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ArticleJournal of digestive diseases2020

Effects and therapeutic mechanism of Yinzhihuang on steatohepatitis in rats induced by a high-fat, high-cholesterol diet.

Jing Zeng, Xiao Lin Liu, Feng Zhi Xin, Ze Hua Zhao, You Lin Shao, Rui Xu Yang, Qin Pan, Jian Gao Fan

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Article in Journal of digestive diseases, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Jing ZengDepartment of Gastroenterology, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6654-1745
Xiao Lin LiuDepartment of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China.
Feng Zhi XinDepartment of Gastroenterology, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Ze Hua ZhaoDepartment of Gastroenterology, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3708-8881
You Lin ShaoDepartment of Gastroenterology, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Rui Xu YangDepartment of Gastroenterology, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Qin PanDepartment of Gastroenterology, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Jian Gao FanDepartment of Gastroenterology, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Shanghai Jiao Tong University · CNSoochow University · CN

Funding

the National Key R&D Program of China 2017YFC0908900the National Natural Science Foundation of China 81470840the National Natural Science Foundation of China 81873565the National Natural Science Foundation of China 81900508the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province BK20190172the Xinhua Hospital Research Foundation XH1860
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Abstract

objectivesWe aimed to investigate the therapeutic mechanism of Yinzhihuang (YZH) liquid, a traditional Chinese medicine mainly composed of extracts of four components, on nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) induced by a high-fat, high-cholesterol diet (HFHCD) in rats.

methodsAltogether 30 Sprague-Dawley rats were randomized into three groups: control, the model group (HFHCD + saline) and the treatment group (HFHCD + YZH). Liver histological features and serum biochemical parameters were assessed by the end of the 16th week. RNA sequencing and protein mass spectrometry detection were performed. The genes and proteins expressed differentially were subjected to KEGG pathway enrichment analysis and included in a network-based regulatory model.

resultsThe weight, liver and fat indices and serum alanine transaminase, aspartate transaminase and total cholesterol levels of the HFHCD + YZH group were all significantly lower than those of the HFHCD + saline group. Moreover, their hepatic steatosis, ballooning and lobular inflammation were relieved, and 64 hepatic genes and 73 hepatic proteins were found to be reversed in their expression patterns after YZH treatment (P < 0.05). The network-based regulatory model showed that these deregulated genes and proteins were mainly involved in oxidative phosphorylation, Toll-like receptor, nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-like receptor, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor signaling, nuclear factor-kappa B tumor necrosis factor signaling pathways and fatty acid metabolism.

conclusionYZH could alleviate NASH in HFHCD-fed rats by inhibiting lipogenesis, accelerating lipid β-oxidation, alleviating oxidative stress and relieving necroinflammation in the liver.

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Alanine TransaminaseAnimalsAspartate AminotransferasesCholesterolCholesterol, DietaryDiet, High-FatDisease Models, AnimalDrugs, Chinese HerbalInflammationLipid MetabolismLipogenesisLiverMaleNon-alcoholic Fatty Liver DiseaseOxidative StressRatsAlanine TransaminaseAspartate AminotransferasesCholesterolCholesterol, DietaryDrugs, Chinese Herbalyin zhi huangChinese traditional medicinehigh-fat high-cholesterol dietnetwork-based regulatory modelnon-alcoholic fatty liver diseasetherapeutic mechanism

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