Yu HB, Dai L, Peng HY, Mou XC, Zuo Z. Effects of compound from Chinese medicine on oxidation and anti-oxidation system of rat liver with steatohepatitis induced by high-fat diets.
Shijie Huaren Xiaohua Zazhi 2005;
13:2842-2847. [DOI:
10.11569/wcjd.v13.i24.2842]
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Abstract
AIM: To explore the action of oxygen stress and lipid peroxidation in the establishment of steatohepatitis and the action mechanisms of compound from Chinese medicine (CCM) in the treatment of steatohepatitis in rats fed by high-fat diets.
METHODS: Sixty male Sprague Dawley rats were randomly assigned into 6 groups. The rats fed by normal food served as the controls. The rats in model groups (Ⅰ, Ⅱ) were fed with high-fat diets, and those in medication Ⅰ and Ⅱ group were given CCM 9 and 13 wk after high-fat diets feeding. The rats in diet therapeutic group were fed with normal food 13 wk after high-fat diet feeding. The animal in control, model Ⅰ, and medication Ⅰ group were killed at 12 wk, and the rest ones were killed at 16 wk. Blood sample were collected for the detection of serum aspartate transaminase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), and glutathione perioxidase (GSH-PX), and liver tissues were obtained for the detection of malondialdehyde (MDA) contents, superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity, total antioxidative capacity (T-AOC), nitric exide (NO), inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and glutathione (GSH) levels. The histological changes were observed under light microscope.
RESULTS: Pure fatty liver was formed in the model rats at 12, and fatty hepatitis was established at 16 wk. In comparison with those of normal rats, the contents of MDA were increased (6.45±1.07, 8.38±1.32 µmol/g vs 5.08±0.91 µmol/g, P <0.01) but anti-oxide SOD (171±14, 148±26 kNU/gt vs 198±25 kNU/gt, P <0.05 and P <0.01), GSH (40.8±5.1, 35.0±9.0 mg/g vs 48.5±7.6 mg/g, P <0.05 and P <0.01), GSH-PX (11.2±1.5, 10.3±1.8 µmol/L vs 16.4±3.7 µmol/L, P <0.01) contents were decreased significantly. The severity degree of hepatic fatty degeneration aggravated with the prolonging of the high-fat diet given time. In comparison with those of model rats, the markers such as MDA, SOD, GSH, and GSH-PX etc. were all significantly improved in the medication rats (P <0.05 or P <0.01), and the degree of fatty degeneration was also alleviated. Light or moderate fatty degeneration was observed in diet therapeutic rats, and the relative markers were not notably different from those of model group.
CONCLUSION: Oxygen stress and lipid peroxidation play a key role in the establishment of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis in rats, and the compound of Chinese medince has therapeutic effect on nonalcoholic steatohepatitis by anti-lipid peroxidation.
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