in the food industry, including food additives, food storage, food composition modification, food packaging materials, functional food materials, and prebiotics. With a view to the theoretical improvement of CGA, biological activity mechanism, and subsequent development and utilization provide reference and scientific basis.
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- Liang Wang
- School of Public Health, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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- School of Public Health, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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- School of Public Health, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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- School of Public Health, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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- School of Public Health, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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- School of Public Health, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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- School of Public Health, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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- School of Public Health, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
- State Key Laboratory of Southwestern Chinese Medicine Resources, Chengdu, China
- College of Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
- *Correspondence: Yan Chen
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- College of Medical Technology, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
- Shajie Luo
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- State Key Laboratory of Southwestern Chinese Medicine Resources, Chengdu, China
- College of Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
- Cheng Peng
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