Jun Dai, Yi Gao, Jian Wang, Shuyu Zhang, Pengfei Liu
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Abstract
Objective: Radioactive intestinal injury is a common complication during radiotherapy of tumors. The aim of this study is to observe the effect of ionizing radiation on short-term changes in intestinal bile acids and to investigate the radioprotective effect of bile acids on intestinal cells.
Methods: A rat model of small intestinal injury was constructed by exposing the abdomen of the rats to daily irradiation at 2 Gy for 4 d in succession. The bile acids were quantified using metabolomics analysis. IEC-6 cells, a small intestinal epithelial cell line, were divided into a dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) control group receiving DMSO and 0 Gy irradiation, a glycoursodeoxycholic acid (GUDCA) experimental group receiving GUDCA and 0 Gy irradiation, a DMSO irradiation group receiving DMSO and 10 Gy irradiation, and a GUDCA irradiation group receiving GUDCA and 10 Gy irradiation. Cell viability and cytotoxicity was assessed by CCK-8 assay test. The apoptosis rate of cells was determined by flow cytometry. The colony formation rate and the radiosensitivity of the cells were determined by colony formation assay on solid media. The expression levels of proteins associated with cell death were determined using Western blot.
Results: After exposure to irradiation, the small intestine tissues of the rats showed typical radioactive intestinal injury. In addition, various bile acids showed fluctuation before and after irradiation. Among the bile acids, GUDCA increased significantly at 3 d after irradiation, but returned to the pre-irradiation level at 7 d after irradiation. Compared with the control group, after GUDCA treatment at 20 μmol/L for 24 h, the cell viability rate after irradiation was significantly higher than that of the DMSO group (P<0.05); the expression levels of the proteins, including PARP, caspase-3, RIP, and GSDMD, were significantly lower than those in the control group (P<0.05). After GUDCA treatment at 20 μmol/L for 24 h and 48 h, the cell apoptosis rate of the cells after irradiation was lower than that of the DMSO group (P<0.05). Compared with the DMSO control group, the colony formation ability of the GUDCA experimental group was stronger than that of the DMSO group after irradiation at 0, 2, 4, and 6 Gy (P<0.05). D0, or the mean lethal dose, of the GUDCA group was 6.374, while that of the DMSO group was 4.572. Compared with the DMSO control group, the D0 value of the GUDCA treatment group increased, and the sensitization enhancement ratio (SER) was 0.717.
Conclusion: After exposing the abdomen of rats to irradiation, the intestinal bile acid metabolism of the rats will change significantly, and GUDCA can produce radioprotective effects on intestinal cells to a certain extent.
四川大学学报(医学版)Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology-Molecular Biology
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"Journal of Sichuan University (Medical Edition)" is a comprehensive medical academic journal sponsored by Sichuan University, a higher education institution directly under the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China. It was founded in 1959 and was originally named "Journal of Sichuan Medical College". In 1986, it was renamed "Journal of West China University of Medical Sciences". In 2003, it was renamed "Journal of Sichuan University (Medical Edition)" (bimonthly).
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