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高载药量二氢杨梅素仿生纳米乳通过抑制肝脏铁死亡改善早期非酒精性脂肪性肝病

 

Authors Yin M, Tian M, Wang W, Shi C, Fang J, Xiong W

Received 16 October 2025

Accepted for publication 23 January 2026

Published 4 February 2026 Volume 2026:21 570903

DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/IJN.S570903

Checked for plagiarism Yes

Review by Single anonymous peer review

Peer reviewer comments 2

Editor who approved publication: Professor Lijie Grace Zhang

Mingxing Yin,* Maoxian Tian,* Wenqing Wang, Chunyang Shi, Jianguo Fang, Wei Xiong

Department of Pharmacy, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, People’s Republic of China

*These authors contributed equally to this work

Correspondence: Wei Xiong, Department of Pharmacy, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, People’s Republic of China, Email xiongv@tjh.tjmu.edu.cn

Introduction: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a metabolic disorder characterized by lipid accumulation in the liver, and is often linked to ferroptosis, an iron-dependent programmed cell death driven by lipid peroxidation. Dihydromyricetin (DMY), a flavonoid from Ampelopsis grossedentata, exhibits anti-NAFLD efficiency but has low bioavailability. In this study, a high DMY-loaded biomimetic nanoemulsion (DMY-bNE) was developed using a double emulsification method with glyceryl monooleate.
Methods: DMY-bNE was characterized in vitro and in vivo including encapsulation efficiency (EE), drug-loading capacity (DLE), gastrointestinal (GI) absorption, biodistribution, pharmacokinetics, safety. High fat diet induced NAFLD mouse model was used to investigate the therapeutic effect and mechanism.
Results: DMY-bNE showed high EE (99.5%) and DLE (24.9%), promoted GI absorption, enhanced liver accumulation, improved pharmacokinetic properties and good in vivo safety. In NAFLD mice, DMY-bNE significantly ameliorated the disease progression by inhibiting hepatic ferroptosis.
Conclusion: These findings demonstrated that DMY-bNE combines enhanced drug delivery with ferroptosis inhibition, thereby offering a promising strategy for NAFLD therapy.

Keywords: dihydromyricetin, biomimetic nanoemulsion, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, high drug loading, ferroptosis