益生菌对非酒精性脂肪肝治疗疗效的Meta分析

目的 系统评价益生菌对非酒精性脂肪肝（non-alcoholic fatty liver disease,NAFLD）的治疗疗效。方法 通过计算机检索PubMed、Cochrane、中国知网（CNKI）、万方、维普数据库（VIP）检索2008年5月—2018年5月益生菌治疗非酒精性脂肪肝相关文献,纳入11篇病例对照研究,采用NOS量表（Newcastle-Ottawa Scale）进行文献质量评价,提取体重指数（body mass index,BMI）、血清学指标、炎性指标及影像学分级等参数,应用RevMan 5.3软件进行Meta分析、亚组分析,Stata 12.0软件进行敏感性分析及发表偏倚检测。结果 纳入的11篇病例对照研究符合标准,病例总数为650,Meta分析结果显示：益生菌组较对照组,可明显降低血清学指标ALT（WMD= -12.49,95%CI：-16.67~-8.31,P<0.00001）、AST（WMD= -11.39,95%CI：-16.51~-6.26,P<0.0001）、TC（WMD= -0.34,95%CI：-0.54~-0.13,P=0.001）水平,增加脂肪肝消退数（RR=4.20,95%CI：2.02~8.72,P=0.001）,对于体重指数（WMD= -0.81,95%CI：-2.22~0.60,P=0.26）、胰岛素抵抗指数（WMD= -0.06,95%CI：-0.82~0.70,P=0.88）、炎症指标TNF（SMD= -1.00,95%CI：-2.11~0.11,P=0.08）差异则无统计学意义。对体重指数进行亚组分析显示,三种以上复合益生菌可明显降低体重指数水平（WMD= -2.30,95%CI：-2.43~-2.17,P＜0.00001）。结论 益生菌制剂可改善非酒精性脂肪肝的肝功能及影像学表现,降低血脂水平,但并未明显降低体重指数、胰岛素抵抗及炎性指标TNF水平。发现三种以上复合益生菌对于降低BMI有一定作用。     

益生菌改善非酒精性脂肪肝病的研究进展

非酒精性脂肪肝病(non alcoholic fatty liver disease,NAFLD)是一种较为常见的慢性肝病,在我国居民中NAFLD正呈现低龄化和迅速上升的态势。而NAFLD的发病机制尚未完全阐明,一般认为其与肥胖、糖尿病、高脂血症、胰岛素抵抗及遗传易感等诸多因素相关。“肠-肝轴”学说的提出,使医药界同仁普遍认识到肠道益生菌在NAFLD的发生过程中扮演着重要角色,也随之引发了关于肠道益生菌对NAFLD治疗价值的思考与探索。该综述主要对益生菌改善NAFLD的研究进展进行总结,以期能够为NAFLD临床治疗提供参考。     

降脂益生菌调节胆固醇代谢 改善小鼠非酒精性脂肪肝

目的研究一种由鼠李糖乳杆菌DM9054和植物乳杆菌86066构成的降脂益生菌组合对非酒精性脂肪性肝病(NAFLD)小鼠胆固醇代谢的影响及其可能机制。方法 24只雄性LDLR-/-小鼠随机分为对照组、模型组和益生菌干预组。高脂饮食(HFD)15周建立小鼠NAFLD模型,造模同时干预组给予鼠李糖乳杆菌DM9054联合植物乳杆菌86066灌胃,对照组和模型组给予等量生理盐水灌胃。实验过程中监测各组小鼠体重变化。实验结束后,检测小鼠血清甘油三酯(TG)、总胆固醇(TC)、低密度脂蛋白胆固醇(LDL)和高密度脂蛋白胆固醇(HDL)的水平差异。检测小鼠肝脏组织病理变化。使用Realtime PCR检测小鼠肠道内法尼脂受体(FXR)mRNA、顶端膜钠依赖的胆汁酸转运体(ASBT)mRNA、纤维生长因子15(FGF-15)mRNA和三磷酸腺苷结合盒转运体G5(ABCG-5)mRNA表达水平。Western blot检测小鼠肝脏胆固醇7α-羟化酶(CYP7A1)、FXR、三磷酸腺苷结合盒转运体G8(ABCG-8)、清道夫受体BI(SR-BI)、3-羟基-3-甲基戊二酸单酰辅酶A还原酶(HMGCR)、胆盐输出泵(ABCB-11)、纤维生长因子受体4(FGFR-4)和胆固醇调节元件结合蛋白-2(SREBP-2)蛋白表达水平。结果与模型组相比,降脂益生菌干预组小鼠体重减轻(P0.05);小鼠血清TC、TG、LDL水平降低,HDL水平升高(P0.05);小鼠肝脏脂肪变性和炎性细胞浸润的现象显著减少;小鼠肠道ASBT mRNA和ABCG-5mRNA表达水平明显降低(Ps0.05),FGF-15mRNA表达水平明显升高(P0.05),FXR mRNA表达水平差异无统计学意义(P0.05);小鼠肝脏FGFR-4蛋白表达水平升高(P0.05),SREBP-2和HMGCR蛋白表达水平降低(Ps0.05),FXR、CYP7A1、SR-BI、ABCG-8和ABCB-11蛋白表达水平差异无统计学意义(Ps0.05)。结论降脂益生菌可能通过激活FXR-FGF15通路调节胆汁酸代谢;通过下调SREBP-2表达水平,抑制HMGCR表达,减少胆固醇的生成,从而起到改善非酒精性脂肪肝的作用。     

高糖高脂致大鼠非酒精性脂肪肝合并高血糖动物模型的研究

目的建立饮食诱导非酒精性脂肪肝病（NAFLD）合并高血糖动物模型并观察其特点。方法将64只SD大鼠随机分为2组。正常对照组（用普通饲料饲喂）32只,高糖高脂组（饲以高糖高脂饲料）32只,连续喂养12个月。于实验第3月末、第6月末、第9月末、第12月末观察动物体重、内脏脂肪重量;比较血液中有关血脂、血糖、炎症介质等方面的生化指标以及组织病理学观察。结果与正常对照组相比,各阶段高糖高脂组大鼠体重、内脏脂肪重量明显增加;血清ALT、FFA、LPS、TNFα、FPG、FINS和HOMA-IR的水平都升高,其差异有统计学意义;而HOMA-β以第六个月出现代偿性增强后进行性衰退。病理组织学显示肝脏发生严重的脂变、脂肪肝进而发生肝炎、纤维化及肝硬化;随时间进展胰岛逐渐萎缩并伴有炎性浸润;脂肪细胞逐渐增大并伴有炎性浸润。结论高糖高脂饮食可建立大鼠NAFLD合并高血糖动物模型,该模型可在NAFLD和相关的糖尿病研究中发挥作用。     

颈围用于筛选糖调节受损人群的临床价值研究

目的:探讨颈围用于筛选糖调节受损人群的临床价值。方法:选取哈尔滨市第一医院2017年3月至11月收治的糖调节受损患者共100例,男性颈围以38 cm为临界值,女性以35 cm为临界值,分为颈围正常组和颈围异常组,比较两组患者空腹及餐后血糖、空腹胰岛素、糖化血红蛋白、总胆固醇、甘油三酯、低密度脂蛋白等相关指标水平,并分析颈围与以上指标的相关性。结果:颈围异常组患者的餐后2 h血糖、空腹胰岛素、糖化血红蛋白、总胆固醇、甘油三酯、低密度脂蛋白数值高于颈围正常组,尤以甘油三酯明显,高密度脂蛋白数值低于颈围正常组,差异有统计学意义(P0.05)。颈围与餐后2 h血糖、总胆固醇、甘油三酯、低密度脂蛋白水平呈正相关,差异均有统计学意义(P0.05),颈围与高密度脂蛋白水平呈负相关,差异均有统计学意义(P0.05)。结论:颈围可以作为临床预测、评估糖调节受损患者的早期指标,为早期社区筛查及诊断提供相关的参考依据。     

糖尿病合并非酒精性脂肪肝的研究现状

非酒精性脂肪肝是近年来伴随糖尿病的快速蔓延而迅速发展的慢性并发症.在2型糖尿病患者中,约50%～75%的患者伴有非酒精性脂肪肝,该类患者并发心血管疾病的概率更高,危险性也更大.目前比较公认可的糖尿病合并非酒精性脂肪肝的发病机制是"二次打击学说",而胰岛素抵抗在其发病机制中起了非常关件的作用.现今诊断糖尿病合并非酒精性脂肪肝主要依靠B超,在治疗上仍是一大难题,比较有效的方法包括调整生活方式以及使用胰岛素增敏剂.     

凯西莱治疗非酒精性脂肪肝的疗效观察

目的观察凯西莱对非酒精性脂肪肝的治疗效果.方法符合诊断标准的非酒精性脂肪肝患者,随机分为治疗组26例和对照组22例,2组均给予基础治疗,治疗组加用凯西莱片剂0.2,口服,每天3次,疗程3个月.对照观察2组肝功能ALT、AST、γ-GT及血脂、血糖和临床症状变化.结果治疗后2组症状及肝功能ALT、AST、γ-GT及血脂比较,差异有显著性.结论凯西莱对非酒精性脂肪肝有一定的治疗作用,服用方便,无明显的副作用,是防治脂肪肝的有效方法.     

中药治疗非酒精性脂肪肝病研究进展

非酒精性脂肪肝病(NAFLD)指排除酒精和其他明确的损肝因素所致的肝细胞内脂肪过度沉积为主要特征的临床病理综合征。目前,该病的发病机制错综复杂,西药尚缺乏治该病的特效药,主要是运用调节血脂的药物作为辅助治疗。中药在治疗NAFLD方面具有安全、毒副作用低等优势,近年来对中药治疗NAFLD的研究也越来越多。在梳理了国内外治疗NAFLD成果的基础上,本文分别从单味中药、复方中药等方面详细阐述中药治疗NAFLD的现状,旨在为NAFLD的临床治疗提供参考。     

肠道菌群与非酒精性脂肪肝病相关性研究进展

近年来关于肠道菌群与非酒精性脂肪肝疾病关系的研究越来越多。非酒精性脂肪肝是一种无过量饮酒史,肝内脂肪过量堆积的慢性疾病。生理解剖结构上的“肠-肝轴”表明肠道和肝脏有着密不可分的关系。肠道菌群一般情况下处于动态平衡,可以维持肠道正常生理功能。肠道菌群可通过改善肠道通透性、干预脂质代谢、产生内源性乙醇和产生短链脂肪酸等来影响非酒精性脂肪肝疾病的发生与发展。临床上对于治疗非酒精性脂肪肝没有确切的药物,增加有益肠道菌群的因素,如益生元、益生菌等能够调节肠道的微环境,这为非酒精性脂肪肝疾病的治疗开辟了新的方向。     

益生菌对肥胖儿童和青少年非酒精脂肪肝的影响

目的：评估益生菌对非酒精性脂肪肝的生化指标及超声分级的影响。方法：回顾性分析64例非酒精性脂肪肝肥胖患者三盲试验。患者随机分为2组,分别服用益生菌制剂或安慰剂,治疗3疗程。结果：益生菌组,谷丙转氨酶平均水平从32.8±19.6U/L下降至23.1±9.5 U/L（P=0.002）,天冬氨酸转氨酶平均水平从32.2±15.7U/L下降至24.3±7.7U/L（P= 0.002）,患者的胆固醇、低密度脂蛋白、甘油三酯以及腰围显著降低,而体重、身体质量指数、体重指数z评分没有显著改变;安慰剂组,研究前后各项指标无显著变化,无统计学差异。肝超声分级,益生菌组转阴17例（53.12%）、安慰剂组转阴5例（15.62%）。结论：益生菌可以有效地改善肥胖儿童非酒精性脂肪肝病症。     

Lifestyle interventions for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a multi-factorial disease and the most common of chronic liver diseases worldwide. The four clinical-pathological entities which are usually followed by NAFLD course include non-alcoholic steatosis, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, advanced fibrosis/cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma. The cornerstones of NAFLD management and treatment, however, are healthy lifestyles such as dietary modifications, regular physical activity, and gradual weight loss. At present, no drugs or pharmacological agents have been approved for long-term treatment of NAFLD. Therefore, lifestyle modification is considered the main clinical recommendation and an initial step for the management of NAFLD.     

Genetic modifiers of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease progression

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is now recognised as the most common cause of liver dysfunction worldwide. However, whilst the majority of individuals who exhibit features of the metabolic syndrome including obesity and insulin resistance will develop steatosis, only a minority progress to steatohepatitis, fibrosis and cirrhosis. Subtle inter-patient genetic variations and environment interact to determine disease phenotype and influence progression. A decade after the sequencing of the human genome, the comprehensive study of genomic variation offers new insights into the modifier genes, pathogenic mechanisms and is beginning to suggest novel therapeutic targets. We review the current status of the field with particular focus on advances from recent genome-wide association studies.     

Therapeutic effect of oxyberberine on obese non-alcoholic fatty liver disease rats

BackgroundBerberine (BBR) has been widely used to treat non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). The metabolites of BBR were believed to contribute significantly to its pharmacological effects. Oxyberberine (OBB), a gut microbiota-mediated oxidative metabolite of BBR, has been firstly identified in our recent work.PurposeHere, we aimed to comparatively investigate the anti-NAFLD properties of OBB and BBR.MethodsThe anti-NAFLD effect was evaluated in high-fat diet-induced obese NAFLD rats with biochemical/ELISA tests and histological staining. The related gene and protein expressions were detected by qRT-PCR and Western blotting respectively. Molecular docking and dynamic simulation were also performed to provide further insight.ResultsResults indicated OBB remarkably and dose-dependently attenuated the clinical manifestations of NAFLD, which (100 mg/kg) achieved similar therapeutic effect to metformin (300 mg/kg) and was superior to BBR of the same dose. OBB significantly inhibited aberrant phosphorylation of IRS-1 and up-regulated the downstream protein expression and phosphorylation (PI3K, p-Akt/Akt and p-GSK-3β/GSK-3β) to improve hepatic insulin signal transduction. Meanwhile, OBB treatment remarkably alleviated inflammation via down-regulating the mRNA expression of MCP-1, Cd68, Nos2, Cd11c, while enhancing Arg1 mRNA expression in white adipose tissue. Moreover, OBB exhibited closer affinity with AMPK in silicon and superior hyperphosphorylation of AMPK in vivo, leading to increased ACC mRNA expression in liver and UCP-1 protein expression in adipose tissue.ConclusionTaken together, compared with BBR, OBB was more capable of maintaining lipid homeostasis between liver and WAT via attenuating hepatic insulin pathway and adipocyte inflammation, which was associated with its property of superior AMPK activator.     

Interleukin-15-mediated inflammation promotes non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Interleukin-15 (IL-15) is essential for the homeostasis of lymphoid cells particularly memory CD8⁺ T cells and NK cells. These cells are abundant in the liver, and are implicated in obesity-associated pathogenic processes. Here we characterized obesity-associated metabolic and cellular changes in the liver of mice lacking IL-15 or IL-15Rα. High fat diet-induced accumulation of lipids was diminished in the livers of mice deficient for IL-15 or IL-15Rα. Expression of enzymes involved in the transport of lipids in the liver showed modest differences. More strikingly, the liver tissues of IL15-KO and IL15Rα-KO mice showed decreased expression of chemokines CCl2, CCL5 and CXCL10 and reduced infiltration of mononuclear cells. In vitro, IL-15 stimulation induced chemokine gene expression in wildtype hepatocytes, but not in IL15Rα-deficient hepatocytes. Our results show that IL-15 is implicated in the high fat diet-induced lipid accumulation and inflammation in the liver, leading to fatty liver disease.     

Biosynthesis and bioavailability of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has a high occurrence in most countries. Recent studies estimate its prevalence to be near 30% in United States, Italian and Japanese general adult populations. NAFLD commonly presents along with obesity and insulin resistance (IR), pathologies that share with NAFLD metabolic and inflammatory components. These conditions, particularly NAFLD, are associated with alterations in the bioavailability of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFAs). In the human population, the bioavailability of LCPUFAs depends both on endogenous biosynthesis and diet amount of preformed LCPUFAs. However, the lower liver LCPUFAs product/precursor ratio namely (20:5n?3 + 22:6n?3)/18:3n?3, 20:4n?6/18:2n?6 present in common Western diets, makes critical an adequate pathway activity to ensure minimum bioavailability of LCPUFAs in most Western populations. The key step of this biosynthesis involves Δ5 and Δ6-desaturases, whose activities are altered in NAFLD. During the disease, the presence of molecular activators of these two enzymes does not correlate with the scarce LCPUFAS biosynthesis observed. The key to this apparent contradiction, or at least part of it, could be explained on the basis of the possible sensitivity of the desaturases to oxidative stress; a metabolic condition strongly linked to inflammatory pathologies such as NAFLD, obesity and IR and that, according to latest research, not only would be consequence but also possibly a cause of these diseases. The present review is focused on the relationship between NAFLD and the bioavailability of LCPUFAs, with special reference to the role that oxidative stress could play in the modulation of the liver fatty acid desaturase activity.     

Breath biomarkers and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: Preliminary observations

Breath biomarkers have the potential to offer information that is similar to conventional clinical tests or they are entirely unique. Preliminary data support the use of breath biomarkers in the study of liver disease, in particular non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). It was evaluated whether breath ethanol, ethane, sulfur compounds and acetone would be associated with hepatic histopathology amongst morbidly obese patients presenting for bariatric surgery. Breath samples were collected during a preoperative visit and compared with liver biopsies obtained during the surgery. A Student's two-tailed t-test was used to compare differences between the two groups. Linear regression was used to analyse associations between the concentrations of breath molecules and independent predictor variables. It was found that breath ethanol, ethane and acetone can be useful biomarkers in patients with NAFLD. In particular, breath ethanol can be associated with hepatic steatosis, and breath acetone can be associated with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis.     

New insights in the pathogenesis of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The hallmark of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is hepatic steatosis. This is mostly a benign condition, but for largely unknown reasons it progresses to liver fibrosis, cirrhosis, and ultimately hepatocellular carcinoma in about 10% of patients. In this review we discuss recent progress in the understanding of the etiology of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. RECENT FINDINGS: In the last few years many connections between carbohydrate and triglyceride homeostasis, as well as inflammation, have surfaced. These seemingly unrelated metabolic pathways are linked by the action of diverse nuclear receptors. Many intermediates in lipid metabolism were shown to be activating ligands of these receptors, explaining the dysregulation of intermediary metabolism and induction of insulin resistance by a lipid overload. In addition to invoking a derangement in nuclear receptor regulation, excessive hepatic lipid influx may have direct metabolic consequences, particularly on mitochondrial function. SUMMARY: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is a multifactorial disease. Many aspects of the disease and the links to inflammation can be understood when the multiple functions of the regulating nuclear receptors are taken into account. Many of these nuclear receptors seem attractive targets to develop therapy for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and the closely related metabolic syndrome.     

Characteristics of fecal microbiota in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease patients

This study was designed to investigate the gut microbiota of patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. The inclusive and exclusive criteria for NAFLD patients and healthy subjects were formulated, and detailed clinical data were collected. The genomic DNA of stool samples were extracted for 16S rDNA sequencing, and the amplified V4-region was sequenced on the Illumina Miseq platform. Metastats analysis was performed to identify the differential taxa between the groups. Redundancy analysis was used to evaluate the association between gut microbial structure and clinical variables. Thirty NAFLD patients and 37 healthy controls were involved. The 16S rDNA sequencing showed that there was a dramatic variability of the fecal microbiota among all the individuals. Metastats analysis identified eight families and 12 genera with significant differences between the two groups. When some clinical parameters, such as waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) and homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), were enrolled in Redundancy analysis, the distribution of the two group of samples was obviously changed. The compositional shifts in fecal bacterial communities of NAFLD patients from the healthy controls were mainly at family or genus levels. According to our Redundancy analysis, insulin resistance and obesity might be closely related to both NAFLD phenotype and intestinal microecology.