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ArticleFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology2025

Massa Medicata Fermentata treated spleen deficiency constipation by mediating intestinal microbiota and serum peptide.

Kangxiao Guo, Yuan Tang, Tao Yang, Yongwang Yan

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Kangxiao GuoNational Engineering Laboratory for Rice and By-Product Deep Processing, College of Food Science and Engineering, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, China.
Yuan TangDepartment of Pharmacy, ChangSha Health Vocational College, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Tao YangNational Engineering Laboratory for Rice and By-Product Deep Processing, College of Food Science and Engineering, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, China.
Yongwang YanDepartment of Pharmacy, ChangSha Health Vocational College, Changsha, Hunan, China.

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Objectives: To investigate the correlation between the treatment of spleen deficiency constipation and the typical brain and intestinal peptides. Methods: A total of 18 male Kunming mice were randomly divided into three treatment groups (n = 6): normal group (CC), model group (CM), and Massa Medicata Fermentata intervention group (CG). CM and CG were used to establish a spleen deficiency constipation mouse model. After the model was finished, CG was infused with 0.15 g/mL Massa Medicata Fermentata water infusion at a dose of 4 g/(kg·day), twice a day, at 0.4 mL. An equal amount of distilled water was infused in CC and CM for 7 days. The body weight and fecal water content of the mice were monitored during the modeling. Following the intervention, 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing was used to analyze changes in the microflora in the intestinal contents, and serum substance P (SP), vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP), and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) levels were determined via ELISA. Results: The modeling had no significant effect on the weight of the mice, the water content of the mice's feces was greatly reduced, and the feces were dry and hard. Constipation caused by spleen deficiency can lead to a decrease in serum SP and an increase in VIP and CGRP. After treatment with Massa Medicata Fermentata, SP, VIP, and CGRP all changed. Intestinal microbiota diversity of mice with spleen deficiency constipation, and the dominant microbiota and characteristic microbiota changed, indicating that the intestinal microbiota was unbalanced. After the intervention of Massa Medicata Fermentata, the intestinal microbiota diversity of spleen deficiency constipation mice increased; the dominant microbiota became Conclusions: Massa Medicata Fermentata can affect the secretion of short-chain fatty acids in the intestine by altering the microecological environment of the intestine, then affect the secretion of serum peptides in mice, and alleviate the spleen deficiency constipation.

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ConstipationGastrointestinal MicrobiomePeptidesSpleenAnimalsAnimals, Outbred StrainsDisease Models, AnimalFecesMaleMiceRNA, Ribosomal, 16SSubstance PVasoactive Intestinal PeptidePeptidesRNA, Ribosomal, 16SSubstance PVasoactive Intestinal PeptideCGRPintestinal microbiotaMassa Medicata FermentataSPspleen deficiency constipationVIP

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PMCPMC11923552

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