Shandong Science ›› 2024, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (5): 17-24.doi: 10.3976/j.issn.1002-4026.20230176

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Mechanism of action indole acetylated high-amylose maize starch in improving ulcerative colitis

QU Xinyan1(), LI Qingjun2, DING Xingchun1, SONG Yingying1,*()   

  1. 1. Shandong Analysis and Test Center, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250014, China
    2. Experimental Center, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250355, China
  • Received:2023-12-22 Published:2024-10-20 Online:2024-09-29
  • Contact: SONG Yingying E-mail:qxy0117@126.com;songyingying@qlu.edu.cn

Abstract:

The aim of this study is to investigate the mechanism action of indole acetylated high-amylose maize starch in improving ulcerative colitis. Dextran sulfate sodium salt was used to induce acute ulcerative colitis in mice. Indole acetylated high-amylose maize starch was then used to target the colon with the delivery of indole-3-acetic acid. This was combined with the administration of an aryl hydrocarbon receptor inhibitor to analyze the mice in terms of colon length; disease activity index; and levels of interleukin-6, interleukin-10, transforming growth factor β1, myeloperoxidase, and interleukin-22 in the colon, which were detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Quantitative polymerase chain reaction was used to analyze the relative expression levels of the colonic tight junction proteins occludin, ZO-1, and CYP1A1. Flow cytometry was used to test the ratio of regulatory T cells and T helper 17 cells in the mesenteric lymph nodes. The results showed that administration of indole acetylated high-amylose maize starch significantly alleviated the shortening of the colon length; significantly reduced the disease activity index and the levels of interleukin-6 and myeloperoxidase; significantly promoted the expression of interleukin-10, transforming growth factor β1, interleukin-22, CYP1A1, occludin, and ZO-1; significantly increased the proportion of regulatory T cells; and significantly reduced the proportion of T helper 17 cells. Administration of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor inhibitor weakened the effect of indole acetylated high-amylose maize starch. These results together suggest that acetylated high-amylose maize starch can improve ulcerative colitis by activating aryl hydrocarbon receptors.

Key words: microbiota metabolites, indole-3-acetic acid, ulcerative colitis, aryl hydrocarbon receptors, inflammatory response, immune balance, tryptophan

CLC Number: 

  • R967

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