Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine ›› 2024, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (2): 277-288.DOI: 10.19852/j.cnki.jtcm.20231018.001

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Gehua Jiejiu Dizhi decoction (葛花解酒涤脂汤) ameliorates alcoholic fatty liver in mice by regulating lipid and bile acid metabolism and with exertion of antioxidant stress based on 4DLabel-free quantitative proteomic study

HAN Min1, YI Xu2(), YOU Shaowei2, WU Xueli2, WANG Shuoshi2, HE Diancheng2   

  1. 1 Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Graduate School, Guiyang 550025, China
    2 Department of Clinical medical laboratory, Department of Gastroenterology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guiyang 550003, China
  • Received:2022-11-11 Accepted:2023-04-27 Online:2024-04-15 Published:2023-12-18
  • Contact: Prof. YI Xu, Department of Clinical medical laboratory, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guiyang 550003, China. yixu2013@yeah.net Telephone: +86-851-85512704
  • Supported by:
    National Science Foundation-funded Project: the Study on the Changes of Energy Metabolism and Molecular Regulation Mechanism of Alcoholic Fatty Liver based on Sirtuins1-Adenosine Monophosphate-Activated Protein Kinase Signal System and the Intervention of Gehua Jiejiu dizhi decoction(81660752);Basic Research Project of Guizhou Provincial Science and Technology Plan: Study on the Mechanism of Sirtuins1 Mediated Deacetylation in the Regulation of Alcoholic Fatty Liver Metabolism and the Intervention of Gehua Jiejiu Dizhi Tang(QianKeHe Fundamentals-ZK [2023] General 410)

Abstract:

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the effect and molecular mechanism of Gehua Jiejiu Dizhi decoction (葛花解酒涤脂汤, GJDD) on alcoholic fatty live disease (AFLD) by using proteomic methods.

METHODS: The male C57BL/6J mouse were randomly divided into four groups: control group, model group, GJDD group and resveratrol group. After the AFLD model was successfully prepared by intragastric administration of alcohol once on the basis of the Lieber-DeCarli classical method, the GJDD group and resveratrol group were intragastrically administered with GJDD (4900 mg/kg) and resveratrol (400 mg/kg) respectively, once a day for 9 d. The fat deposition of liver tissue was observed and evaluated by oil red O (ORO) staining. 4DLabel-free quantitative proteome method was used to determine and quantify the protein expression in liver tissue of each experimental group. The differentially expressed proteins were screened according to protein expression differential multiples, and then analyzed by Gene ontology classification and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes pathway enrichment. Finally, expression validation of the differentially co-expressed proteins from control group, model group and GJDD group were verified by targeted proteomics quantification techniques.

RESULTS: In semiquantitative analyses of ORO, all kinds of steatosis (ToS, MaS, and MiS) were evaluated higher in AFLD mice compared to those in GJDD or resveratrol-treated mice. 4DLabel-free proteomics analysis results showed that a total of 4513 proteins were identified, of which 3763 proteins were quantified and 946 differentially expressed proteins were screened. Compared with the control group, 145 proteins were up-regulated and 148 proteins were down-regulated in the liver tissue of model group. In addition, compared with the model group, 92 proteins were up-regulated and 135 proteins were down-regulated in the liver tissue of the GJDD group. 15 differentially co-expressed proteins were found between every two groups (model group vs control group, GJDD group vs model group and GJDD group vs control group), which were involved in many biological processes. Among them, 11 differentially co-expressed key proteins (Aox3, H1-5, Fabp5, Ces3a, Nudt7, Serpinb1a, Fkbp11, Rpl22l1, Keg1, Acss2 and Slco1a1) were further identified by targeted proteomic quantitative technology and their expression patterns were consistent with the results of 4D label-free proteomic analysis.

CONCLUSIONS: Our study provided proteomics-based evidence that GJDD alleviated AFLD by modulating liver protein expression, likely through the modulation of lipid metabolism, bile acid metabolism and with exertion of antioxidant stress.

Key words: fatty liver, alcoholic, 4DLabel-free quantitative proteome, targeted protein quantification, Gehua Jiejiu Dizhi decoction

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HAN Min, YI Xu, YOU Shaowei, WU Xueli, WANG Shuoshi, HE Diancheng. Gehua Jiejiu Dizhi decoction (葛花解酒涤脂汤) ameliorates alcoholic fatty liver in mice by regulating lipid and bile acid metabolism and with exertion of antioxidant stress based on 4DLabel-free quantitative proteomic study[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2024, 44(2): 277-288.