Ethnopharmacological Relevance: Compound Agrimony (FuFangXianHeCao, FFXHC) Enteritis Capsules is an ethnomedicine that is derived from Yi Nationality Herbal Medicine for enteritis treatment. We found that FFXHC reduced the mortality outcomes in enterogenic Candida albicans infected mice models and increased the abundance of Lactobacillus murinus in the intestines. Lactobacillus murinus exhibited comparable therapeutic effects to those of FFXHC in enterogenic Candida albicans infected mice. This study provides novel perspectives into the pharmacological mechanisms of FFXHC.
Aim Of The Study: We investigated the mechanisms via which FFXHC inhibits C. albicans infections and its effects on L. murinus.
Materials And Methods: Enterogenous C. albicans infection mice models were established and various parameters, including survival rate, weight change, number of colonies, treatment effects on intestinal mucosa, microecology, and immune cytokines evaluated. Susceptibility of C. albicans to L. murinus was evaluated in vitro.
Results: Treatment with FFXHC reduced the number of colonies, improved the health status, enhanced the survival rates, increased the abundance of L. murinus, reduced damage to the intestinal mucosa, and elevated occludin as well as claudin-1 levels. Interestingly, TNF-α, IFN-γ, IL-10, IL-22, and IL-17A levels were increased while IL-1β levels were suppressed in the intestinal mucosa without any change in peripheral blood cytokine levels. Moreover, FFXHC promoted L. murinus proliferation. This study also confirmed the incubation-dependent anti-C. albicans effects exerted by the metabolic supernatants of L. murinus.
Conclusions: FFXHC effectively alleviated intestinal infections of C. albicans in mice and increased the abundance of L. murinus. Supplementation of L. murinus in food can achieve the effects that are comparable to those of FFXHC. Thus, L. murinus maybe essential in FFXHC-based treatment of intestinal C. albicans infections.
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