Basic Study
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World J Gastroenterol. Oct 21, 2020; 26(39): 5997-6014
Published online Oct 21, 2020. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v26.i39.5997
Herbal cake-partitioned moxibustion inhibits colonic autophagy in Crohn’s disease via signaling involving distinct classes of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinases
Shi-Yuan Wang, Ji-Meng Zhao, Ci-Li Zhou, Han-Dan Zheng, Yan Huang, Min Zhao, Zhi-Ying Zhang, Lu-Yi Wu, Huan-Gan Wu, Hui-Rong Liu
Shi-Yuan Wang, Ji-Meng Zhao, Ci-Li Zhou, Han-Dan Zheng, Yan Huang, Min Zhao, Zhi-Ying Zhang, Lu-Yi Wu, Huan-Gan Wu, Hui-Rong Liu, Key Laboratory of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Immunology, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China
Shi-Yuan Wang, Ji-Meng Zhao, Ci-Li Zhou, Han-Dan Zheng, Yan Huang, Min Zhao, Zhi-Ying Zhang, Huan-Gan Wu, Hui-Rong Liu, Shanghai Research Institute of Acupuncture and Meridian, Shanghai 200030, China
Author contributions: Wang SY, Huang Y, Wu HG, and Liu HR designed the research; Wang SY, Zhao JM, Zhou CL, and Zheng HD performed the experiments; Wang SY, Zhao M, Zhang ZY, and Wu LY collected and analyzed the data; Wang SY wrote the manuscript; all authors reviewed the manuscript prior to its submission, and read and approved the final manuscript.
Supported by the Program of Shanghai Academic Research Leader, No. 17XD1403400; National Natural Sciences Foundation of China, No. 81574079 and No. 81873374; Three-year Action Plan Project of Shanghai Traditional Chinese Medicine Development, No. ZY(2018-2020)-CCCX-2004-01; Chinese Medicine Inheritance and Innovation "100 Million" Talent Project, Qi Huang Scholar; and Shanghai Rising-Star Program, No. 16QA1403400.
Institutional review board statement: This study did not involve human subjects.
Institutional animal care and use committee statement: All animal experiments in this study were performed under guidelines approved by the Animal Ethics Committee of the Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (No. PZSHUTCM200403009).
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
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Corresponding author: Hui-Rong Liu, MD, PhD, Doctor, Professor, Research Fellow, Key Laboratory of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Immunology, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, No. 650 South Wanping Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai 201203, China. lhr_tcm@139.com
Received: April 16, 2020
Peer-review started: April 16, 2020
First decision: May 1, 2020
Revised: July 14, 2020
Accepted: September 4, 2020
Article in press: September 4, 2020
Published online: October 21, 2020
Core Tip

Core Tip: Here, we demonstrated that overactivation of colonic autophagy can be observed in a 2,4,6-trinitrobenzenesulfonic acid (TNBS)-induced rat Crohn’s Disease (CD) model. Herbal cake-partitioned moxibustion ameliorated TNBS-induced inflammation and colon damage, facilitated the repair of colonic epithelial cells, and inhibited colonic overactivated autophagy by activating the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase class I/protein kinase B akt-1/mammalian target of rapamycin signaling pathway while inhibiting the class III phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase -coiled-coil myosin-like BCL2-interacting protein (Beclin-1) complex in CD rats.