Effects of Berberine on Intestinal Barrier of Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Its Signaling Pathways

  • TANG Huangyao ,
  • YANG Ting ,
  • ZHAO Hua ,
  • JIA Gang
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  • Key Laboratory for Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition of Ministry of Education, Institute of Animal Nutrition, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China

Received date: 2019-07-18

  Online published: 2020-02-21

Abstract

As the main active ingredient of traditional Chinese medicine Rhizoma coptidis (Huang Lian) and other plants, berberine has a variety of benefits including antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects, regulation of immune function, as well as improvement of intestinal barrier injury caused by inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). IBD can lead to a series of intestinal barrier disfunctions including the mechanical, chemical, immune and microbial levels, while berberine can alleviate these disruptions through inhibiting Toll-like receptor (TLRs)/nuclear factor kappa-B (NF-κB) and janus activated kinase (JAK)/signal transducer and activator of transcriptions (STAT) signaling pathway, and activating insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1)/insulin-like growth factor binding protein (IGFBPs) signaling pathway. In this review, sources and physicochemical properties of berberine, pathology characteristics of IBD, repair effects of berberine on intestinal barrier of IBD and its signaling pathways were summarized, so as to provide references for protecting intestinal health of animals in animal husbandry.

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TANG Huangyao , YANG Ting , ZHAO Hua , JIA Gang . Effects of Berberine on Intestinal Barrier of Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Its Signaling Pathways[J]. Chinese Journal of Animal Nutrition, 2020 , 32(2) : 523 -529 . DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-267x.2020.02.006

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