Protective effects of triterpenoids on primarily cultured rat hepatocytes injured by D-galactosamine and carbon tetrachloride.
- Author:
Kui-fen MA
1
;
Xiang-yi ZHANG
;
Luo-yang QI
Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH: Animals; Carbon Tetrachloride; toxicity; Cell Survival; drug effects; Cells, Cultured; Galactosamine; toxicity; Glycyrrhetinic Acid; pharmacology; Hepatocytes; cytology; drug effects; metabolism; Male; Membrane Potential, Mitochondrial; drug effects; Nitric Oxide; metabolism; Pentacyclic Triterpenes; Protective Agents; pharmacology; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Reactive Oxygen Species; metabolism; Triterpenes; pharmacology
- From: Journal of Zhejiang University. Medical sciences 2007;36(3):247-254
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
OBJECTIVETo investigate the protective effects and mechanism of triterpenoids on primarily cultured rat hepatocytes injured by D-galactosamine (D-GalN) or carbon tetrachloride (CCl4).
METHODSRat hepatocytes were isolated by two-step collagenase perfusion and cultured in RPMI 1640 medium. Protective effects of asiatic acid (AA) and beta-glycyrrhetinic acid (GA) were evaluated on hepatocytes injured by D-GalN (2 mmol/L) or CCl4 (10 mmol/L). Cell morphology was observed by light microscope, cell viability was measured by MTT assay, AST and LDH were determined by an automatic analyzer. Fluorescence assay was applied to test reactive oxygen species (ROS), nitric oxide end products (NOx) and reduced glutathione (GSH), and JC-1 staining was used to determine mitochondria membrane potential (DeltaPsim).
RESULTSAST and LDH in medium were decreased when treated with AA and GA after D-GalN injury (P<0.05), furthermore AA enhanced the hepatocyte viability (P<0.05). Moreover, AA and GA significantly reduced ROS and NOx generation, and ameliorated DeltaPsim lost induced by D-GalN. AA also inhibited GSH decrease due to D-GalN and CCl4 treatment.
CONCLUSIONBoth AA and GA could protect hepatocytes from D-GalN and CCl4 injuries, which is associated with reducing intracellular ROS and NOx, reversing GSH depression and ameliorating DeltaPsim lost.
