Jia-ni LI, Zi-meng LI, Ya GAO, et al. Protective Effect and Mechanisms of Geraniin on D-galactosamine-induced Liver Injury in Mice[J]. Chinese journal of experimental traditional medical formulae, 2019, 25(15): 116-121.
DOI:
Jia-ni LI, Zi-meng LI, Ya GAO, et al. Protective Effect and Mechanisms of Geraniin on D-galactosamine-induced Liver Injury in Mice[J]. Chinese journal of experimental traditional medical formulae, 2019, 25(15): 116-121. DOI: 10.13422/j.cnki.syfjx.20191403.
Protective Effect and Mechanisms of Geraniin on D-galactosamine-induced Liver Injury in Mice
To explore the hepatoprotective effect and its mechanism of the geraniin on mice with acute liver injury induced by
D
-galactosamine (
D
-GalN).
Method:
2
A total of 60 Kunming mice were randomly divided into normal group
model group
Silymarin group (positive group 180 mg·kg
-1
)
and low
medium and high-dose geraniin groups (50
100
200 mg·kg
-1
). All the mice were given with saline or corresponding dose of drugs (10 mL·kg
-1
) by gavage once a day for 10 d. After 2 h of the last administration
except the normal group
the mice of other groups were injected intraperitoneally with
D
-GalN (500 mg·kg
-1
) to induce the acute liver injury. After 16 h
the eye balls of mice were removed to take blood
and all mice were put to death to collect samples of liver. Activity or content of alanine aminotransferase (ALT)
aspartate aminotransferase (AST)
alkaline phosphatase (ALP)
total bilirubin (TBIL)
malondialdehyde (MDA)
total superoxide dismutase (T-SOD) and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) in liver were determined by biochemical method. The serum levels of tumor necrosis factor-
α
(TNF-
α
)
interleukin-1
β
(IL-1
β
)
γ
-interferon (IFN-
γ
) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) were detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)
and expressions of Toll-like receptor-4(TLR-4) and nuclear factor(NF)-
κ
B proteins were detected by Western blot. Liver histopathological changes were observed by hematoxylin-eosin (HE) staining.
Result:
2
Compared with the normal group
the serum levels of ALT
AST
ALP
TBIL and liver MDA in the model group were significantly increased (
P
<
0.05
P
<
0.01). Compared with the model group
geraniin can reduce activities or contents of ALT
AST
ALP
TBIL in serum and MDA in liver of mice (
P
<
0.05
P
<
0.01)
but increase activities of T-SOD and GSH-Px in liver (
P
<
0.05
P
<
0.01)
while inhibiting the contents of TNF-
α
IL-1
β
IL-6
IFN-
γ
and the expressions of TLR-4 and NF-
κ
B proteins in serum (
P
<
0.05
P
<
0.01). HE staining showed that acute liver injury of mice was alleviated obviously by geraniin.
Conclusion:
2
Geraniin has an obvious protective effective on acute liver injuries induced by
D
-GalN in mice. Its mechanism may be correlated with oxidative stress
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