PMID- 38318717 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20240411 LR - 20240411 IS - 1097-0010 (Electronic) IS - 0022-5142 (Linking) VI - 104 IP - 7 DP - 2024 May TI - Ethanol extracts of Isochrysis zhanjiangensis alleviate acute alcoholic liver injury and modulate intestinal bacteria dysbiosis in mice. PG - 4354-4362 LID - 10.1002/jsfa.13321 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is responsible for 3.3 million deaths per annum. Efficacious therapeutic modalities or drug treatments for ALD have not yet been found, so it is urgent to seek new agents for preventing ALD and its related disease. Many experiments have indicated that modulating the gut microbiota and regulating the toll-like receptor 4 (TLR(4))/nuclear transcription factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) inflammatory pathway can provide a new target for prevention and treatment of ALD. Marine microalgae have their natural metabolic pathways to synthesize various of bioactive compounds as promising candidates for hepatoprotection. In this study, we investigated ethanol extracts from Isochrysis zhanjiangensis (EEIZ) to evaluate their ability to alleviate acute alcoholic liver injury, regulate TLR(4)/NF-kappaB inflammatory pathway and modulate intestinal bacteria dysbiosis in mice for ALD treatment. RESULTS: In the acute ALD mouse model, EEIZ reduced levels of aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, alkaline phosphatase, triacylglyceride, total cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein, while increasing the level of high-density lipoprotein. Besides, TLR(4), myeloid differentiation factor 88, NF-kappaB and tumor necrosis factor-alpha expression levels in liver tissue were effectively downregulated by EEIZ. Furthermore, treatment with EEIZ enhanced intestinal homeostasis and significantly alleviated the damage caused by alcohol. CONCLUSION: EEIZ showed effective hepatoprotective activity against alcohol-induced acute liver injury in mice as it could alleviate hepatocyte damage, suppress the TLR(4)/NF-kappaB inflammatory pathway and regulate the intestinal flora structure. EEIZ could be a good candidate for preventing acute alcoholic liver injury. (c) 2024 Society of Chemical Industry. CI - (c) 2024 Society of Chemical Industry. FAU - Wen, Yangmin AU - Wen Y AD - Department of basic medical science, Quanzhou Medical College, Quanzhou, China. FAU - Zhou, Youcai AU - Zhou Y AUID- ORCID: 0009-0007-5243-749X AD - School of Food and Biological Engineering, Fujian Polytechnic Normal University, Fuqing, China. FAU - Tian, Li AU - Tian L AD - Department of basic medical science, Quanzhou Medical College, Quanzhou, China. FAU - He, Yongjin AU - He Y AD - College of Life Science, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, China. AD - Engineering Research Center of Industrial Microbiology, Ministry of Education, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, China. LA - eng GR - Key Projects of Fujian Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment of China (2023R0001)/ GR - Open-ended Project of Carbon Neutral Research Institue, Fujian Normal University (TZH-2022-03)/ GR - Key Projects of Departmen of Education of Fujian Province of China (2022G02013)/ GR - Education and research projects for young and middle-aged teachers of Fujian province (JAT210896)/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20240206 PL - England TA - J Sci Food Agric JT - Journal of the science of food and agriculture JID - 0376334 RN - 3K9958V90M (Ethanol) RN - 0 (Toll-Like Receptor 4) RN - 0 (NF-kappa B) SB - IM MH - Mice MH - Animals MH - Ethanol/metabolism MH - Toll-Like Receptor 4/genetics/metabolism/therapeutic use MH - *Haptophyta/metabolism MH - NF-kappa B/genetics/metabolism MH - Dysbiosis/drug therapy/metabolism MH - Liver/metabolism MH - *Liver Diseases, Alcoholic/etiology MH - Bacteria/metabolism MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL OTO - NOTNLM OT - Isochrysis zhanjiangensis OT - TLR4/NF-kappaB pathway OT - alcoholic liver disease OT - ethanol extracts OT - intestinal flora EDAT- 2024/02/06 06:42 MHDA- 2024/04/11 06:43 CRDT- 2024/02/06 05:31 PHST- 2024/01/14 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/08/07 00:00 [received] PHST- 2024/01/19 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2024/04/11 06:43 [medline] PHST- 2024/02/06 06:42 [pubmed] PHST- 2024/02/06 05:31 [entrez] AID - 10.1002/jsfa.13321 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Sci Food Agric. 2024 May;104(7):4354-4362. doi: 10.1002/jsfa.13321. Epub 2024 Feb 6.