The Second Clinical College, GuangzhouUniversity of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, 510000, China.
Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, 510000, China.
BMC Complement Altern Med. 2017 Jan 10;17(1):35. doi: 10.1186/s12906-016-1549-3.
SijunziDecoction (SJZD) is a traditional Chinese medicine prescription used to treat the diseases of gastrointestinal tract since ancient times. The objective of this study was to investigate the protective effects of SJZD on TNBS-induced colitis in rats and TNBS-damaged Caco2 cells.
The rat colitis model was induced by 2, 4, 6-trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid (TNBS). SJZD (2.8 5.6, 11.2 g/kg) or salazosulfapyridine (SASP) (0.4 g/kg) was administrated orally in rats for 7 days. DAI, pathological scores and the expression of claudin-2 were evaluated. Then we explored the effect and mechanism of SijunziDecoction Serum (SJZDS) onTNBS-damaged Caco2 cells to figure out intestinal barrier protective effect and mechanism of SJZD.
SJZD significantly ameliorated the severity of TNBS-induced colitis and downregulated the level of claudin-2 in colonic tissues. SJZDS promoted proliferation and inhibited apoptosis ofTNBS-damaged Caco2 cells. In Caco2 cell monolayers, we provided mechanistic evidence that SJZDS-induced increased TEER and decreased permeability after TNBS damage, which were mediated through claudin-2 and NF-κB pathway, including the upregulation of claudin-2, decreased activity of NF-κB p65, reduced level of NF-κB p65 and MLCK.
Our results indicated that SJZD possesses protective effect of intestinal barrier towards TNBS-induced colitis in rats and TNBS-damaged Caco2 cells in vitro. SJZDis a potential protective agent of intestinal barrier that deserves further investigation.
四君子汤(SJZD)是一种传统的中药方剂,自古以来就用于治疗胃肠道疾病。本研究旨在探讨 SJZD 对大鼠 TNBS 诱导的结肠炎和 TNBS 损伤的 Caco2 细胞的保护作用。
采用 2,4,6-三硝基苯磺酸(TNBS)诱导大鼠结肠炎模型。SJZD(2.8、5.6、11.2g/kg)或柳氮磺胺吡啶(SASP)(0.4g/kg)灌胃给药,连续 7d。评估 DAI、病理评分和紧密连接蛋白-2 的表达。然后,我们探讨了 SijunziDecoction 血清(SJZDS)对 TNBS 损伤的 Caco2 细胞的作用和机制,以阐明 SJZD 的肠道屏障保护作用及其机制。
SJZD 显著改善了 TNBS 诱导的结肠炎的严重程度,并下调了结肠组织中紧密连接蛋白-2 的水平。SJZDS 促进了 TNBS 损伤的 Caco2 细胞的增殖,抑制了其凋亡。在 Caco2 细胞单层中,我们提供了机制证据表明,SJZDS 诱导的 TEER 增加和 TNBS 损伤后通透性降低是通过紧密连接蛋白-2 和 NF-κB 途径介导的,包括紧密连接蛋白-2 的上调、NF-κB p65 活性降低、NF-κB p65 和 MLCK 水平降低。
我们的结果表明,SJZD 对大鼠 TNBS 诱导的结肠炎和体外 TNBS 损伤的 Caco2 细胞具有肠道屏障保护作用。SJZD 是一种有潜力的肠道屏障保护剂,值得进一步研究。