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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2025

Integrated metabolomics and gut microbiota to reveal the anti-tumor mechanism of Jinfu'an decoction in tumor-bearing mice.

Peiqin Li, Huiting Peng, Zhongming Huang, Zhe Sun, Yantao Li, Siqi Wu, Lin Lin, Shuqiao Zhang, Hongyu Li, Yang Cao

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Peiqin Li *Shunde Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Foshan, China.
Huiting Peng *The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Zhongming HuangCancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China.
Zhe SunThe First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Yantao LiThe First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Siqi WuThe First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Lin LinLongyan Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Longyan, China.
Shuqiao ZhangThe First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Hongyu LiThe First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Yang CaoThe First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.

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Introduction: Jinfu'an Decoction (JFAD), a traditional Chinese medicine, is used to treat lung cancer and has shown significant anti-tumor effects in clinical and experimental studies. This study integrates metabolomics and gut microbiota analysis to elucidate JFAD's anti-tumor mechanisms. Methods: A suspension of A549-luc cells, approximately 1 × 10 Results: JFAD may help restore the balance of intestinal flora in mice with lung cancer to a more normalized state. Our findings indicate that JFAD increases the abundance of Bacteroidia and decreases the presence of Firmicutes and Clostridia, thereby altering intestinal bacterial composition. Primary metabolic pathways associated with significant differences include nicotinate and nicotinamide metabolism, glycine, serine and threonine metabolism, and pyrimidine metabolism. A key differential metabolite identified was succinic acid, part of the central carbon metabolism pathway in cancer. Succinic acid showed a negative correlation with gut microbiota families Tannerellaceae and Campylobacterota. In the MG group, essential amino acid levels were markedly diminished but were significantly elevated after JFAD-M intervention. KEGG pathway analysis identified these amino acids as being linked to the PI3K/AKT and mTOR signaling pathways. Discussion: JFAD regulates the homeostasis of intestinal flora and influences amino acid and succinic acid metabolism through various pathways. These mechanisms could serve as potential targets for JFAD in inhibiting lung cancer invasion and metastasis.

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gut microbiomeJinfu’an decoctionlung cancermetabolomicssuccinic acid

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