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Houttuynia cordata polysaccharide alleviated intestinal injury and modulated intestinal microbiota in H1N1 virus infected mice

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Chin J Nat Med. 2019 Mar;17(3):187-197. doi: 10.1016/S1875-5364(19)30021-4.
[h=1]Houttuynia cordata polysaccharide alleviated intestinal injury and modulated intestinal microbiota in H1N1 virus infected mice.[/h] Chen MY[SUP]1[/SUP], Li H[SUP]1[/SUP], Lu XX[SUP]1[/SUP], Ling LJ[SUP]2[/SUP], Weng HB[SUP]1[/SUP], Sun W[SUP]1[/SUP], Chen DF[SUP]3[/SUP], Zhang YY[SUP]4[/SUP].
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[h=3]Abstract[/h] Houttuynia cordata polysaccharide (HCP) is extracted from Houttuynia cordata, a key traditional Chinese medicine. The study was to investigate the effects of HCP on intestinal barrier and microbiota in H1N1 virus infected mice. Mice were infected with H1N1 virus and orally administrated HCP at a dosage of 40 mg(kg[SUP]-1[/SUP](d[SUP]-1[/SUP]. H1N1 infection caused pulmonary and intestinal injury and gut microbiota imbalance. HCP significantly suppressed the expression of hypoxia inducible factor-1α and decreased mucosubstances in goblet cells, but restored the level of zonula occludens-1 in intestine. HCP also reversed the composition change of intestinal microbiota caused by H1N1 infection, with significantly reduced relative abundances of Vibrio and Bacillus, the pathogenic bacterial genera. Furthermore, HCP rebalanced the gut microbiota and restored the intestinal homeostasis to some degree. The inhibition of inflammation was associated with the reduced level of Toll-like receptors and interleukin-1β in intestine, as well as the increased production of interleukin-10. Oral administration of HCP alleviated lung injury and intestinal dysfunction caused by H1N1 infection. HCP may gain systemic treatment by local acting on intestine and microbiota. This study proved the high-value application of HCP.
Copyright ? 2019 China Pharmaceutical University. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.


[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] H1N1 influenza virus; Houttuynia cordata; Inflammation; Intestinal Barrier; Microbiota; Polysaccharide

PMID: 30910055 DOI: 10.1016/S1875-5364(19)30021-4
 
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