{"title":"A Paeoniae Radix\u0000Alba Polysaccharide Fraction BP-1\u0000Restores Intestinal Barrier Function and Gut Microbiota–Metabolic\u0000Homeostasis in Collagen-Induced Arthritis Rats","authors":"Yongchun Wang,Yongxi Wu,Yuhan Xie,Qiulu Zhao,Jianing Liu,Meihua Jiang,Yinlu Zhang,Songyang Xia,Wenshuo Zhang,Hao Yue,Zifeng Pi","doi":"10.1021/acs.jafc.6c06645","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.6c06645","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Paeoniae Radix Alba (PRA) polysaccharides are promising food-derived bioactives, yet their gut-mediated effects on rheumatoid arthritis (RA) remain unclear. Here, BP-1 was purified, structurally characterized, and evaluated in collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) rats and lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-injured Caco-2 cells. BP-1 was a 14.124 kDa neutral polysaccharide mainly composed of glucose and mannose. NMR analysis identified →4)-α-D-Glcp-(1→, →4,6)-α-D-Glcp-(1→, α-T-D-Glcp-(1→, →4,6)-β-D-Manp-(1→, and α-T-D-Galp-(1→ residues. BP-1 alleviated arthritis severity, joint pathology, systemic inflammation, and colonic injury, while improving intestinal barrier integrity in vivo and in vitro. These effects were potentially associated with suppression of TLR4/MyD88/NF-κB signaling, restoration of immune homeostasis, and modulation of gut microbiota and fecal metabolites. These findings support BP-1 as a potential functional food ingredient for inflammation-associated intestinal and immune disorders.","PeriodicalId":41,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2026-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149209860","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}