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HE Xiuyi,AN Zhenxiang,HE Yuanli,et al.The effect and mechanism of anwulignan on improving hepatic fibrosis in rats[J].ZHONGGUO YAOFANG,2023,34(20):2459-2464. DOI: 10.6039/j.issn.1001-0408.2023.20.03.
The effect and mechanism of anwulignan on improving hepatic fibrosis in rats
To investigate the effect and mechanism of anwulignan on improving hepatic fibrosis in rats.
METHODS
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Fifty SD rats were randomly divided into the normal group, model group, colchicine tablet group (0.1 mg/kg), and anwulignan high-dose and low-dose groups (2.8 and 0.7 mg/kg), with 10 rats in each group. Except for the normal group, all groups of rats were intraperitoneally injected with 50% CCl
4
olive oil mixed solution to replicate the rat model of liver fibrosis. At the end of the modeling, rats in each group were given the corresponding drugs or distilled water intragastrically from the 9th week, once a day, for 4 weeks consecutively. During the experimental period, the general condition of the rats was observed; the liver index was calculated; the serum levels of alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), superoxide dismutase (SOD) and malondialdehyde (MDA) were detected by colorimetric assay; the pathomorphology of the liver tissues and liver fibrosis were observed by HE staining and Masson staining; Western blot was used to detect the expression levels of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/protein kinase B (Akt) pathway and apoptosis-related proteins in liver tissues.
RESULTS
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Compared with the normal group, the dietary amount of rats in the model group decreased, with sparse and disheveled fur, slow response, and a slower rate of weight growth or weight loss; the liver index was significantly increased (
P
<0.01); the serum levels of ALT, AST and MDA were significantly increased, and the SOD level was significantly decreased (
P
<0.01); HE and Masson staining showed that a large amount of fibrous proliferation was present in the liver tissues of the rats, and the collagen volume fraction was significantly increased (
P
<0.01); the protein expressions of PI3K, Akt, phosphorylated Akt and B-cell lymphoma (Bcl-2) were down-regulated significantly, while the protein expression of Bcl-2-associated X protein was increased significantly (
P
<0.01). Compared with the model group, the above indexes of the anwulignan high-dose and low-dose groups and the colchicine tablets group were all reversed significantly(
P
<0.01 or
P
<0.05).
CONCLUSIONS
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Anwulignan may reduce oxidative stress and inhibit hepatocyte apoptosis by activating the PI3K/Akt signaling pathway, and play the role of anti-hepatic fibrosis.
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