Volvariella volvacea Polypeptide Mitigates Alcohol-Induced Liver Injury: A Multi-Omics Study
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials and Reagents
2.2. VVFP Extraction and Purification
2.3. Animal Experiments
2.4. The Determination of Drunkenness and Sobering Time
2.5. Liver Index Detection
2.6. Transcriptome Analysis
2.7. Metabonomics Analysis
2.8. Multi-Omics Joint Analysis
2.9. Statistical Analysis of Data
3. Results
3.1. Ethanol Metabolism Modulation by VVFP
3.2. Hepatoprotective Efficacy Assessment
3.3. Transcriptomic Profiling of Hepatic Responses
3.3.1. Identification of Differentially Expressed Genes (DEGs)
3.3.2. GO Function Annotation and Enrichment Analysis
3.3.3. Pathway Enrichment and Mechanistic Insights
3.4. Metabonomics Analysis of Mouse Liver
3.4.1. Screening of Differential Metabolites
3.4.2. KEGG Enrichment Analysis of Differential Metabolites
3.5. Combined Transcriptome and Metabolomics Analysis
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Treatment | Dose (mg/kg) | Intoxication Latency (min) | Sobriety Recovery (min) |
---|---|---|---|
Control | - | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.00 ± 0.00 |
Model | - | 9.333 ± 0.471 ** | 216.667 ± 3.859 ** |
Positive | 200 | 32.667 ± 1.700 **## | 96.667 ± 4.110 **## |
L-VVFP | 100 | 23.667 ± 1.247 **## | 139.667 ± 3.300 **## |
M-VVFP | 200 | 69.333 ± 2.625 **## | 75.667 ± 4.190 **## |
H-VVFP | 400 | 51.333 ± 0.943 **## | 88.333 ± 0.471 **## |
Treatment | Dose (mg/kg) | Liver Weight (g) | Mouse Weight (g) | Liver Index (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Control | - | 1.573 ± 0.021 | 35.077 ± 0.319 | 4.485 ± 0.034 |
Model | - | 1.840 ± 0.041 ** | 32.565 ± 0.272 ** | 5.663 ± 0.088 ** |
Positive | 200 | 1.537 ± 0.009 **## | 34.023 ± 0.411 *# | 4.535 ± 0.054 ## |
L-VVFP | 100 | 1.613 ± 0.005 **## | 33.448 ± 0.361 **# | 4.825 ± 0.057 **## |
M-VVFP | 200 | 1.593 ± 0.012 **## | 33.794 ± 0.482 *# | 4.707 ± 0.092 *## |
H-VVFP | 400 | 1.583 ± 0.021 *## | 33.690 ± 0.436 *# | 4.700 ± 0.075 *## |
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Chen, B.; Chen, J.; Wu, H.; Zhang, F.; Chen, L.; Zhang, W.; Yang, J.; Yuan, L.; Jiang, Y.; Deng, Y. Volvariella volvacea Polypeptide Mitigates Alcohol-Induced Liver Injury: A Multi-Omics Study. Foods 2025, 14, 1557. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods14091557
Chen B, Chen J, Wu H, Zhang F, Chen L, Zhang W, Yang J, Yuan L, Jiang Y, Deng Y. Volvariella volvacea Polypeptide Mitigates Alcohol-Induced Liver Injury: A Multi-Omics Study. Foods. 2025; 14(9):1557. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods14091557
Chicago/Turabian StyleChen, Bingzhi, Juanqin Chen, Huihua Wu, Fangyi Zhang, Lili Chen, Weibin Zhang, Jing Yang, Li Yuan, Yuji Jiang, and Youjin Deng. 2025. "Volvariella volvacea Polypeptide Mitigates Alcohol-Induced Liver Injury: A Multi-Omics Study" Foods 14, no. 9: 1557. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods14091557
APA StyleChen, B., Chen, J., Wu, H., Zhang, F., Chen, L., Zhang, W., Yang, J., Yuan, L., Jiang, Y., & Deng, Y. (2025). Volvariella volvacea Polypeptide Mitigates Alcohol-Induced Liver Injury: A Multi-Omics Study. Foods, 14(9), 1557. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods14091557