Yuan Caiyi, Wang Qiang, Chen Yuying, Ding Xin, Zhang Qiang, Yao Jiakai, Zhang Bei, Dai Yang, Bai Hongxia
School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
National Health Commission Key Laboratory of Parasitic Disease Control and Prevention, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory on Parasitic and Vector Control Technology, Jiangsu Provincial Medical Key Laboratory, Jiangsu Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Wuxi, China.
Front Immunol. 2025 May 5;16:1600838. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2025.1600838. eCollection 2025.
INTRODUCTION: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a chronic immune-mediated gastrointestinal disorder mainly covering Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis, has an unclear etiology. The exploration of novel intervention strategies remains a key scientific issue that is urgently needed for IBD treatment. The hygiene hypothesis has led researchers to notice that worm infections can regulate the immune system, which might help treat inflammatory diseases. , similar to human hookworms in life cycle and symptoms, is often used in hookworm research. Our previous study also demonstrated that Nb-derived uridine screened from ES could exert anti-inflammatory and anti-atherosclerotic effects. METHODS: In this study, we established the protective and anti-inflammation effect of Nb infection and ES intervention in TNBS-induced IBD model in mice and further validated the efficiency of uridine screened from ES. Moreover, we conducted an RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) analysis to elucidate the relevant possible functional mechanisms responsible for the protective and anti-inflammation effects of ES or uridine administration. RESULTS: Current results have demonstrated that uridine can exhibit a protective effect on TNBS-induced IBD in mice. Moreover, it was identified that exhibited high expression after uridine intervention. By specific inhibition of the encoding protein (ASBT), its impact on the protective efficacy has been interrupted. DISCUSSION: The current study has illustrated that uridine is capable of exerting potential therapeutic and anti-inflammatory effects on Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) by modulating . These findings could offer a novel therapeutic target for the intervention of IBD.
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