PMID- 37036428 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230814 LR - 20230814 IS - 1099-1573 (Electronic) IS - 0951-418X (Linking) VI - 37 IP - 8 DP - 2023 Aug TI - Cognitive protection of sinomenine in type 2 diabetes mellitus through regulating the EGF/Nrf2/HO-1 signaling, the microbiota-gut-brain axis, and hippocampal neuron ferroptosis. PG - 3323-3341 LID - 10.1002/ptr.7807 [doi] AB - Recent years have witnessed a growing research interest in traditional Chinese medicine as a neuroprotective nutrient in the management of diabetic cognitive dysfunction. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms of sinomenine in mediating ferroptosis of hippocampal neurons have been poorly understood. This study sought to decipher the potential effect and molecular mechanism of sinomenine in the cognitive dysfunction following type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Multi-omics analysis was conducted to identify the microbiota-gut-brain axis in T2DM patient samples obtained from the publicly available database. In HT-22 cells, erastin was utilized to create a ferroptosis model, and streptozotocin was injected intraperitoneally to create a rat model of DM. It was noted that intestinal flora imbalance occurred in patients with T2DM-associated cognitive dysfunction. Sinomenine could reduce Erastin-induced hippocampus neuronal ferroptosis by increasing EGF expression. EGF protected hippocampal neurons against ferroptosis by activating the Nrf2/HO-1 signaling pathway. Furthermore, in vivo results confirmed that sinomenine blocked ferroptosis of hippocampal neurons and alleviated cognitive dysfunction in T2DM rats. Collectively, these results suggest that sinomenine confers neuroprotective effects by curtailing hippocampal neuron ferroptosis via the EGF/Nrf2/HO-1 signaling and microbiota-gut-brain axis. It may be a candidate for the treatment of diabetic cognitive dysfunction. CI - (c) 2023 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. FAU - Chen, Ji AU - Chen J AD - Department of Endocrinology, The First People's Hospital of Huaihua, Huaihua, P.R. China. FAU - Guo, Peng AU - Guo P AD - Department of Anesthesiology, The First People's Hospital of Huaihua, Huaihua, P.R. China. FAU - Han, Mingming AU - Han M AD - Department of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China|, Hefei, P.R. China. FAU - Chen, Kemin AU - Chen K AD - Department of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, University of South China, Hengyang, P.R. China. FAU - Qin, Jie AU - Qin J AD - Department of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, University of South China, Hengyang, P.R. China. FAU - Yang, Fengrui AU - Yang F AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0356-9086 AD - Department of Anesthesiology, The First People's Hospital of Huaihua, Huaihua, P.R. China. AD - Department of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, University of South China, Hengyang, P.R. China. LA - eng GR - 2021JJ70043/Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province/ GR - 20200018/Project of Hunan Provincial Health Commission/ GR - 20200037/Project of Hunan Provincial Health Commission/ GR - 19B477/Project of the Education Department of Hunan Province/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20230410 PL - England TA - Phytother Res JT - Phytotherapy research : PTR JID - 8904486 RN - 63LT81K70N (sinomenine) RN - 62229-50-9 (Epidermal Growth Factor) RN - 0 (NF-E2-Related Factor 2) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Rats MH - *Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/drug therapy MH - Brain-Gut Axis MH - Epidermal Growth Factor MH - NF-E2-Related Factor 2 MH - *Ferroptosis MH - Neurons MH - Signal Transduction MH - Hippocampus MH - Cognition OTO - NOTNLM OT - EGF OT - Nrf2/HO-1 signaling pathway OT - Sinomenine OT - cognitive dysfunction OT - ferroptosis OT - microbiota-gut-brain axis OT - type 2 diabetes mellitus EDAT- 2023/04/11 06:00 MHDA- 2023/08/14 06:42 CRDT- 2023/04/10 10:42 PHST- 2023/02/26 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/08/23 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/03/05 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/08/14 06:42 [medline] PHST- 2023/04/11 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/04/10 10:42 [entrez] AID - 10.1002/ptr.7807 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Phytother Res. 2023 Aug;37(8):3323-3341. doi: 10.1002/ptr.7807. Epub 2023 Apr 10.