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TOXICOLOGY LETTERS
Volume 304, Issue -, Pages 21-29Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2019.01.001
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Thioacetamide; Fast food diet; Fibrosis; NAFLD; NASH
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- Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, New Delhi, India [GAP-1122]
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There is an inadequacy of relevant animal models to study non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and fibrosis. Here, we co-administered thioacetamide (TH) along with fast food diet (FFD) to C57BL/6 J mice for eight weeks. The treatments were: a) standard chow, SC b) FFD c) FFD+ TH [ 75 mg/kg], FTH d) SC+ TH [ 150 mg/kg], STH for 8 weeks. In in-vitro model, Hep3B cells were exposed to palmitic acid (PA) and TH viz. PA (0.25 mM) + TH (25 mM), PA (0.5 mM) alone and TH (50 mM) alone for 12 h, later supernatant media was transferred to LX-2 cells, for another 12 h. Molecular and cellular events related to inflammation, fibrosis, collagen deposition were studied. The FTH mice featured hepatic inflammation, severe diffuse fibrosis, and collagen deposition, which were less severe in FF & STH groups. In FTH group the protein expressions of alpha-SMA, TGF-beta, Col1 A1, CYP2E1, were up-regulated as compared to the FF group. The in-vivo findings were complemented in the LX-2 and Hep3B cells. The protein expressions of inflammatory and cellular injury markers were significantly higher in PA+ TH exposed LX-2 cells. This novel model manifested hepatic inflammation and fibrosis in just eight weeks, which may be exploited for rapid screening of novel anti-NAFLD and liver anti-fibrotic agents.
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