期刊
ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY
卷 45, 期 -, 页码 170-178出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2016.05.033
关键词
Betaine; Alcoholic liver fibrosis; Oxidative stress; Stellate cell activation; Rat
资金
- Istanbul University [42432]
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of betaine (BET) on alcoholic liver fibrosis in rats. Fibrosis was experimentally generated with ethanol plus carbon tetrachloride (ETH + CCl4) treatment. Rats were treated with ETH (5% v/v in drinking water) for 14 weeks. CCl4 was administered intraperitoneally (i.p.) 0.2 mL/kg twice a week to rats in the last 6 weeks with/without commercial food containing BET (2% w/w). Serum hepatic damage markers, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, hepatic triglyceride (TG) and hydroxyproline (HYP) levels, and oxidative stress parameters were measured together with histopathologic observations. In addition, alpha-smooth muscle-actin (alpha-SMA), transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-beta 1) and type I collagen (COL1A1) protein expressions were assayed immunohistochemically to evaluate stellate cell (HSC) activation. mRNA expressions of matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) and its inhibitors (TIMP-1 and TIMP-2) were also determined. BET treatment diminished TG and HYP levels; prooxidant status and fibrotic changes; alpha-SMA, COL1A1 and TGF-beta protein expressions; MMP-2, TIMP-1 and TIMP-2 mRNA expressions in the liver of fibrotic rats. In conclusion, these results indicate that the antifibrotic effect of BET may be related to its suppressive effects on oxidant and inflammatory processes together with HSC activation in alcoholic liver fibrosis. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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