PENG Lingling,LIANG Renjiu,NING Ling,et al.Effects of Xiaochengqi Decoction (小承气汤) on Intestinal Flora in Rats with Acute Severe Traumatic Brain Injury[J].Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2022,63(12):1170-1178.
PENG Lingling,LIANG Renjiu,NING Ling,et al.Effects of Xiaochengqi Decoction (小承气汤) on Intestinal Flora in Rats with Acute Severe Traumatic Brain Injury[J].Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2022,63(12):1170-1178.DOI: 10.13288/j.11-2166/r.2022.12.013.
Effects of Xiaochengqi Decoction (小承气汤) on Intestinal Flora in Rats with Acute Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
(小承气汤, XCQD) in the treatment of rats with acute severe traumatic brain injury (sTBI) from the perspective of intestinal flora.
Methods
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A total of 90 SD rats were randomly divided into normal group, sham operation group, model group, golden bifid group and XCQD group, with 18 rats in each group. The sTBI rat model was made using Freeney
'
s free fall method in the model group, golden bifid group and XCQD group. Six hours after successful modeling, 6.17 g/kg of golden bifid and 2.78 g/kg of XCQD was given into the corresponding group by gavage, respectively, while 2.78 ml/(kg·d) of normal saline were administered by gavage in the normal group, sham operation group and model group. After seven days of intervention, the neurological severity score (NSS) was assessed. Pathological changes of brain tissue and colon were observed through hematoxylin eosin (HE) staining, and changes of colon flora were analyzed by 16S rRNA sequencing. The expression of interleukin-1beta (IL-1β) in brain and colon tissue was detected by Western blotting, and serum IL-1β level was detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).
Results
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There was no significant difference between the normal and sham operation group in all outcomes (
P
>0.05). Compared with the normal group, the model group had reduced weight and increased NSS (
P
<0.01). HE staining showed that there was brain tissue structure disorder, abundant necrotic neurons, cell swelling and interstitial edema of the scattered living nerve cells, destruction of mucosal integrity, disorder of intestinal gland arrangement, widening of intestinal space and mucosal edema in the model group. Compared with those in the normal group, the expression of IL-1β in brain and colon tissue and the serum IL-1β level in the model group significantly increased (
P
<0.01). The Shannon and Simpson diversity indexes in the model group decreased; the relative abundance of Firmicutes and Spirochetes decreased, while the abundance of Bacteroidetes, Proteobacteria, Elusimicrobia, Actinobacteria, and Euryarchaeota increased; the relative abundance of Lachnospiraceae, Ruminococcaceae, Bacteroidales_S24-7 group and Spirochaetaceae decreased significantly, while the abundance of Bacteroideae, Enterobacteriaceae, Elusimicrobiaceae and Alcaligenaceae increased; the relative abundance of Lachnospiraceae_NK4A136_group, Lachnospiraceae_UCG-005, Romboutsia, Poseburia, Prevotellaceae_NK3B31_group, Prevotellaceae_UCG-001, Alloprevotella and Treponema_2 decreased, and the abundance of Bacteroides, Escherichia-Shigella, Parabacteroides and Elusimicrobium increased (
P
<0.05 or
P
<0.01). Compared with the model group, the XCQD and the golden bifid group had higher weight of the rats and lower NSS (
P
<0.05 or
P
<0.01), as well as decreased pathological changes in the brain and colon tissue, the expression of IL-1β in brain and colon tissue, and the serum IL-1β level (
P
<0.01), with more decreases of serum IL-1β level in the XCQD group (
P
<0.05). Compared with the model group, the Shannon and Observed_species indexes of the intestinal flora in the XCQD group increased (
P
<0.01). The abondance of those changed in model group were reversed in the opposite direction except Euryarchaeota, Bacteroidales_S24-7 group and Prevotella-UCG-001 (
P
<0.05).
Conclusion
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XCQD can improve intestinal flora imbalance, promote the growth of beneficial bacteria producing short chain fatty acids, inhibit harmful bacteria producing endotoxin, and reduce the secondary inflammatory response, which may explain its mechanism in treatment of sTBI model rats.
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