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    Oral Administration of Hydrogel-Embedding Silk Sericin Alleviates Ulcerative Colitis through Wound Healing, Anti-Inflammation, and Anti-Oxidation
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    • Ya Ma
      Ya Ma
      State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, School of Materials and Energy  and  Chongqing Key Laboratory of Soft-Matter Material Chemistry and Function Manufacturing, School of Materials and Energy, Southwest University, No. 2 Tiansheng Road, Beibei, Chongqing 400715, People’s Republic of China
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    • Xiaoling Tong
      Xiaoling Tong
      State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, School of Materials and Energy  and  Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Biotechnology, Southwest University, No. 2 Tiansheng Road, Beibei, Chongqing 400715, People’s Republic of China
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    • Yamei Huang
      Yamei Huang
      State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, School of Materials and Energy  and  Chongqing Key Laboratory of Soft-Matter Material Chemistry and Function Manufacturing, School of Materials and Energy, Southwest University, No. 2 Tiansheng Road, Beibei, Chongqing 400715, People’s Republic of China
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    • Xin Zhou
      Xin Zhou
      State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, School of Materials and Energy  and  Chongqing Key Laboratory of Soft-Matter Material Chemistry and Function Manufacturing, School of Materials and Energy, Southwest University, No. 2 Tiansheng Road, Beibei, Chongqing 400715, People’s Republic of China
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      Chunhua Yang
      Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Center for Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Georgia State University, 100 Piedmont Avenue SE, Atlanta, Georgia 30302, United States
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    • Jiucun Chen*
      Jiucun Chen
      Chongqing Key Laboratory of Soft-Matter Material Chemistry and Function Manufacturing, School of Materials and Energy, Southwest University, No. 2 Tiansheng Road, Beibei, Chongqing 400715, People’s Republic of China
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      Fangyin Dai
      State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, School of Materials and Energy  and  Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Biotechnology, Southwest University, No. 2 Tiansheng Road, Beibei, Chongqing 400715, People’s Republic of China
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      Bo Xiao
      State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, School of Materials and Energy  and  Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Biotechnology, Southwest University, No. 2 Tiansheng Road, Beibei, Chongqing 400715, People’s Republic of China
      Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Center for Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Georgia State University, 100 Piedmont Avenue SE, Atlanta, Georgia 30302, United States
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    Silk sericin (SS) is abundant in silk industry wastewater, and it has emerged as a promising natural protein for biomedical research. However, its therapeutic potential against ulcerative colitis (UC) has not been exploited. The objective of this study is to investigate the therapeutic effects of SS in a dextran sulfate sodium-induced UC mouse model, and further discover its underlying mechanisms. The purified SS molecules showed negative cytotoxicity, and could be efficiently internalized by colonic epithelial cells and macrophages. In vitro experiments revealed that it could accelerate the mucosal healing, down-regulate the production of pro-inflammatory factors, increase the secretion of anti-inflammatory cytokines, and eliminate the intracellular reactive oxygen species. Finally, animal experiments confirmed that oral administration of hydrogel (chitosan/alginate)-embedding SS molecules attenuated UC-induced symptoms (e.g., body weight loss, colon shortening, increase of spleen weight, and histopathological appearance), which was supported by signs of mucosal healing, anti-inflammation, and elevation of the amounts of tight junction proteins (occludin and zonula occludens-1) and mucin protein (MUC2). Taken together, our results demonstrate that SS can be exploited as a promising oral natural therapeutic for UC treatment with the aid of hydrogel.

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    • Experimental description, fluorescence images of SS solutions, FTIR and UV–vis absorbance spectra, standard curve for the fluorescence intensity of FITC solution, standard curve for the fluorescence intensity of Cy7 solution, in vitro cytotoxicity, antioxidant activity of SS, fluorescence images of GIT and five major organs, in vivo biodistribution, and hemocompatibility of SS (PDF)

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