Biotransformed bear bile powder ameliorates diet-induced nonalcoholic steatohepatitis in mice through modulating arginine biosynthesis via FXR/PXR-PI3K-AKT-NOS3 axis - 11/11/23
Abstract |
NASH is a highly prevalent metabolic syndrome that has no specific approved agents up to now. BBBP, which mainly contains bile acids, possess various pharmacological properties and some bile acids are available for NASH treatment. Herein, the therapeutic effects and underlying mechanisms of BBBP against NASH were systemically evaluated. In this study, mice received an HFHS diet over a 20-week period to induce NASH with or without BBBP intervention were used to evaluate the effect and underlying mechanisms of BBBP against NASH. Our results demonstrated that BBBP attenuated hepatic steatosis, reduced body weight gain and lipid concentrations, and improved sensitivity to insulin and tolerance to glucose in mice fed an HFHS diet. Metabolomics and transcriptomic analysis revealed that BBBP suppressed the arginine biosynthesis by up-regulating NOS3 expression and the PI3K-Akt signaling pathway was also regulated by BBBP, as indicated by 55 DEGs. Bioinformatic analysis predicted the regulatory effect of the FXR/PXR-PI3K-AKT-NOS3 axis on arginine biosynthesis-related metabolites. These results were further confirmed by the significantly increased mRNA and protein levels of NOS3, PI3K (Pik3r2), and AKT1. And the increased levels of arginine biosynthesis related-metabolites, such as urea, aspartic acid, glutamic acid, citrulline, arginine, and ornithine, were confirmed accurately based on targeted metabolomics analysis. Together, our study uncoded the complicated mechanisms of anti-NASH activities of BBBP, and provided critical evidence inspiring the discovery of innovative therapies based on BBBP in the treatment of NASH.
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Highlights |
• | BBBP was found to be a highly promising therapeutic drug for treating NASH. |
• | Targeting amino acid metabolism was an effective treatment strategy for NASH. |
• | The important regulatory role of NOS3 activation on arginine biosynthesis pathway. |
• | BBBP regulated arginine biosynthesis through the FXR/PXR-PI3K-AKT-NOS3 axis. |
• | BBBP also regulated lipid metabolism by activating nuclear receptors. |
Abbreviations : ALT, AST, BBBP, BCAA, CA, CDCA, DCA, DEGs, Egfr, FAS, FXR, GTTs, H&E, HDL-C, HFHS, ITTs, LDL-C, NAS, NASH, Nos3, PPARγ, PCA, PXR, PSR, PPI, qRT-PCR, TBA, TBIL-1, TC, TCA, TCDCA, TCM, TG, TUDCA, UDCA
Keywords : Biotransformed bear bile powder, Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis, Metabolic syndrome, Metabolomics, Transcriptomics, Visual networks
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