Li Pengyan, Meng Guibing, Li Ang, Chen Liang, Feng Xinchi, Qiu Feng
Tianjin Key Laboratory of Therapeutic Substance of Traditional and State Key Laboratory of Component-Based Chinese Medicine, School of Chinese Materia Medica, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China.
School of Pharmacy, Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guiyang 550025, China.
Curr Issues Mol Biol. 2025 Jul 18;47(7):562. doi: 10.3390/cimb47070562.
Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a subtype of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that has been associated with overconsumption of calories and lipids, compared to the healthy population, and summer temperatures have been reported to be closely related to the prevalence of UC. To evaluate the effects of dietary and lifestyle factors on UC, a combination of 2.0% dextran sulfate sodium (DSS), a high-fat/high-sugar diet, and exposure to high temperature and humidity was used to construct mouse models of UC. Changes in body weight, disease activity index (DAI) scores, histopathological analysis, serum lipid levels, serum diamine oxidase (DAO), and D-Lactate (D-LA) levels, as well as the expression of inflammatory cytokines and tight junction proteins in colonic tissue, were all assessed to study the impacts of the high-fat/high-sugar diet and high-temperature/high-humidity exposure on the progression of UC. The symptoms observed in the UC mouse model induced by 2.0% DSS alone were similar to those seen in patients with UC, while the high-fat and high-sugar diet, along with humid and hot exposure, exacerbated DSS-induced UC in the mice. This included more severe histopathological damage to the colon tissue, increased expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines (IL-6, IL-17A, and IL-1β), and a more significantly compromised intestinal barrier, characterized by the destruction of ZO-1 and elevated levels of DAO and D-LA. Additionally, the high-fat/high-sugar diet and high-temperature/high-humidity exposure led to further disturbances in glucose and lipid metabolism in the mice, which were not observed in those treated with DSS alone. This study is the first to investigate the effects of a high-fat/high-sugar diet and high-temperature/high-humidity exposure on the progression of UC.
溃疡性结肠炎(UC)是炎症性肠病(IBD)的一种亚型,与健康人群相比,它与热量和脂质摄入过多有关,并且据报道夏季气温与UC的患病率密切相关。为了评估饮食和生活方式因素对UC的影响,使用2.0%的葡聚糖硫酸钠(DSS)、高脂/高糖饮食以及高温高湿环境相结合的方法构建UC小鼠模型。评估了体重变化、疾病活动指数(DAI)评分、组织病理学分析、血清脂质水平、血清二胺氧化酶(DAO)和D-乳酸(D-LA)水平,以及结肠组织中炎症细胞因子和紧密连接蛋白的表达,以研究高脂/高糖饮食和高温/高湿暴露对UC进展的影响。单独使用2.0% DSS诱导的UC小鼠模型中观察到的症状与UC患者相似,而高脂高糖饮食以及湿热暴露加剧了DSS诱导的小鼠UC。这包括结肠组织更严重的组织病理学损伤、促炎细胞因子(IL-6、IL-17A和IL-1β)表达增加,以及肠道屏障更明显受损,其特征是ZO-1破坏以及DAO和D-LA水平升高。此外,高脂/高糖饮食和高温/高湿暴露导致小鼠葡萄糖和脂质代谢进一步紊乱,而单独用DSS治疗的小鼠未观察到这种情况。本研究首次调查了高脂/高糖饮食和高温/高湿暴露对UC进展的影响。