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Unconjugated bilirubin ameliorates the inflammation and digestive protease increase in TNBS-induced colitis

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    • Jin‑An Zhou
    • Mingshan Jiang
    • Xinguang Yang
    • Yuanli Liu
    • Junyu Guo
    • Jiadong Zheng
    • Yilin Qu
    • Yu Song
    • Rongyan Li
    • Xiaofa Qin
    • Xiuhong Wang
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    Affiliations: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Heilongjiang Provincial Science and Technology Innovation Team in Higher Education Institutes for Infection and Immunity, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150086, P.R. China, Department of General Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150086, P.R. China, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Daqing Branch of Harbin Medical University, Daqing, Heilongjiang 163319, P.R. China, GI Biopharma Inc., Westfield, NJ 07090, USA
    Copyright: © Zhou et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.
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The authors previously demonstrated that unconjugated bilirubin (UCB) may inhibit the activities of various digestive proteases, including trypsin and chymotrypsin. The digestive proteases in the lower gut are important in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel diseases. The effects of UCB on the inflammation and levels of digestive proteases in feces of rats with colitis have not yet been revealed. The present study investigated the effect of UCB on the inflammatory status and levels of trypsin and chymotrypsin in the feces of rats with trinitrobenzenesulfonic acid (TNBS)‑induced colitis. The data indicated that treatment with TNBS resulted in a marked reduction in weight gain, which was significantly alleviated in UCB‑treated rats. Furthermore, UCB treatment alleviated the inflammation induced by TNBS, detected via macroscopic damage and microscopic inflammation scores, and pro‑inflammatory markers including myeloperoxidase (MPO), tumor necrosis factor (TNF)‑α and interleukin (IL)‑1β. Furthermore, rats with colitis demonstrated significant increases in fecal trypsin and chymotrypsin levels, whereas UCB treatment significantly alleviated these increases. A significant positive correlation was additionally revealed among the pro‑inflammatory markers (MPO, TNF‑α and IL‑1β) and fecal digestive proteases (trypsin and chymotrypsin) in colitis. The results of the present study demonstrated that UCB ameliorated the inflammation and digestive protease increase in TNBS-induced colitis.
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Zhou JA, Jiang M, Yang X, Liu Y, Guo J, Zheng J, Qu Y, Song Y, Li R, Qin X, Qin X, et al: Unconjugated bilirubin ameliorates the inflammation and digestive protease increase in TNBS-induced colitis. Mol Med Rep 16: 1779-1784, 2017.
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Zhou, J., Jiang, M., Yang, X., Liu, Y., Guo, J., Zheng, J. ... Wang, X. (2017). Unconjugated bilirubin ameliorates the inflammation and digestive protease increase in TNBS-induced colitis. Molecular Medicine Reports, 16, 1779-1784. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2017.6825
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Zhou, J., Jiang, M., Yang, X., Liu, Y., Guo, J., Zheng, J., Qu, Y., Song, Y., Li, R., Qin, X., Wang, X."Unconjugated bilirubin ameliorates the inflammation and digestive protease increase in TNBS-induced colitis". Molecular Medicine Reports 16.2 (2017): 1779-1784.
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Zhou, J., Jiang, M., Yang, X., Liu, Y., Guo, J., Zheng, J., Qu, Y., Song, Y., Li, R., Qin, X., Wang, X."Unconjugated bilirubin ameliorates the inflammation and digestive protease increase in TNBS-induced colitis". Molecular Medicine Reports 16, no. 2 (2017): 1779-1784. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2017.6825
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Zhou JA, Jiang M, Yang X, Liu Y, Guo J, Zheng J, Qu Y, Song Y, Li R, Qin X, Qin X, et al: Unconjugated bilirubin ameliorates the inflammation and digestive protease increase in TNBS-induced colitis. Mol Med Rep 16: 1779-1784, 2017.
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Zhou, J., Jiang, M., Yang, X., Liu, Y., Guo, J., Zheng, J. ... Wang, X. (2017). Unconjugated bilirubin ameliorates the inflammation and digestive protease increase in TNBS-induced colitis. Molecular Medicine Reports, 16, 1779-1784. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2017.6825
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Zhou, J., Jiang, M., Yang, X., Liu, Y., Guo, J., Zheng, J., Qu, Y., Song, Y., Li, R., Qin, X., Wang, X."Unconjugated bilirubin ameliorates the inflammation and digestive protease increase in TNBS-induced colitis". Molecular Medicine Reports 16.2 (2017): 1779-1784.
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Zhou, J., Jiang, M., Yang, X., Liu, Y., Guo, J., Zheng, J., Qu, Y., Song, Y., Li, R., Qin, X., Wang, X."Unconjugated bilirubin ameliorates the inflammation and digestive protease increase in TNBS-induced colitis". Molecular Medicine Reports 16, no. 2 (2017): 1779-1784. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2017.6825
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