Berberis amurensis(Berberidaceae)is a traditional Chinese medicine,which is often used to treat hypertension,inflammation,dysentery and enteritis.It contains alkaloids,mainly including berberine,berbamine,magnoflorine...Berberis amurensis(Berberidaceae)is a traditional Chinese medicine,which is often used to treat hypertension,inflammation,dysentery and enteritis.It contains alkaloids,mainly including berberine,berbamine,magnoflorine,jatrorrhizine and palmatine.Berberis amurensis extracts(BAEs)is often orally taken.Oral herbs might be metabolized by intestinal bacteria in the small intestine.However,the interaction between the herb and the gut microbiota is still unknown.In the current study,UPLC/Q-TOFMS/MS combined with Metabolitepilot and Peakview software was used to identify the metabolites of BAEs in anti-biotic cocktail induced pseudo germ-free rats and normal rats.As a result,a total of 46 metabolites in normal rats were detected and its main metabolic pathways include demethylation,dehydrogenation,methylation,hydroxylation,sulfation and glucuronidation.Only 29 metabolites existed in pseudo germ-free rats.Dehydrogenated metabolites(M29,M30,M34 and M36),methylated metabolites(M33,M41 and M46)and other metabolites were not detected in pseudo germ-free rats.The result implied that the intestinal bacteria have an influence on the metabolism of BAEs.Furthermore,this investigation might contribute to the understanding of the metabolism of BAEs,and further promote its clinical application.展开更多
基金supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(No.2018YFC1708203)the Non-profit Central Research Institute Fund of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences(No.2018PT35031)+1 种基金the Drug Innovation Major Project(No.2018ZX09711001-002-002)the Major Science and Technology Project of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region(No.2019ZD004).
文摘Berberis amurensis(Berberidaceae)is a traditional Chinese medicine,which is often used to treat hypertension,inflammation,dysentery and enteritis.It contains alkaloids,mainly including berberine,berbamine,magnoflorine,jatrorrhizine and palmatine.Berberis amurensis extracts(BAEs)is often orally taken.Oral herbs might be metabolized by intestinal bacteria in the small intestine.However,the interaction between the herb and the gut microbiota is still unknown.In the current study,UPLC/Q-TOFMS/MS combined with Metabolitepilot and Peakview software was used to identify the metabolites of BAEs in anti-biotic cocktail induced pseudo germ-free rats and normal rats.As a result,a total of 46 metabolites in normal rats were detected and its main metabolic pathways include demethylation,dehydrogenation,methylation,hydroxylation,sulfation and glucuronidation.Only 29 metabolites existed in pseudo germ-free rats.Dehydrogenated metabolites(M29,M30,M34 and M36),methylated metabolites(M33,M41 and M46)and other metabolites were not detected in pseudo germ-free rats.The result implied that the intestinal bacteria have an influence on the metabolism of BAEs.Furthermore,this investigation might contribute to the understanding of the metabolism of BAEs,and further promote its clinical application.
