Journal of Practical Hepatology ›› 2021, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (1): 75-78.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1672-5069.2021.01.020

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Short-term efficacy of live clostridium butyricum in assisting tiopronin and metadoxine in treatment of patients with alcoholic liver disease

Wu Chang,Tian Yuan,Liu Hongyan   

  1. Department of Gastroenterology, People's Hospital,Songzi 434200,Hubei Province, China
  • Online:2021-01-10 Published:2021-01-19

Abstract: Objective The aim of this study was to investigate the short-term efficacy of live clostridium butyricum in assisting tiopronin and metadoxine in the treatment of patients with alcoholic liver disease(ALD) and their effects on serum levels of glucose-deficient transferrin (CDT) and hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) as well as intestinal flora distribution. Methods 102 patients with ALD were admitted to the Department of Gastroenterology in our hospital between June 2018 and December 2019, and were randomly divided into control (n=51) and observation group (n=51), receiving tiopronin and metodoxine orally or liver clostridium butyricum orally at base of the two agents for 12 weeks. Serum CDT and HGF, interkeukin-6 (IL-6), tumor necrosis factor-α(TNF-α) and nuclear factor-кB (NF-кB) were detected by ELISA, and fecal bacteria flora were also detected. Results At the end of 12 week treatment, serum CDT level in the observation group was (580.2±74.2) pg/mL, significantly lower than , serum HGF level was (150.7±18.4) pg/mL, significantly lower than [(390.5±40.2) pg/mL, P<0.05] in the control; the distribution of Bifidobacterium in the observation group was (8.7±2.6) lg CFU/g, which was much higher than , that of Lactobacillus was (9.1±1.1) lg CFU/g, which was significantly higher than in the control, while the distribution of Escherichia Coli was (6.5±1.6) lg CFU/g, significantly lower than , and that of Enterococcus Faecalis was (6.8±2.0) lg CFU/g, also significantly lower than in the control; serum IL-6 level was (0.7±0.1) pg/mL, significantly lower than , serum TNF-α level was (5.2±1.6) ng/L, much lower than , and serum NF-кB level was (1.2±0.3) ng/L, significantly lower than in the control.Conclusion The application of live clostridium butyricum in assisting tiopronin and metadoxine in the treatment of patients with ALD could effectively improve intestinal flora distribution, inhibit inflammatory reaction, which might be related to the reduction of serum CDT and HGF levels.

Key words: Alcoholic Liver disease, Live clostridium butyricum, Tiopronin, Metadoxine, Sugar-deficient transferrin, Hepatocyte growth factor, Intestinal flora, Therapy