Journal
CHEMICO-BIOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS
Volume 386, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2023.110763
Keywords
Pectolinarigenin; Hepatic ischemia/reperfusion injury; PI3K/Akt/Nrf2 pathway; Inflammatory response; Oxidative stress; Apoptosis
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Pretreatment with Pectolinarigenin (Pec) can reduce oxidative stress, inflammation, and cell apoptosis induced by hepatic ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury through activation of the PI3K/AKT/Nrf2 pathway.
Hepatic ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury is an unavoidable complication of liver hepatectomy, transplantation, and systemic shock. Pectolinarigenin (Pec) is a flavonoid with many biological activities, which include anti-inflammatory, anti-apoptotic, and antioxidant stress. This study explored whether Pec pretreatment could reduce hepatic I/R injury and the potential mechanisms at play. After pretreatment of mice and AML12 cells with Pec, I/R and hypoxia/reoxygenation (H/R) models were established. By examining markers related to liver injury, cell viability, oxidative stress, inflammatory response, and apoptosis, the effect of Pec on important processes involved in hepatic I/R injury was assessed. Protein levels associated with the PI3K/AKT/Nrf2 pathway were analyzed by relative quantification to investigate possible pathways through which Pec plays a role in the I/ R process. Pec treatment corrected abnormal transaminase levels resulting from I/R injury, improved liver injury, and increased AML12 cell viability. Moreover, Pec treatment inhibited oxidative stress, inflammation and apoptosis and could activate the PI3K/AKT/Nrf2 pathway during I/R and H/R. Further studies found that LY294002 (PI3K inhibitor) suppressed the protective effect of Pec on hepatic I/R injury. In summary, our results show that Pec inhibits oxidative stress, inflammatory responses, and apoptosis, thereby attenuating I/R-induced liver injury and H/R-induced cell damage via activation of the PI3K/AKT/Nrf2 pathway.
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