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INTERNATIONAL IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY
卷 122, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
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DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2023.110555
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Liver fibrosis; Axitinib; Mitochondrial damage; NLRP3 inflammasome; Oxidative stress
This study explores the effect and mechanism of axitinib on liver fibrosis using a CCl4-induced hepatic fibrosis mouse model and a TGF-β1-induced hepatic stellate cell model. The results show that axitinib can alleviate liver tissue damage, inhibit enzyme production, collagen and hydroxyproline deposition, and protein expression associated with liver fibrosis. Axitinib also inhibits the expression of CTGF and α-SMA in hepatic stellate cells. Further studies reveal that axitinib inhibits HSCs activation by enhancing mitochondrial complex activity, thus mitigating the progression of liver fibrosis. This study highlights the strong potential of axitinib in the treatment of liver fibrosis.
Liver fibrosis can progress to cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma, which may eventually lead to liver failure and even death. No direct anti-fibrosis drugs are available at present. Axitinib is a new generation of potent multitarget tyrosine kinase receptor inhibitors, but its role in liver fibrosis remains unclear. In this study, a CCl4induced hepatic fibrosis mouse model and a TGF-& beta;1-induced hepatic stellate cell model were used to explore the effect and mechanism of axitinib on hepatic fibrosis. Results confirmed that axitinib could alleviate the pathological damage of liver tissue induced by CCl4 and inhibit the production of glutamic-oxalacetic transaminase and glutamic-pyruvic transaminase. It also inhibited collagen and hydroxyproline deposition and the protein expression of Col-1 and & alpha;-SMA in CCl4-induced liver fibrosis. In addition, axitinib inhibited the expression of CTGF and & alpha;-SMA in TGF-& beta;1-induced hepatic stellate cells. Further studies showed that axitinib inhibited mitochondrial damage and reduced oxidative stress and NLRP3 maturation. The use of rotenone and antimycin A confirmed that axitinib could restore the activity of mitochondrial complexes I and III, thereby inhibiting the maturation of NLRP3. In summary, axitinib inhibits the activation of HSCs by enhancing the activity of mitochondrial complexes I and III, thereby alleviating the progression of liver fibrosis. This study reveals the strong potential of axitinib in the treatment of liver fibrosis.
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