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ArticleFrontiers in pharmacology2020

Pulsatilla Decoction Can Treat the Dampness-Heat Diarrhea Rat Model by Regulating Glycerinphospholipid Metabolism Based Lipidomics Approach.

Yong-Li Hua, Qi Ma, Xiao-Song Zhang, Ya-Qian Jia, Xiao-Ting Peng, Wan-Ling Yao, Peng Ji, Jun-Jie Hu, Yan-Ming Wei

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Article in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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Yong-Li HuaCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China.
Qi MaInstitute of Animal Science, Southwestern University, Chongqing, China.
Xiao-Song ZhangCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China.
Ya-Qian JiaCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China.
Xiao-Ting PengCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China.
Wan-Ling YaoCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China.
Peng JiCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China.
Jun-Jie HuCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China.
Yan-Ming WeiCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China.
Gansu Agricultural University · CN

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Abstract

ethnopharmacological relevanceDiarrhea is a major medical problem in clinical practice. According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), different types of diarrhea should be treated with different TCM formulations based on the targeted medical condition. Dampness-heat diarrhea (DHD) is a serious diarrheal disease and Pulsatilla decoction (PD), a TCM, has been found effective against DHD.

objectiveThe aim of this study was to clarify the mechanism of action of PD in DHD using an untargeted lipidomics strategy. MATERIALS AND

methodsWistar rats were randomized to four groups, including the control group, model group, PD groups and self-healing group. The PD groups were given a daily intragastric gavage of PD at doses of 3.76 g/kg. The rat model of DHD established by such complex factors as high-sugar and high-fat diet, improper diet, high temperature and humidity environment, drinking and intraperitoneal injection of Escherichia coli., which imitated the inducing conditions of DHD. Then the clinical symptoms and signs, blood routine, serum inflammatory cytokines levels and the histopathological changes of main organs were detected and observed to evaluate DHD model and therapeutic effect of PD. Lipid biomarkers of DHD were selected by comparing the control and model groups with the colon lipidomics technology and an ultra-high performance liquid chromatography (UHPLC) coupled with Q Exactive plus mass analyzer. Multivariate statistical analysis and pattern recognition were employed to examine different lipids within the colon of PD-treated rats.

resultsThe clinical symptoms and signs of the model rats were consistent with the diagnostic criteria of DHD. After treatment with PD, the clinical symptoms and signs of the rats with DHD were improved; the indexes of blood routine and inflammatory cytokines levels tended to be normal. The lipidomics profile of the model group were evidently disordered when compared to the control group. A total of 42 significantly altered lipids between the model-control groups were identified by multivariate statistical analysis. DHD may result from such lipid disorders which are related to glycerophospholipid metabolism, arachidonic acid (AA) metabolism, and sphingolipid metabolism. After PD treatment, the lipidomic profiles of the disorders tended to recover when compared to the model group. Twenty lipid molecules were identified and some glycerophospholipids and AA levels returned close to the normal level.

conclusionGlycerophospholipid metabolism may play an important role in the treatment of dampness-heat induced diarrhea using PD.

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arachidonic acid metabolismcolon lipidomicsdampness-heat diarrheaglycerophospholipid metabolismpulsatilla decoction

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