Metabolomics and Microbiomics Perspectives Reveal the Regulatory Pathways of Monaphilone B Derived From Red Yeast Rice on Alcoholic Liver Injury in Mice

ABSTRACT Red yeast rice (RYR) has been extensively used as a natural food for thousands of years and still plays an important role in the world food industry. In this study, the protective effect and the mechanism of monaphilone B (MB) from RYR on alcoholic liver injury were investigated in mice. Th...

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Main Authors: Li Wu, Zihua Liang, Ziyi Yang, Hao Wang, Li Ni, Weiling Guo, Xucong Lv
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Zihua Liang
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Li Ni
Weiling Guo
Xucong Lv
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Li Ni
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description ABSTRACT Red yeast rice (RYR) has been extensively used as a natural food for thousands of years and still plays an important role in the world food industry. In this study, the protective effect and the mechanism of monaphilone B (MB) from RYR on alcoholic liver injury were investigated in mice. The results showed that MB effectively ameliorated alcohol‐induced liver lipid metabolism (decreasing serum total cholesterol [TC], triglyceride [TG], low‐density lipoprotein cholesterol [LDL‐C], and increasing high‐density lipoprotein cholesterol [HDL‐C]), oxidative stress (decreasing hepatic maleic dialdehyde [MDA] level, increasing catalase [CAT], superoxide dismutase [SOD], alcohol dehydrogenase [ADH] and glutathione [GSH] hepatic activities), and inflammatory response (decreasing hepatic lipopolysaccharide [LPS], tumor necrosis factor‐α [TNF‐α], Interferon‐γ [IFN‐γ] and interleukin 6 [IL‐6]), repaired liver function (reducing serum alanine aminotransferase [ALT], aspartate aminotransferase [AST], and liver lactate dehydrogenase [LDH] activity). 16S amplicon sequencing showed that MB administration effectively modulated intestinal flora and its metabolism, which were highly correlated with the improvement of liver function and intestinal barrier function. Liver metabolomics analysis indicated that MB administration regulated 69 liver potential biomarkers involved in glycerophospholipid metabolism, nicotinate and nicotinamide metabolism, tryptophan metabolism, and so on. Reverse transcription‐quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT‐qPCR) and Western blot (WB) analysis revealed that MB administration modulated gene transcription and protein expression related to liver lipid metabolism and oxidative stress. These findings provide scientific evidence that MB has the biological activity to ameliorate alcohol‐induced lipid metabolism disorders, liver oxidative stress, and enterobacterial dysbiosis.
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spelling doaj-art-5523f0e99873445b82ce0214ed4dc5ef2025-08-20T03:08:18ZengWileyeFood2666-30662025-04-0162n/an/a10.1002/efd2.70048Metabolomics and Microbiomics Perspectives Reveal the Regulatory Pathways of Monaphilone B Derived From Red Yeast Rice on Alcoholic Liver Injury in MiceLi Wu0Zihua Liang1Ziyi Yang2Hao Wang3Li Ni4Weiling Guo5Xucong Lv6Institute of Food Science and Technology, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences Fuzhou ChinaInstitute of Food Science and Technology, College of Biological Science and Engineering Fuzhou University Fuzhou ChinaInstitute of Food Science and Technology, College of Biological Science and Engineering Fuzhou University Fuzhou ChinaInstitute of Food Science and Technology, College of Biological Science and Engineering Fuzhou University Fuzhou ChinaInstitute of Food Science and Technology, College of Biological Science and Engineering Fuzhou University Fuzhou ChinaInstitute of Food Science and Technology, College of Biological Science and Engineering Fuzhou University Fuzhou ChinaInstitute of Food Science and Technology, College of Biological Science and Engineering Fuzhou University Fuzhou ChinaABSTRACT Red yeast rice (RYR) has been extensively used as a natural food for thousands of years and still plays an important role in the world food industry. In this study, the protective effect and the mechanism of monaphilone B (MB) from RYR on alcoholic liver injury were investigated in mice. The results showed that MB effectively ameliorated alcohol‐induced liver lipid metabolism (decreasing serum total cholesterol [TC], triglyceride [TG], low‐density lipoprotein cholesterol [LDL‐C], and increasing high‐density lipoprotein cholesterol [HDL‐C]), oxidative stress (decreasing hepatic maleic dialdehyde [MDA] level, increasing catalase [CAT], superoxide dismutase [SOD], alcohol dehydrogenase [ADH] and glutathione [GSH] hepatic activities), and inflammatory response (decreasing hepatic lipopolysaccharide [LPS], tumor necrosis factor‐α [TNF‐α], Interferon‐γ [IFN‐γ] and interleukin 6 [IL‐6]), repaired liver function (reducing serum alanine aminotransferase [ALT], aspartate aminotransferase [AST], and liver lactate dehydrogenase [LDH] activity). 16S amplicon sequencing showed that MB administration effectively modulated intestinal flora and its metabolism, which were highly correlated with the improvement of liver function and intestinal barrier function. Liver metabolomics analysis indicated that MB administration regulated 69 liver potential biomarkers involved in glycerophospholipid metabolism, nicotinate and nicotinamide metabolism, tryptophan metabolism, and so on. Reverse transcription‐quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT‐qPCR) and Western blot (WB) analysis revealed that MB administration modulated gene transcription and protein expression related to liver lipid metabolism and oxidative stress. These findings provide scientific evidence that MB has the biological activity to ameliorate alcohol‐induced lipid metabolism disorders, liver oxidative stress, and enterobacterial dysbiosis.https://doi.org/10.1002/efd2.70048alcoholic liver injuryintestinal microbiotaliver metabolomicsmonaphilone Bred yeast rice (RYR)
spellingShingle Li Wu
Zihua Liang
Ziyi Yang
Hao Wang
Li Ni
Weiling Guo
Xucong Lv
Metabolomics and Microbiomics Perspectives Reveal the Regulatory Pathways of Monaphilone B Derived From Red Yeast Rice on Alcoholic Liver Injury in Mice
eFood
alcoholic liver injury
intestinal microbiota
liver metabolomics
monaphilone B
red yeast rice (RYR)
title Metabolomics and Microbiomics Perspectives Reveal the Regulatory Pathways of Monaphilone B Derived From Red Yeast Rice on Alcoholic Liver Injury in Mice
title_full Metabolomics and Microbiomics Perspectives Reveal the Regulatory Pathways of Monaphilone B Derived From Red Yeast Rice on Alcoholic Liver Injury in Mice
title_fullStr Metabolomics and Microbiomics Perspectives Reveal the Regulatory Pathways of Monaphilone B Derived From Red Yeast Rice on Alcoholic Liver Injury in Mice
title_full_unstemmed Metabolomics and Microbiomics Perspectives Reveal the Regulatory Pathways of Monaphilone B Derived From Red Yeast Rice on Alcoholic Liver Injury in Mice
title_short Metabolomics and Microbiomics Perspectives Reveal the Regulatory Pathways of Monaphilone B Derived From Red Yeast Rice on Alcoholic Liver Injury in Mice
title_sort metabolomics and microbiomics perspectives reveal the regulatory pathways of monaphilone b derived from red yeast rice on alcoholic liver injury in mice
topic alcoholic liver injury
intestinal microbiota
liver metabolomics
monaphilone B
red yeast rice (RYR)
url https://doi.org/10.1002/efd2.70048
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