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Anti-fibrotic effects of Orostachys japonicus A. Berger (Crassulaceae) on hepatic stellate cells and thioacetamide-induced fibrosis in rats

  • Koppula, Sushruta;Yum, Mun-Jeong;Kim, Jin-Seoub;Shin, Gwang-Mo;Chae, Yun-Jin;Yoon, Tony;Chun, Chi-Su;Lee, Jae-Dong;Song, MinDong
    • Nutrition Research and Practice
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    • 제11권6호
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    • pp.470-478
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    • 2017
  • BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE: Orostachys japonicus A. Berger (Crassulaceae) has been used in traditional herbal medicines in Korea and other Asian countries to treat various diseases, including liver disorders. In the present study, the anti-fibrotic effects of O. japonicus extract (OJE) in cellular and experimental hepatofibrotic rat models were investigated. MATERIALS/METHODS: An in vitro hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) system was used to estimate cell viability, cell cycle and apoptosis by MTT assay, flow cytometry, and Annexin V-FITC/PI staining techniques, respectively. In addition, thioacetamide (TAA)-induced liver fibrosis was established in Sprague Dawley rats. Briefly, animals were divided into five groups (n = 8): Control, TAA, OJE 10 (TAA with OJE 10 mg/kg), OJE 100 (TAA with OJE 100 mg/kg) and silymarin (TAA with Silymarin 50 mg/kg). Fibrosis was induced by treatment with TAA (200 mg/kg, i.p.) twice per week for 13 weeks, while OJE and silymarin were administered orally two times per week from week 7 to 13. The fibrotic related gene expression serum biomarkers glutathione and hydroxyproline were estimated by RT-PCR and spectrophotometry, respectively, using commercial kits. RESULTS: OJE (0.5 and 0.1 mg/ mL) and silymarin (0.05 mg/mL) treatment significantly (P < 0.01 and P < 0.001) induced apoptosis (16.95% and 27.48% for OJE and 25.87% for silymarin, respectively) in HSC-T6 cells when compared with the control group (9.09%). Further, rat primary HSCs showed changes in morphology in response to OJE 0.1 mg/mL treatment. In in vivo studies, OJE (10 and 100 mg/kg) treatment significantly ameliorated TAA-induced alterations in levels of serum biomarkers, fibrotic related gene expression, glutathione, and hydroxyproline (P < 0.05-P < 0.001) and rescued the histopathological changes. CONCLUSIONS: OJE can be developed as a potential agent for the treatment of hepatofibrosis.

Subchronic Oral Toxicity Study of Acanthopanax divaricatus var. albeofructus in Rats

  • Kim, Myoung Jun;Lee, Mi Ju;Lee, Yong-Hoon;Park, Sun Hee;Kim, Duyeol;Park, Cheol Beom;Kang, Jin Seok;Kang, Jong-Koo
    • Toxicological Research
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    • 제33권1호
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    • pp.15-23
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    • 2017
  • Acanthopanax divaricatus (Siebold & Zucc.) Seem. var. albeofructus (ADA), a traditional medical herb, has been used to treat arthritis and muscular injury, to strengthen muscle and bone, and to get vital energy. However, information regarding its toxicity is limited. ADA was administered by oral gavage to groups of rats at doses of 0 (control), 1,000, 1,500, 2,000, 2,500, and 3,000 mg/kg five times per week for 13 weeks. Mortality, clinical signs, body weights, food consumption, hematology, serum chemistry, urinalysis, organ weights, necropsy, histopathological finding, vaginal cytology, and sperm morphology were compared between control and ADA-treated groups. Salivation was intermittently observed in both sexes receiving 2,500 and 3,000 mg/kg directly after dosing. Absolute liver weights increased in females receiving 2,000, 2,500, and 3,000 mg/kg ADA (P < 0.05, P < 0.01, and P < 0.01, respectively) and so did the relative liver weights (P < 0.001). Salivation and increased liver weight were ADA-related changes but not considered to be adverse effects. Salivation was intermittent and transient, and the liver weight increase was minor and not accompanied by other changes such as hepatic morphological or functional alterations. The no-observed-adverse-effect-level was determined to be at least 3,000 mg/kg in both sexes of rats.

Hep G2 세포와 rat 간세포에서 Metronidazole에 의한 암모니아 독성 감소 (Metronidazole Reduced Ammonia Toxicity in Human Hep G2 cell and Rat Hepatocytes)

  • 김보애;김현정;김유영
    • KSBB Journal
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    • 제23권5호
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    • pp.381-386
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    • 2008
  • 본 연구에서는 암모니아에 의해 손상된 사람의 간세포주 Hep G2 cell과 rat의 hepatocyte에 대하여 metronidazole이 간 세포 손상을 억제하는 효과가 있음을 밝혔다. Metronidazole은 암모니아에 의한 세포 생존율 감소, 배지내의 암모니아 수준 및 지질과산화 증가 및 항산화 효소 발현 감소 그리고 세포 내 DNA 손상과 세포사멸을 억제하였다. 따라서 metronidazole은 암모니아로부터 기인하는 세포손상을 감소시켜 간세포 기능을 보호함으로써 간 기능의 저하로 발생한 과암모니아혈증에 효과적인 치료제로서의 가능성을 시사한다.

Hepatotoxicity in Rats Treated with Dimethylformamide or Toluene or Both

  • Kim, Ki-Woong;Chung, Yong Hyun
    • Toxicological Research
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    • 제29권3호
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    • pp.187-193
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    • 2013
  • The effects of toluene in dimethylformamide (DMF)-induced hepatotoxicity were investigated with respect to the induction of cytochrome P-450 (CYP) and the activities of related enzymes. The rats were treated intraperitoneally with the organic solvents in olive oil (Single treatment groups: 450 [D1], 900 [D2], 1,800 [D3] mg DMF, and 346 mg toluene [T] per kg of body weight; Combined treatment groups: D1+T, D2+T, and D3+T) once a day for three days, while the control group received just the olive oil. Each group consisted of 4 rats. The activities of the xenobiotic metabolic enzymes and the hepatic morphology were assessed. The immunoblots indicated that the expression of CYP2E1 was considerably enhanced depending on the dosage of DMF and the CYP2E1 blot densities were significantly increased after treatment with both DMF and toluene, compared to treatment with DMF alone. The activities of glutathione-S-transferase and glutathione peroxidase were either decreased or remained unaltered after treatment with DMF and toluene, whereas the lipid peroxide levels were increased with increasing dosage of DMF and toluene. The liver tissue in the D3 group (1,800 mg/kg of DMF) showed signs of microvacuolation in the central vein region and a large necrotic zone around the central vein, in rats treated with both DMF (1,800 mg/kg) and toluene (D3T). These results suggest that the expression of CYP2E1 is induced by DMF and enhanced by toluene. These changes may have facilitated the accelerated formation of N-methylformamide (NMF) from toluene, and the generated NMF may directly induce liver damage.

고콜레스테롤 식이 랫드에서 천마혼합액의 혈액개선 효과 (Effect of Mixture of Gastrodiae rhizoma on Blood Amelioration in High Cholesterol-diet Rats)

  • 이영선;한옥경;전태원;이은실;김광중;배재칠;김효정
    • 동의생리병리학회지
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    • 제16권2호
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    • pp.226-232
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    • 2002
  • This study was carried out to investigate the effect of mixture of Gastrodiae rhizoma (GM) on blood amelioration in high cholesterol-diet rats. Sprague-Dawley male rats were randomly assigned to one normal diet and three high cholesterol-diet groups which contained 1 % (w/w) cholesterol diet. The groups of high cholesterol-diet were classified to control (high cholesterol-diet only), GM-1 (high cholesterol-diet and GM) and ST-1 (high cholesterol-diet and Statin drug). The body and organs weight were not significantly changed among the tested groups. Contents of serum total cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol were significantly increased in cholesterol-diet groups compared with normal diet group but significantly decreased in the group of GM-1. Morphology of red blood cell in GM-1 group was similar to normal diet group but the control group had many crystals of cholesterol. Hepatic xanthine oxidase activity in the rats of high cholesterol-diet was decreased up to the levels of normal diet group according to oral administration of GM. The results of the present study demonstrate that the orally injection of GM can ameliorate the status of total cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol, and repress xanthine oxidase in liver in high cholesterol-diet rats. These finding suggest that GM is expected to be an effective tea for the blood amelioration in high cholesterol-diet rats.

Early gonadal maturation and vitellogenin mRNA expression in Siberian sturgeon Acipenser baerii cultured in a semi-closed water recirculating system in Korea

  • Park, Chulhong;Gong, Seung Pyo;Choi, Youn Hee;Kim, Ki Hong;Nam, Yoon Kwon
    • 한국동물생명공학회지
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    • 제35권3호
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    • pp.279-288
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    • 2020
  • Changes of gonadal morphology and mRNA expression patterns of vitellogenin were investigated in Siberian sturgeon Acipenser baerii (Chondrostei) during its early gonadal maturation period. Early differentiations and morphological transitions of both ovaries and testes appeared to occur actively until the age of 3 years, however from then on, the maturation patterns to full maturity were largely gender-dependent, in which males showed a faster progression of maturation than did females while females experienced a steady-state progress with a lagged interval before entering the final maturation. Expression of vitellogenin mRNAs are closely correlated with transitional patterns of gonadal appearances. In both females and males, hepatic mRNA levels of vitellogenin exponentially increased in the earliest interval (up to 1-year-old). However, in subsequent periods, vitellogenin expression in females continued to increase with age, whereas in males, the expression stabilized at a younger age. Nevertheless, at the age older than or equal to 7-year-old, fully matured individuals showed a quite low level of vitellogenin expression in both females and males. Collectively, results from this study could be useful as a fundamental guideline to address the gonad maturation of this sturgeon species, which is helpful for making practical decisions about farming practices and management for caviar production on local sturgeon farms.

햄스터 oval cell의 간흡충감염 후 담관암으로의 분화에 관한 세포병리학적 연구 (Cholangiocarcinogenesis Following Oval Cell Induction and Clonorchis sinensis Infestation in Hamster)

  • 윤병일;김방현;김대용
    • 한국수의병리학회지
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    • 제6권1호
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    • pp.41-48
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    • 2002
  • Oval cell is considered as facultative precursor cells for both hepatocytes and biliary cells, as well as origin of hepatocellar and cholangiocellular carcinoma (CCC) during carcinogenesis or toxic liver injury. To clarify the cellular origin or differentiation of cholagiocarcinogensis, the fate of carcinogen-induced oval cells was pathologically and phenotypically chased in Syrian golden hamster liver after Clonorchis sinensis (CS) infection which would give rise to a promoting effect. Two week treatment of hamsters with 0.005% diethylnitrosamine (DEN) followed by 2 week treatment of 1% 2-acetylaminofluorene (AAF) under choline deficient diet resulted in massive proliferation of BrdU labeleed and PCNA positive oval cells showing various distinct morphology, histochemical and immunohistochemical phenotypes for GGT, cytokeratin 19 and OV-6. Oval cells also frequently form ductular-like structures or phenotypically show hepatocyte-like characteristics. After CS infection, the oval cells showed sequential morphological changes to atypicl proliferating bile ductules and all hamsters thereafter developed well differentiated and anaplastic CCC at 16 week after CS infection. In electron microscopy, some bile ductules were constructed by intermediate oval cells and bile ductular cells surrounded by basement membrane. The results of this study strongly suggest that CCC developed in the present study were originated from hepatic stem-like oval cells, supporting the theory of stem cell origin of cancers. In addition, this hamster model would be valuable for the molecular mechanistic study during chemical-triggered cholangiocarcinogenesis.

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고지방 식이로 유도된 비만 생쥐에서 박하 Hydrosol의 항비만 효과 (Anti-Obesity Effects of Menthae Herba Hydrosol on High-Fat Diet Induced Obese Mice)

  • 최수민;김소영;김영준;우창훈;김미려;안희덕
    • 한방재활의학과학회지
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    • 제33권3호
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    • pp.33-46
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    • 2023
  • Objectives We investigated anti-obesity effects of Menthae Herba hydrosol in obese mice. Methods Animals were divided into four groups, and treatments were performed for 7 weeks. After the treatment, serum lipid profiles, weight and pathological morphology in liver, kidney, adipose tissue were measured. Also, hepatic protein and gene expression levels of lipid metabolism-related factors were analyzed. Results Body weight was decreased in P3% group. In P1% (group fed high-fat diet and 1% Menthae Herba hydrosol) and P3% (group fed high-fat diet and 3% Menthae Herba hydrosol) group, weight of white adipose tissue, serum levels of triglyceride and blood urea nitrogen were decreased, and weight of muscle was increased. Also, liver, kidney and epididymal adipocyte size were reduced in P1% and P3% group. Adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase was increased and sterol regulatory element binding protein-1c (SREBP-1c) was decreased in P3% group. mPeroxisome proliferator-activator receptor-γ, mMonocyte chemotactic protein-1 were decreased in P1% and P3% group. In P3% group, mSREBP-1c was decreased and mCarnitine palmitoyl transferase-1 was increased. And mUncoupling protein 1 in brown adipose tissue was increased. Conclusions These results suggest that Menthae Herba hydrosol has a worthy effect on anti-obesity.

Carvacrol improves blood lipid and glucose in rats with type 2 diabetes mellitus by regulating short-chain fatty acids and the GPR41/43 pathway

  • Yan Sun;Hai Qu;Xiaohong Niu;Ting Li;Lijuan Wang;Hairui Peng
    • The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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    • 제28권1호
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    • pp.1-10
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    • 2024
  • Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is characterized by hyperglycemia and dyslipidemia. Carvacrol (CAR) has demonstrated the potential to mitigate dyslipidemia. This study aims to investigate whether CAR can modulate blood glucose and lipid levels in a T2DM rat model by regulating short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) and the GPR41/43 pathway. The T2DM rat model was induced by a high-fat diet combined with low-dose streptozocin injection and treated with oral CAR and/or mixed antibiotics. Fasting blood glucose, oral glucose tolerance, and insulin tolerance tests were assessed. Serum lipid parameters, hepatic and renal function indicators, tissue morphology, and SCFAs were measured. In vitro, high glucose (HG)-induced IEC-6 cells were treated with CAR, and optimal CAR concentration was determined. HG-induced IEC-6 cells were treated with SCFAs or/and GPR41/43 agonists. CAR significantly reduced blood lipid and glucose levels, improved tissue damage, and increased SCFA levels in feces and GPR41/43 expression in colonic tissues of T2DM rats. CAR also attenuated HG-induced apoptosis of IEC-6 cells and enhanced GPR41/43 expression. Overall, these findings suggest that CAR alleviates blood lipid and glucose abnormalities in T2DM rats by modulating SCFAs and the GPR41/43 pathway.

홍국발효홍삼 분말 급여에 의한 흰쥐의 혈청 지질 농도 및 항산화 활성에 미치는 영향 (Effect of Monascus purpureus-Fermented Korean Red Ginseng Powder on the Serum Lipid Levels and Antioxidative Activity in Rats)

  • 차재영;박진철;안희영;엄경은;박보경;전방실;이치형;조영수
    • 한국식품영양과학회지
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    • 제38권9호
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    • pp.1153-1160
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    • 2009
  • Monascus purpureus KCCM 12002 홍국균으로 발효시킨 홍국발효홍삼 분말을 식이 중에 1% 수준으로 첨가하여 4주간 흰쥐에 급여한 후 혈청 임상생화학적 특성과 조직 내항산화 활성 및 간 조직에 미치는 영향을 검토하였다. 체중증가량, 식이섭취량 및 음료섭취량은 각 실험 군 간에 유의적인 차이는 없었다. 간 조직 총 중량 및 상대 중량은 다른 실험 군에 비해 홍국발효홍삼 분말 투여 군에서만 유의적으로 증가하였다. 간 손상 임상지표인 AST 및 $\gamma$-GTP 활성은 대조군에 비해 홍국발효홍삼 분말 투여 군에서 현저하게 저하하였으나, ALT 활성에는 영향을 미치지 못하였다. 혈중 총 지질 및 중성지질 농도는 대조군에 비해 silymarin 투여 군에서 유의적으로 감소하였고, 홍삼 분말 투여 군에서는 감소경향을 보인 반면 홍국발효홍삼 분말 투여 군에서는 유의적인 증가를 나타내었다. 혈청 총 콜레스테롤 농도는 대조군에 비해 silymarin, 홍삼 분말 및 홍국발효홍삼 분말 투여 군들에서 모두 저하경향을 보였다. 혈중 HDL-콜레스테롤 농도는 대조군에 비해 홍국발효홍삼 분말 투여 군에서만 유의적으로 증가하였다. 따라서 총 콜레스테롤 농도에 대한 HDL-콜레스테롤 농도의 비로 나타내는 동맥경화지수(AI)는 대조군에 비해 Silymarin 및 홍삼 분말 투여 군에서 유의적으로 감소하였고, 홍국발효홍삼 분말 투여 군에서도 현저하게 감소하였다. 간 조직의 과산화지질(TBARS)을 측정한 결과, 대조군에 비해 홍국발효홍삼 분말 투여 군에서는 유의적으로 감소하였으나, silymarin 및 홍삼 분말 투여 군에서는 감소경향을 보였다. 특히 홍국발효홍삼은 간 조직내에서 높은 과산화지질 억제작용을 나타내어 조직 내 항산화 물질로 잘 알려진 glutathione 농도는 대조군에 비해 silymarin 및 홍국발효홍삼 분말 투여 군에서 유의적으로 증가하였으며, 홍삼 분말 투여 군에서만 증가경향을 보였다. 간 조직의 조직학적 검사를 실시한 결과 대조군에서는 혈관을 중심으로 간 소엽 구조가 잘 유지되었으며, 간세포들은 풍부한 호산성 세포질과 둥근 핵을 가지고 있었고 간세포판은 대부분 한 층으로 잘 유지되어 있었으며, silymarin, 홍삼 분말 및 홍국발효홍삼 분말 투여 군에서도 대조군과 같은 현상을 보였다. 이상의 실험결과 홍국발효홍삼은 항동맥경화 작용뿐만 아니라 간 조직 내 항산화물질 증가에 의한 산화스트레스를 경감시킴으로써 향후 간 독성 개선 효능을 가지는 건강기능식품 개발의 기초 소재로 활용될 가능성이 높은 것으로 판단되어진다.