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Volume 38 Issue 6
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Effect of Liangxue Jiedu decoction on intestinal flora in patients with hepatitis B virus-related acute-on-chronic liver failure: An analysis based on high-throughput sequencing

DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1001-5256.2022.06.013
Research funding:

"Capital Featured Clinical Application Research Projects" of Beijing Science and Technology Committee (Z181100001718052);

Green Seed Plan of Beijing Hospitals Authority (QMl220201802);

Fund for Beijing Science & Technology Development of TCM (Qn-2020-25);

Pilot Project of Clinical Cooperation Between Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine for Major and Difficult Diseases, State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine (2018-6-4);

Regional Traditional Chinese Medicine Diagnosis and Treatment Center, State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine (2019-3-18)

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  • Corresponding author: WANG Xianbo, wangxianbo638@163.com (ORCID:0000-0002-3593-5741)
  • Received Date: 2021-06-04
  • Accepted Date: 2021-07-08
  • Published Date: 2022-06-20
  •   Objective  To investigate the effect of Liangxue Jiedu decoction on intestinal flora in patients with hepatitis B virus-related acute-on-chronic liver failure (HBV-ACLF).  Methods  The patients who were hospitalized and diagnosed with HBV-ACLF in Beijing Ditan Hospital from October 2018 to October 2019 were enrolled, and healthy individuals were enrolled as HP group. High-throughput sequencing was used to screen for the differences in bacterial diversity and species between HBV-ACLF patients and healthy individuals, and differentially expressed bacteria between the two groups were screened out at the phylum and genus levels. With the help of in vitro simulated fermentation experiment, fecal samples were collected from the patients with HBV-ACLF and were then cultured in the medium containing different concentrations of Liangxue Jiedu decoction (0, 10%, 50%, and 100%) for 24 hours, and the changes in intestinal flora were analyzed and compared between the HBV-ACLF treatment group, the HBV-ACLF non-treatment group, and the HP group at the genus level. The t-test was used for comparison of normally distributed continuous data between two groups, and the Mann-Whitney U test was used for comparison of non-normally distributed continuous data between two groups.  Results  A total of 10 HBV-ACLF patients were enrolled, with 5 in the HBV-ACLF treatment group and 5 in the HBV-ACLF non-treatment group, and there were 15 individuals in the HP group. Compared with the HP group, the HBV-ACLF non-treatment group had significant reductions in the diversity and abundance of intestinal flora. At the phylum level, Bacteroidetes and Firmicutes were mainly observed in the samples of the HP group, while the HBV-ACLF non-treatment group had a significant reduction in Bacteroidetes and significant increases in Fusobacteria, Proteobacteria, and Fibrobacteres. At the genus level, compared with the HP group, the HBV-ACLF non-treatment group had significant reductions in Ruminococcus, Blautia, and Eubacterium and significant increases in Parabacteroides, Lactobacillus, Fusobacterium, and Streptococcus. The in vitro fermentation experiment showed that compared with the HBV-ACLF non-treatment group, the HBV-ACLF treatment group had significant increases in Ruminococcus, Lachnospira, Bacteroides, and Genusgenus and significant reductions in Fusobacterium and Proteobacteria (all P < 0.05).  Conclusion  Liangxue Jiedu decoction can regulate intestinal flora disturbance, restore the diversity of intestinal flora, increase dominant bacteria, and reduce pathogenic bacteria, which may be one of its important mechanisms of action in the treatment of HBV-ACLF.

     

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