Journal
BIOMEDICINE & PHARMACOTHERAPY
Volume 142, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER FRANCE-EDITIONS SCIENTIFIQUES MEDICALES ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2021.111927
Keywords
Dihydromyricetin; Liver disease; Molecular mechanisms; Therapy
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- Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine [476]
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Dihydromyricetin (DHM) has shown significant therapeutic effects on liver diseases, including promoting liver regeneration, regulating lipid/glucose metabolism, and inhibiting liver cancer cell proliferation. Its pharmacological mechanisms may involve anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidative, and apoptosis-regulatory benefits.
Recent studies demonstrated that dihydromyricetin (DHM) has prominent therapeutic effects on liver injury and liver cancer. By summarizing the current preclinical in vitro and in vivo studies, the present review examines the preventive and therapeutic effects of DHM on liver disorders as well as its potential mechanisms. Briefly, in both chemical- and alcohol-induced liver injury models, DHM ameliorates hepatocyte necrosis and steatosis while promoting liver regeneration. In addition, DHM can alleviate nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) via regulating lipid/glucose metabolism, probably due to its anti-inflammatory or sirtuins-dependent mechanisms. Furthermore, DHM treatment inhibits cell proliferation, induces apoptosis and autophagy and regulates redox balance in liver cancer cells, thus exhibiting remarkable anti-cancer effects. The pharmacological mechanisms of DHM may be associated with its anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidative and apoptosis-regulatory benefits. With the accumulating interests in utilizing natural products to target common diseases, our work aims to improve the understanding of DHM acting as a novel drug candidate for liver diseases and to accelerate its translation from bench to bedside.
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