Orally Administered Berberine Modulates Hepatic Lipid Metabolism by Altering Microbial Bile Acid Metabolism and the Intestinal FXR Signaling Pathway
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Previous studies suggest that the lipid-lowering effect of berberine (BBR) involves actions on the low-density lipoprotein receptor and the AMP-activated protein kinase signaling pathways. However, the implication of these mechanisms is unclear because of the low bioavailability of BBR. Because the main action site of BBR is the gut and intestinal farnesoid X receptor (FXR) plays a pivotal role in the regulation of lipid metabolism, we hypothesized that the effects of BBR on intestinal FXR signaling pathway might account for its pharmacological effectiveness. Using wild type (WT) and intestine-specific FXR knockout (FXR int-/-) mice, we found that BBR prevented the development of high-fat-diet-induced obesity and ameliorated triglyceride accumulation in livers of WT, but not FXR int-/- mice. BBR increased conjugated bile acids in serum and their excretion in feces. Furthermore, BBR inhibited bile salt hydrolase (BSH) activity in gut microbiota, and significantly increased the levels of tauro-conjugated bile acids, especially tauro-cholic acid(TCA), in the intestine. Both BBR and TCA treatment activated the intestinal FXR pathway and reduced the expression of fatty-acid translocase Cd36 in the liver. These results indicate that BBR may exert its lipid-lowering effect primarily in the gut by modulating the turnover of bile acids and subsequently the ileal FXR signaling pathway. In summary, we provide the first evidence to suggest a new mechanism of BBR action in the intestine that involves, sequentially, inhibiting BSH, elevating TCA, and activating FXR, which lead to the suppression of hepatic expression of Cd36 that results in reduced uptake of long-chain fatty acids in the liver.
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Berberine enriches short-chain fatty-acid-producing bacteria, modulates bile-acid metabolism and remodels the microbiota in models of obesity and insulin resistance.
“Berberine enriches short-chain fatty-acid-producing bacteria, modulates bile-acid metabolism and remodels the microbiota in models of obesity and insulin resistance [95,97,98,99,100,101]”
From Berberine-Drug Interactions: Mechanisms, Clinical Relevance and Risk Stratification-A Narrative Review (2026) · cites this paper as [98]
The section “BBR Modulated Bile Acid Composition and BSH Activity” (page unavailable) reports that berberine inhibited microbial bile salt hydrolase and increased tauro-conjugated bile acids, supporting the bile-acid claim. It cites prior work on changes in fecal bacterial proportions in high-fat-diet-fed mice, but does not itself establish microbiota remodeling in obesity and insulin-resistance models; no passage found reports enrichment of short-chain-fatty-acid-producing bacteria. (LLM, conf=0.88)
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- Authors
- Sun, R., Yang, N., Kong, B., Cao, B., Feng, D., Yu, X., Ge, C., Huang, J., Shen, J., Wang, P., Feng, S., Fei, F., Guo, J., He, J., Aa, N., Chen, Q., Pan, Y., Schumacher, J. D., Yang, C. S., Guo, G. L., Aa, J., & Wang, G.
- Affiliations
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
- ORCID
- Venue
- Molecular Pharmacology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2017-02
- Volume
- 91
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 110-122
- ISSN
- 0026-895X (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC5267522
- OpenAlex
- W2559834790
- Cited by
- 199
- References
- 68
- Citations by year
- 2026: 18 · 2025: 19 · 2024: 22 · 2023: 21 · 2022: 32 · 2021: 37 · 2020: 22 · 2019: 15 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 3
- FWCI
- 7.28
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Molecular Pharmacology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences (R01GM104037)
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (T32ES007148)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Berberine and alkaloids research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gut microbiota and health
- Keywords
- berberine, hepatic lipid metabolism, bile acid metabolism, bile salt hydrolase, gut microbiota, taurocholate, CD36, fatty acid uptake, high-fat diet-induced obesity, triglyceride accumulation, hypolipidemic effect
- MeSH terms
- Gastrointestinal Microbiome, Receptor, Farnesoid X-Activated, Animals, Hypolipidemic Agents, Bacteria, Berberine, Bile Acids and Salts, Body Weight, Feces, Gene Expression Regulation, Intestinal Mucosa, Lithocholic Acid, Liver, Male, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Obesity, Taurocholic Acid, Triglycerides, Signal Transduction, Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear, CD36 Antigens, Lipid Metabolism, Diet, High-Fat
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