State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Industry Microbiology, National and Local United Engineering Lab of Metabolic Control Fermentation Technology, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Food Nutrition/Safety and Medicinal Chemistry, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, 300457, Tianjin, China.
National Resource Center for Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, 100700, Beijing, China.
Signal Transduct Target Ther. 2023 Dec 6;8(1):443. doi: 10.1038/s41392-023-01673-4.
Gut-liver-brain axis is a three-way highway of information interaction system among the gastrointestinal tract, liver, and nervous systems. In the past few decades, breakthrough progress has been made in the gut liver brain axis, mainly through understanding its formation mechanism and increasing treatment strategies. In this review, we discuss various complex networks including barrier permeability, gut hormones, gut microbial metabolites, vagus nerve, neurotransmitters, immunity, brain toxic metabolites, β-amyloid (Aβ) metabolism, and epigenetic regulation in the gut-liver-brain axis. Some therapies containing antibiotics, probiotics, prebiotics, synbiotics, fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT), polyphenols, low FODMAP diet and nanotechnology application regulate the gut liver brain axis. Besides, some special treatments targeting gut-liver axis include farnesoid X receptor (FXR) agonists, takeda G protein-coupled receptor 5 (TGR5) agonists, glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor antagonists and fibroblast growth factor 19 (FGF19) analogs. Targeting gut-brain axis embraces cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), antidepressants and tryptophan metabolism-related therapies. Targeting liver-brain axis contains epigenetic regulation and Aβ metabolism-related therapies. In the future, a better understanding of gut-liver-brain axis interactions will promote the development of novel preventative strategies and the discovery of precise therapeutic targets in multiple diseases.
肠-肝-脑轴是胃肠道、肝脏和神经系统之间信息交互的三向高速公路。在过去的几十年中,肠-肝-脑轴在理解其形成机制和增加治疗策略方面取得了突破性进展。在这篇综述中,我们讨论了肠-肝-脑轴中的各种复杂网络,包括屏障通透性、肠激素、肠道微生物代谢物、迷走神经、神经递质、免疫、脑毒性代谢物、β-淀粉样蛋白(Aβ)代谢和表观遗传调控。一些包含抗生素、益生菌、益生元、合生菌、粪便微生物移植(FMT)、多酚、低 FODMAP 饮食和纳米技术应用的疗法调节肠-肝-脑轴。此外,一些针对肠-肝轴的特殊治疗方法包括法尼醇 X 受体(FXR)激动剂、武田 G 蛋白偶联受体 5(TGR5)激动剂、胰高血糖素样肽-1(GLP-1)受体拮抗剂和成纤维细胞生长因子 19(FGF19)类似物。针对肠-脑轴的治疗方法包括认知行为疗法(CBT)、抗抑郁药和色氨酸代谢相关治疗。针对肝-脑轴的治疗方法包括表观遗传调控和 Aβ代谢相关治疗。未来,更好地理解肠-肝-脑轴的相互作用将促进多种疾病新的预防策略的发展和精确治疗靶点的发现。
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