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Untargeted metabolomics revealed that long-term PD disrupts multiple colonic pathways, especially the arginine pathway. LC-MS\/MS confirmed a marked fall in colon arginine after long-term PDF exposure. Western blot showed the downregulation of argininosuccinatelyase (ASL) and the upregulation of arginase-1 (Arg-1). Further study found that supplementing exogenous arginine to T84 cell and to PDF-treated mice reinstated mucosal morphology, restored tight junction (TJ) proteins expression, and reversed PDF-induced epithelial-barrier injury. 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