PMID- 33857887 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20240222 IS - 1873-376X (Electronic) IS - 1570-0232 (Linking) VI - 1173 DP - 2021 Apr 2 TI - UPLC-Q-TOF/MS based fecal metabolomics reveals the potential anti-diabetic effect of Xiexin Decoction on T2DM rats. PG - 122683 LID - S1570-0232(21)00163-X [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.jchromb.2021.122683 [doi] AB - Xiexin Decoction (XXD), a traditional Chinese medicine prescription composed of Rhei rhizome (RR), Scutellaria radix (SR) and Coptidis rhizome (CR), has been used to cure diabetes in clinical practices for thousands of years, but its mechanism is not clear. Our previous study indicated that XXD could significantly ameliorate the symptom of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) rats by shifting the composition of gut microbiota. However, the effect of XXD on the metabolic activity of gut microbiota is not clarified. In this study, the underlying mechanism of XXD on the amelioration of T2DM was explored by fecal metabolic profiling analysis based on ultra performance liquid chromatography coupled with quadrupole time-of-fight mass spectrometry (UPLC-Q-TOF/MS). The disordered metabolic profiles in T2DM rats were notably improved by XXD. Ten potential biomarkers, which were mainly involved in arachidonic acid metabolism, amino acid metabolism, bile acid metabolism, glycolysis and gluconeogenesis, were identified. Furthermore, these metabolites were closely related to SCFAs-producing and anti-inflammatory gut microflora. After XXD intervention, these biomarkers restored to the normal level at some extent. This study not only revealed potential biomarkers and related pathways in T2DM rats affected by XXD, but also provided a novel insight to uncover how traditional herb medicines worked from fecal metabolomics. CI - Copyright (c) 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Zhang, Zhi-Miao AU - Zhang ZM AD - Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Chinese Medicinal Resources Industrialization, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, 138 Xianlin Road, Nanjing 210023, PR China. FAU - Chen, Meng-Jun AU - Chen MJ AD - Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Chinese Medicinal Resources Industrialization, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, 138 Xianlin Road, Nanjing 210023, PR China. FAU - Zou, Jun-Feng AU - Zou JF AD - Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Chinese Medicinal Resources Industrialization, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, 138 Xianlin Road, Nanjing 210023, PR China. FAU - Jiang, Shu AU - Jiang S AD - Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Chinese Medicinal Resources Industrialization, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, 138 Xianlin Road, Nanjing 210023, PR China. Electronic address: jiangshu2020@126.com. FAU - Shang, Er-Xin AU - Shang EX AD - Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Chinese Medicinal Resources Industrialization, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, 138 Xianlin Road, Nanjing 210023, PR China. FAU - Qian, Da-Wei AU - Qian DW AD - Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Chinese Medicinal Resources Industrialization, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, 138 Xianlin Road, Nanjing 210023, PR China. FAU - Duan, Jin-Ao AU - Duan JA AD - Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Chinese Medicinal Resources Industrialization, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, 138 Xianlin Road, Nanjing 210023, PR China. Electronic address: dja@njutcm.edu.cn. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20210402 PL - Netherlands TA - J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci JT - Journal of chromatography. B, Analytical technologies in the biomedical and life sciences JID - 101139554 SB - IM OTO - NOTNLM OT - Metabolomics OT - Type 2 diabetes mellitus OT - UPLC-Q-TOF/MS OT - Xiexin Decoction EDAT- 2021/04/16 06:00 MHDA- 2021/04/16 06:01 CRDT- 2021/04/15 20:26 PHST- 2020/11/11 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/02/12 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/03/27 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/04/16 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2021/04/16 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/04/15 20:26 [entrez] AID - S1570-0232(21)00163-X [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.jchromb.2021.122683 [doi] PST - aheadofprint SO - J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci. 2021 Apr 2;1173:122683. doi: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2021.122683.