São Paulo State University (UNESP), Botucatu Medical School, Department of Pathology, Botucatu, SP, Brazil.
São Paulo State University (UNESP), Botucatu Medical School, Experimental Research Unit (UNIPEX), Multimodel Drug Screening Platform - Laboratory of Chemically induced and Experimental Carcinogenesis (MDSP-LCQE), Botucatu, SP, Brazil; São Paulo State University (UNESP), Biosciences Institute, Department of Structural and Functional Biology, Laboratory of Chemically Induced and Experimental Carcinogenesis (LCQE), Botucatu, SP, Brazil.
Food Res Int. 2023 Dec;174(Pt 1):113513. doi: 10.1016/j.foodres.2023.113513. Epub 2023 Sep 28.
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common chronic liver disease worldwide, affecting almost 32% of the population and ranging from simple steatosis to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). Recent findings indicate that the fast-growing prevalence of NAFLD might be linked to adherence to a Westernized diet (WD), mostly composed of fat/sugar-enriched foods. The WD has been reportedly targeted as a potential driver of gut-liver axis unbalance, suggesting a major role in NASH. On the other hand, bioactive food compounds feature as a potential chemopreventive strategy against NASH, due to their beneficial effects (i.e, anti-inflammatory/oxidant activity and modulation of gut microbiome). Brassicaceae vegetables are known for their high amount of isothiocyanates and polyphenols, as indole-3-carbinol (I3C) and chlorogenic acid (CGA). Thus, we sought to assess the effects of human relevant doses of I3C and CGA isolated or in combination (5/125 mg/Kg of body weight, respectively) on a diet/chemical-induced murine model of NASH. I3C + CGA oral treatment diminished NAFLD activity score (NAS) (p < 0.0001), as well as alleviated the hepatic lipid (p = 0.0011) accumulation, prevented hepatic stellate cell (HSC) activation (p < 0.0001), and subsequent fibrosis (p < 0.0001). The combination also reduced the number of both hepatic CD68-positive macrophages (p < 0.0001) and cleaved caspase-3 hepatocytes (p < 0.0001) and diminished the malondialdehyde levels (p = 0.0155). Additionally, the combination of I3C + CGA restored the relative abundance of Alistipes (p = 0.0299), Allobaculum (p = 0.0014), Bacteroides (p = 0.0046), and Odoribacter (p = 0.0030) bacteria genera on the gut microbiome. Taken together, these findings show that the combination of I3C + CGA at populational-relevant ingestion, rather than the I3C or CGA alone, was able to modulate gut microbiome and attenuate NASH in this hybrid model mouse.
非酒精性脂肪性肝病 (NAFLD) 是全球最常见的慢性肝病,影响近 32%的人群,从单纯性脂肪变性到非酒精性脂肪性肝炎 (NASH) 不等。最近的研究结果表明,NAFLD 的快速增长流行可能与采用西式饮食 (WD) 有关,这种饮食主要由富含脂肪/糖的食物组成。据报道,WD 可能是肠道-肝脏轴失衡的潜在驱动因素,这表明它在 NASH 中发挥了主要作用。另一方面,生物活性食物化合物因其有益的作用(即抗炎/抗氧化活性和调节肠道微生物组)而成为 NASH 的潜在化学预防策略。芸薹属蔬菜因其含有大量的异硫氰酸酯和多酚,如吲哚-3-甲醇 (I3C) 和绿原酸 (CGA) 而闻名。因此,我们试图评估人类相关剂量的 I3C 和 CGA 单独或联合(分别为 5/125mg/kg 体重)对饮食/化学诱导的 NASH 小鼠模型的影响。I3C+CGA 口服治疗可降低 NAFLD 活动评分 (NAS)(p<0.0001),减轻肝脂质堆积(p=0.0011),防止肝星状细胞 (HSC) 激活(p<0.0001),随后纤维化(p<0.0001)。该联合还减少了肝 CD68 阳性巨噬细胞(p<0.0001)和切割的半胱氨酸蛋白酶-3 肝细胞(p<0.0001)的数量,并降低了丙二醛水平(p=0.0155)。此外,I3C+CGA 的联合恢复了肠道微生物组中 Alistipes(p=0.0299)、Allobaculum(p=0.0014)、Bacteroides(p=0.0046)和 Odoribacter(p=0.0030)细菌属的相对丰度。综上所述,这些发现表明,在人群相关摄入时,I3C+CGA 的联合使用而不是单独使用 I3C 或 CGA,能够调节肠道微生物组并减轻这种杂交模型小鼠的 NASH。