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ArticleAMB Express2020

Sulforaphane alter the microbiota and mitigate colitis severity on mice ulcerative colitis induced by DSS.

Yan Zhang, Luxuan Tan, Chao Li, Han Wu, Dan Ran, Zhenyu Zhang

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Article in AMB Express, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers.

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41citing papers in PubMed
7.8field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
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41 citing papers in PubMed, 64 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yan ZhangDepartment of Gastroenterology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, 68 Changle Road, Nanjing, 210006, China.
Luxuan TanDepartment of Gastroenterology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, 68 Changle Road, Nanjing, 210006, China.
Chao LiDepartment of Gastroenterology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, 68 Changle Road, Nanjing, 210006, China.
Han WuDepartment of Gastroenterology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, 68 Changle Road, Nanjing, 210006, China.
Dan RanDepartment of Gastroenterology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, 68 Changle Road, Nanjing, 210006, China.
Zhenyu ZhangDepartment of Gastroenterology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, 68 Changle Road, Nanjing, 210006, China. zzy6565@sina.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1523-0672
Nanjing Medical University · CNNanjing University of Chinese Medicine · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 81700458
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sulforaphane (SFN) is a kind of natural isothiocyanate, which exists in cruciferous plants. Only few studies were about the anti-inflammatory effects of sulforaphane in ulcerative colitis. In this study, our purpose is to explore the effects of sulforaphane on the intestinal microbial community of UC mice. The severity of mice colitis were measured by colon length, survial rate, body weight and disease activity index (DAI) score. Histological and morphological evaluation of colon tissues were performed by HE. 16S rRNA gene amplicon pyrosequencing was used to analyza the changes of mouse flora. The variety of flora expression were explored using quantitative PCR. Sulforaphane treated mice had larger body weight and longer colon length than DSS-induced mice. The colon tissues of DSS group showed congestion and edema. Meanwhile, treatment with sulforaphane effectively reducted the damage scores and MPO activity. Sulforaphane reversed DSS-induced gut dysbiosis. Sulforaphane would shift the balance to Butyricicoccus on inflammation. The possible anti-inflammatory mechanism of sulforaphane is to coordinate with the probiotics such as Butyricicoccus. In summary, these findings proved that sulforaphane might be a useful content and serve as a potential therapy in the treatment of UC.

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Gut dysbiosisSulforaphaneUlcerative colitis

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PMID32621086
PMCPMC7334330
OpenAlexW3039297283

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