Jin-zhen LYU, Yong-jian XU, Shi-ping HU, et al. Effect of Shenling Baizhusan on mTORC1/STAT3 Pathway in Hepatocytes of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Rats[J]. Chinese journal of experimental traditional medical formulae, 2020, 26(2): 6-12.
DOI:
Jin-zhen LYU, Yong-jian XU, Shi-ping HU, et al. Effect of Shenling Baizhusan on mTORC1/STAT3 Pathway in Hepatocytes of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Rats[J]. Chinese journal of experimental traditional medical formulae, 2020, 26(2): 6-12. DOI: 10.13422/j.cnki.syfjx.20192302.
Effect of Shenling Baizhusan on mTORC1/STAT3 Pathway in Hepatocytes of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Rats
To observe the effect of Shenling Baizhusan(SBS)on the mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1)/signal transducers and activators of transcription 3 (STAT3) pathway in liver hepatocyte of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease(NAFLD)rats induced by high fat diet
in order to reveal the mechanism of SBS against rat NAFLD from the perspective of inflammation.
Method:
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Totally 80 SD rats were randomly divided into 4 groups
normal control group
model group
high-dose SBP group(30 g·kg
-1
)
and low-dose SBS group(10 g·kg
-1
)
with 20 rats in each group. The rats of NAFLD model were established by being fed with high-fat diets for 8 weeks
and the treatment groups were fed with high or low dose of SBS respectively. After treatment for 8 weeks
blood and liver samples of rats were collected. Alanine aminotransferase (ALT)
aspartate aminotransferase(AST)
total cholesterol (TC)
triglyceride(TG)
high-density lipoprotein cholesterol(HDL-C)and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol(LDL-C)levels in blood serum were detected with automatic biochemical analyzer. The liver tissues were observed by oil red O and hematoxylin-eosin (HE) staining. Hepatocytes were isolated by type Ⅳ collagenase perfusion
in vitro
. Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-
α
interleukin (IL)-1
β
IL-5 and IL-6 in hepatocytes were detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)
and the relevant gene and proteins expressions of mTORC1 and STAT3 in hepatocytes were detected by Real-time fluorescent quantitative polymerase chain reaction (Real-time PCR) and Western blot detection respectively.
Result:
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Compared with the normal control group
the serum levels of TG
TC
AST
ALT and LDL-C were increased significantly
the levels of TNF-
α
IL-1
β
IL-5 and IL-6 in hepatocytes were increased significantly
and the expression levels of mTORC1
STAT3 mRNA and proteins in hepatocytes were increased significantly(
P
<
0.01). Compared with the model group
the hepatic lipid accumulation of the medicine intervention group was relieved significantly
the serum levels of AST
ALT
TG and LDL-C were decreased significantly
the expression levels of TNF-
α
IL-1
β
IL-5 and IL-6 of hepatocytes were decreased significantly
and the expressions of mTORC1
STAT3 mRNA and proteins in hepatocytes were decreased significantly(
P
<
0.05
P
<
0.01). In the high-dose SBS group
the effects in improving the lipid accumulation and inhibiting the inflammatory reaction were better than those of the low-dose SBS group
and the expressions of mTORC1 and STAT3 genes and proteins in hepatocytes were significantly decreased (
P
<
0.05
P
<
0.01).
Conclusion:
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SBS can improve the fat metabolism disorder and reduce liver lipid accumulation and inflammatory reaction in NAFLD rats induced by high-fat diet. The mechanism may be correlated with the inhibition of mTORC1/STAT3 pathway relating to genes and protein expression in hepatocytes.
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