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- Title
Colonic Dysregulation of Major Metabolic Pathways in Experimental Ulcerative Colitis.
- Authors
Noh, Ji Yeon; Farhataziz, Naser; Kinter, Michael T.; Yan, Xin; Sun, Yuxiang
- Abstract
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is multifactorial chronic inflammatory disease in the gastrointestinal tract, affecting patients' quality of life profoundly. The incidence of IBD has been on the rise globally for the last two decades. Because the molecular mechanisms underlying the disease remain not well understood, therapeutic development is significantly impeded. Metabolism is a crucial cellular process to generate the energy needed for an inflammatory response and tissue repair. Comprehensive understanding of the metabolic pathways in IBD would help to unravel the disease pathogenesis/progression and facilitate therapeutic discoveries. Here, we investigated four metabolic pathways altered in experimental colitis. C57BL/6J mice were treated with dextran sulfate sodium (DSS) in drinking water for 7 days to induce experimental ulcerative colitis (UC). We conducted proteomics analysis for the colon samples using LC/MS, to profile key metabolic intermediates. Our findings revealed significant alterations in four major metabolic pathways: antioxidative defense, β-oxidation, glycolysis, and TCA cycle pathways. The energy metabolism by β-oxidation, glycolysis, and TCA cycle pathways were downregulated under UC, together with reduced antioxidative defense pathways. These results reveal metabolic re-programming in intestinal cells under UC, showing dysregulation in all four major metabolic pathways. Our study underscores the importance of metabolic drivers in the pathogenesis of IBD and suggests that the modification of metabolism may serve as a novel diagnostic/therapeutic approach for IBD.
- Subjects
INFLAMMATORY bowel diseases; ULCERATIVE colitis; GASTROINTESTINAL diseases; ENERGY metabolism; GLYCOLYSIS; DEXTRAN sulfate
- Publication
Metabolites (2218-1989), 2024, Vol 14, Issue 4, p194
- ISSN
2218-1989
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/metabo14040194