Effect of gossypol on hepatic fibrosis of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in diabetic rats
LI Yangyang1, CHEN Hanbin2, XU Feifei1, WAN Li1, CHEN Guorong1, CHEN Lei3, CHEN Sanmei4, WANG Rongrong1.
1.Department of Pathology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325015; 2.Department of Radiation and Chemotherapy, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325015; 3.The First Clinical Medical College, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325035; 4.Department of Nursing, School of Medical Sciences, Shaoxing University, Shaoxing, 312000
LI Yangyang,CHEN Hanbin,XU Feifei, et al. Effect of gossypol on hepatic fibrosis of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in diabetic rats[J]. JOURNAL OF WEZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, 2017, 47(11): 786-790.
Abstract:Objective: To investigate the effect of gossypol on nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and its mechanism. Methods: Thirty male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided randomly into 3 groups: normal control (NC) group, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) group, type 2 diabetes mellitus treated with gossypol (T2DMG) group. After fed with a high-fat diet, the rats were injected with low-dose streptozotocin (STZ) intraperitoneally to induce type 2 diabetes mellitus. The T2DMG group were given 15 mg•kg-1•d-1 gossypol by gavage for 4 weeks, followed by 15 mg•kg-1•d-1 dose of gossypol every week for 8 weeks. The morphology of the liver was observed under light and transmission electronmicroscopy. Masson staining were used to observe the fibrosis of liver tissue. The protein expression of α-SMA, 11β-HSD1, GR, NF-κB and TGFβ1 were assayed by immunohistochemistry. The mRNA expression of 11β-HSD1, GR, NF-κB and TGFβ1 from rats livers were assayed by semi-quantitative RT-PCR. Results: Compare with NC group, T2DM group hapatic fibrosis was obvious, α-SMA, 11β-HSD1, GR, NF-κB and TGFβ1 protein expression was significantly enhanced (P=0.001, 0.004, 0.001, 0.001, 0.002), GR and TGFβ1 mRNA expression was significantly increased (P=0.01, 0.001). Compare with T2DM group, T2DMG group liver fibrosis was significantly ameliorated, α-SMA, 11β-HSD1, GR, NF-κB and TGFβ1 expression was significantly decreased (P=0.009, 0.031, 0.002, 0.009, 0.027), 11β-HSD1, GR and TGFβ1 mRNA expression was significantly reduced (P=0.003, 0.038, 0.014). Conclusion: Gossypol exerts the capacity to relieve hepatic fibrosis from NAFLD, inhibiting the expression of 11β-HSD1, GR and NF-κB, TGFβ1 may be involved in it.
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