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ArticleOxidative medicine and cellular longevity2020

Alanylglutamine Relieved Asthma Symptoms by Regulating Gut Microbiota and the Derived Metabolites in Mice.

Shao-Kun Liu, Li-Bing Ma, Yu Yuan, Xiao-Ying Ji, Wen-Jin Sun, Jia-Xi Duan, Qing-Ping Zeng, Binaya Wasti, Bing Xiao, Jian-Fei Zheng and 2 more

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Article in Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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12 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Shao-Kun LiuPulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9839-2342
Li-Bing MaDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Guilin Medical University, Guilin 541001, China.
Yu YuanPulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, China.
Xiao-Ying JiDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, The Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen 518106, China.
Wen-Jin SunPulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, China.
Jia-Xi DuanPulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, China.
Qing-Ping ZengPulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, China.
Binaya WastiPulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, China.
Bing XiaoPulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, China.
Jian-Fei ZhengPulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, China.
Ping ChenPulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, China.
Xu-Dong XiangPulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4707-7809
Central South University · CNGuilin Medical University · CNSun Yat-sen University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveAllergic asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease, which seriously affects the life quality of patients, especially children. Alanylglutamine is a nutritional supplement with potential protective and anti-inflammatory effects, but its function in allergic asthma remains elusive. In this study, we focused on the investigations of the roles and functional mechanism of Alanylglutamine in asthma.

methodsOvalbumin (OVA) induction was utilized to establish a mouse asthma model. 16S rDNA sequencing was performed to compare the diversity of intestinal microorganisms under different treatments. Gas chromatography was utilized to screen the intestinal microbe-short-chain fatty acids in the stool. The lung tissue was extracted to determine signaling pathways, including AMPK, NF-

resultsIt was observed that Alanylglutamine reduced the cytokine in OVA-induced allergic asthma mice. H&E staining showed obvious pneumonia symptoms in the asthma group, while Alanylglutamine alleviated the inflammatory infiltration. Alanylglutamine reversed gut microbiota compositions in OVA-induced allergic asthma mice and enhanced the butyric acid level. The protective role of Alanylglutamine may be associated with the gut microbiota-butyric acid-GPR43 pathway in asthma mice. In contrast to the OVA group, Alanylglutamine activated the protein expression of P-AMPK/AMPK and inhibited the protein expression of P-mTOR/mTOR, P-P65/P65, P-STAT3/STAT3, P-IKK

conclusionThe results indicated that Alanylglutamine might be beneficial for asthma, and its effect was achieved through the regulation on microbiota and the derived metabolites. The therapeutic effects might be associated with AMPK, NF-

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Gastrointestinal MicrobiomeMetabolomeAmino AcidsAnimalsAnti-Bacterial AgentsAsthmaBiodiversityButyric AcidCytokinesDipeptidesFecesHypersensitivityInflammationMaleMice, Inbred BALB CNF-kappa BalanylglutamineAmino AcidsAnti-Bacterial AgentsButyric AcidCytokinesDipeptidesNF-kappa BOvalbuminSTAT3 Transcription Factor

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PMID33456673
PMCPMC7785351
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