Salted egg white derived-peptides VF-4 and DR-8 improve DSS-induced colitis in mice by inhibiting NF-κB/MAPK/PI3K-AKT signaling pathways and modulating gut microbiota composition

作     者：Na Zhou Na Wu Yao Yao Shuping Chen Mingsheng Xu Zhongping Yin Yan Zhao Yonggang Tu 

作者机构：Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Natural Products and Functional Food， Jiangxi Agricultural University Agricultural Products Processing and Quality Control Engineering Laboratory of Jiangxi， Jiangxi Agricultural University Jiangxi Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center of Agricultural Products Storage and Processing Engineering， Jiangxi Agricultural University 

出 版 物：《Food Science and Human Wellness》 (食品科学与人类健康(英文))

年 卷 期：2024年

核心收录：

学科分类：0832[工学-食品科学与工程（可授工学、农学学位）] 1002[医学-临床医学] 08[工学] 100201[医学-内科学(含：心血管病、血液病、呼吸系病、消化系病、内分泌与代谢病、肾病、风湿病、传染病)] 083201[工学-食品科学] 10[医学] 

基　　金：The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support provided by the Project of Jiangxi Provincial Department of Education China (Grant No. GJJ200433) 

摘      要：Inflammation underlies many chronic diseases， and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a condition characterized by long-term inflammation of the gut. Egg whites have been shown to contain many beneficial active substances. Therefore， we obtained two peptides from salted egg white: Val-Val-His-Phe (VF-4) and Asp-Thr-Gln-Ala-Met-Pro-Phe-Arg (DR-8). The sodium dextran sulfate (DSS)-induced mice colitis model was used to evaluate its regulatory effect on colitis in vivo. The results showed that VF-4 and DR-8 improved the clinical symptoms of DSS-induced colitis， attenuated colon tissue damage， inhibited the activation of NF-κB/MAPK/PI3K-AKT signaling pathways， and inhibited the expression of inflammatory cytokines. 16S rRNA gene sequencing showed that VF-4 and DR-8 administration increased the relative abundance of intestinal beneficial bacteria including Lactobacillus， Blautia， and down-regulated the relative abundance of inflammation-related bacteria including Acinetobacter， Lachnospiraceae＿NK4A136＿group， Klebsiella. Moreover， the degree of correlation between pro-inflammatory cytokines and microbiota was as follows: IL-6 TNF-α IL-1β IFN-γ. In conclusion， this study suggests that salted egg white peptides VF-4 and DR-8 have a significant anti-inflammatory effect in vivo. It also provides a strategy for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease and a new way for the high-value utilization of salted egg white.