XU Xiao-mei, LIN Wen-jin, ZHANG Ya-min, et al. Hypolipidemic Effect of Zexietang and Correlation with Intestinal Microflora[J]. Chinese journal of experimental traditional medical formulae, 2017, 23(3): 116-121.
DOI:
XU Xiao-mei, LIN Wen-jin, ZHANG Ya-min, et al. Hypolipidemic Effect of Zexietang and Correlation with Intestinal Microflora[J]. Chinese journal of experimental traditional medical formulae, 2017, 23(3): 116-121. DOI: 10.13422/j.cnki.syfjx.2017030116.
Hypolipidemic Effect of Zexietang and Correlation with Intestinal Microflora
Objective: To study the correlation between the effect of Zexietang on hyperlipidemic rats and the changes in intestinal microflora. Method: Totally 40 healthy male SD rats were randomly divided into normal control group (group C)
high fat diet group (group M)
high fat diet plus simvastatin pretreatment group (positive control group
group Y
2.1 mg·kg-1·d-1) and high fat diet plus Zexietang pretreatment group (group Z
2.2 g·kg-1·d-1)
with 10 in each group. After modeling for 4 weeks
both of group Y and group Z were given the corresponding drugs by gavage once a day. Group C and group M were given the same volume of normal saline. After administration for 4 weeks
the levels of serum total cholesterol(TC)
total triglyceride(TG)
low density lipoprotein cholesterol(LDL-C) and high density lipoprotein cholesterol(HDL-C) were detected. HE was performed to detect the histological changes of livers. Total DNA was extracted from the intestinal tract
and the changes of intestinal microflora were detected. Result: The levels of TC
TG
LDL-C in group M were higher than that of group C (P<0.05). After pretreatment with Zexietang for 4 weeks
the hyperlipidemic rats in group Z and group Y displayed reductions in levels of TC
TG and LDL-C compared with the model group (P<0.05). According to the histomorphological test
rats in the model group showed liver in light pink color
with tissue swelling
surface roughness and lower elasticity than the normal group; Compared with the model group
group Z and group Y showed significant improvement in liver color and elasticity. Furthermore
the intestinal bacterial 16S rDNA high-throughput sequencing analysis results showed that in the Zexietang pretreatment group
the structural diversity and richness of intestinal flora of the rats were obviously increased. Moreover
the number of normal intestinal flora was recovered to a certain extent
and the disorder of intestinal flora was alleviated. Conclusion: Zexietang can effectively regulate the disorder of lipid profiles metabolism in hyperlipidemic rats by regulating the target of intestinal flora