程含笑, 胡林兰, 吴剑坤, 何娴, 赵鑫, 鲁雅雯, 王伽伯, 李会芳. 绞股蓝改善CCl4诱导的小鼠肝纤维化作用的肝脏代谢组学研究J. 药学学报, 2025, 60(4): 1001-1011. DOI: 10.16438/j.0513-4870.2024-1041
引用本文: 程含笑, 胡林兰, 吴剑坤, 何娴, 赵鑫, 鲁雅雯, 王伽伯, 李会芳. 绞股蓝改善CCl4诱导的小鼠肝纤维化作用的肝脏代谢组学研究J. 药学学报, 2025, 60(4): 1001-1011. DOI: 10.16438/j.0513-4870.2024-1041
CHENG Han-xiao, HU Lin-lan, WU Jian-kun, HE Xian, ZHAO Xin, LU Ya-wen, WANG Jia-bo, LI Hui-fang. Effects and mechanism investigation of Gynostemma pentaphyllum on alleviating CCl4-induced liver fibrosis in mice via metabolomicsJ. Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica, 2025, 60(4): 1001-1011. DOI: 10.16438/j.0513-4870.2024-1041
Citation: CHENG Han-xiao, HU Lin-lan, WU Jian-kun, HE Xian, ZHAO Xin, LU Ya-wen, WANG Jia-bo, LI Hui-fang. Effects and mechanism investigation of Gynostemma pentaphyllum on alleviating CCl4-induced liver fibrosis in mice via metabolomicsJ. Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica, 2025, 60(4): 1001-1011. DOI: 10.16438/j.0513-4870.2024-1041

绞股蓝改善CCl4诱导的小鼠肝纤维化作用的肝脏代谢组学研究

Effects and mechanism investigation of Gynostemma pentaphyllum on alleviating CCl4-induced liver fibrosis in mice via metabolomics

  • 摘要: 肝纤维化是慢性肝病进展的共同阶段, 然而全球范围内缺乏抗肝纤维化的临床药物。绞股蓝有“南方人参”之称, 民间常用于防治多种慢性肝病, 亦有其抗肝纤维化的报道, 但相关科学研究较少。本文采用LC-MS代谢组学分析方法, 在四氯化碳(carbon tetrachloride, CCl4) 诱导肝纤维化小鼠模型上探究绞股蓝醇提物(Gynostemma pentaphyllum ethanol extract, GPE) 的作用及潜在机制。所有动物实验经首都医科大学实验动物伦理委员会批准(批准号: DWLLGZR202202204)。结果显示, GPE能显著减轻模型小鼠肝脏的炎性细胞浸润和胶原蓄积, 显著降低小鼠血清丙氨酸转氨酶和天冬氨酸转氨酶活力及羟脯氨酸水平, 可有效抑制胶原蛋白1A1 (collagen 1A1, COL 1A1) 和α-平滑肌肌动蛋白(α-smooth muscle actin, α-SMA) 的基因转录和蛋白质表达。肝脏非靶向代谢组学分析发现, GPE主要影响了47个差异代谢物; KEGG通路富集分析表明, 差异代谢物主要富集在果糖/甘露糖代谢和芳香氨基酸代谢通路。进一步采用靶向代谢组学检测验证了D-甘露糖、6-磷酸甘露糖、D-果糖、2-磷酸果糖、D-蔗糖、海藻糖、谷氨酸、苯丙氨酸、酪氨酸、L-2-氨基-3-氧代丁酸、乳酸、2-羟基丁酸和牛磺酸共13个差异代谢物, 可能是GPE抗肝纤维化相关的重要代谢物, 证实GPE抗肝纤维化作用可能与调控果糖/甘露糖代谢途径和芳香氨基酸代谢途径密切相关。

     

    Abstract: Liver fibrosis is a common stage in the progression of chronic liver diseases, yet there is a lack of clinical drugs against liver fibrosis globally. Gynostemma pentaphyllum has the name of "Southern ginseng", commonly used in folk prevention and treatment of a variety of chronic liver disease, there are also reports of its anti-hepatic fibrosis. However, there are fewer relevant scientific studies. In this study, we used LC-MS metabolomics analysis to investigate the effects of Gynostemma pentaphyllum ethanol extract (GPE) on liver fibrosis in carbon tetrachloride (CCl4)-induced mouse models and its potential mechanisms. All animal experiments were approved by the experimental animal ethics committee of Capital Medical University (DWLLGZR202202204). The results showed that GPE could significantly reduce the inflammatory cell infiltration and collagen accumulation in the liver of model mice, significantly reduce serum alanine transaminase and aspartate transaminase activity and hypoxanthine levels in mice, and could effectively inhibit the gene transcription and protein expression of collagen 1A1 (COL 1A1) and α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA). Non-targeted metabolomics analysis of the liver showed that GPE mainly affected 47 differential metabolites; KEGG pathway enrichment analysis indicated that the differential metabolites were mainly enriched in the fructose/mannose metabolism and aromatic amino acid metabolism pathways. The targeted metabolomic assay was further used to validate a total of 13 differential metabolites of D-mannose, mannose 6-phosphate, D-fructose, fructose 2-phosphate, D-sucrose, trehalose, glutamate, phenylalanine, tyrosine, L-2-amino-3-oxobutyric acid, lactate, 2-hydroxybutyrate, and taurine, which may be important metabolites related to GPE's anti-fibrotic effects. This confirms that GPE's anti-liver fibrosis effects may be closely related to the regulation of the fructose/mannose metabolism pathway and the aromatic amino acid metabolism pathway.

     

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