Sinisan ameliorates colonic injury induced by water immersion restraint stress by enhancing intestinal barrier function and the gut microbiota structure

CONTEXT: Sinisan (SNS) has been used to treat psychosomatic diseases of the digestive system. But little is known about how SNS affects water immersion restraint stress (WIRS).

OBJECTIVE: To study the effects of SNS on colonic tissue injury in the WIRS model.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: Forty-eight Kunming (KM) mice were randomized into 6 groups (n = 8): The control and WIRS groups receiving deionized water; the SNS low-dose (SL, 3.12 g/kg/d), SNS middle-dose (SM, 6.24 g/kg/d), SNS high-dose (SH, 12.48 g/kg/d), and diazepam (DZ, 5 mg/kg/d) groups; each with two daily administrations for 5 consecutive days. The 5 treatment groups were subjected to WIRS for 24 h on day 6. The effects of SNS on colon tissue injury caused by WIRS were assessed by changes in colon histology, inflammatory cytokines, brain-gut peptides, and tight junction (TJ) proteins levels. 16S rRNA gene sequencing was used to detect the regulation of the gut microbiota.

RESULTS: SNS pretreatment significantly reduced TNF-α (0.75- to 0.81-fold), IL-6 (0.77-fold), and IFN-γ (0.69-fold) levels; and increased TJ proteins levels, such as ZO-1 (4.06- to 5.27-fold), claudin-1 (3.33- to 5.14-fold), and occludin (6.46- to 11.82-fold). However, there was no significant difference between the levels of substance P (SP) and vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) in the control and WIRS groups. SNS regulated the composition of gut microbiota in WIRS mice.

CONCLUSION: The positive effects of SNS on WIRS could provide a theoretical basis to treat stress-related gastrointestinal disorders.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:61

Enthalten in:

Pharmaceutical biology - 61(2023), 1 vom: 19. Dez., Seite 598-609

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Xu, Xiaoying [VerfasserIn]
Hu, Huimei [VerfasserIn]
Zeng, Haizhou [VerfasserIn]
Li, Boyi [VerfasserIn]
Yin, Qiuxiong [VerfasserIn]
Jiang, Yupeng [VerfasserIn]
Zang, Linquan [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Changlin [VerfasserIn]
Qian, Guoqiang [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

059QF0KO0R
Brain-gut peptide
Inflammation
Intestinal barrier
Intestinal flora
Journal Article
Microbiome-gut-brain axis
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
Shigyaku-san
Tight Junction Proteins
Tight junction
Water

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 05.04.2023

Date Revised 11.04.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/13880209.2023.2191643

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM355187183