To study the mechanism of curcumin-attenuated inflammation and liver
pathology in early stage of alcoholic liver disease, female Sprague-Dawley rats were
divided into four groups and treated with ethanol or curcumin via an intragastric tube
for 4 weeks. A control group treated with distilled water, and an ethanol group was
treated with ethanol (7.5 g/kg bw). Treatment groups were fed with ethanol
supplemented with curcumin (400 or 1 200 mg/kg bw). The liver histopathology in
ethanol group revealed mild-to-moderate steatosis and mild necroinflammation. Hepatic
MDA, hepatocyte apoptosis, and NF-κB activation increased significantly in ethanol-treated group when compared with control. Curcumin treatments resulted in improving
of liver pathology, decreasing the elevation of hepatic MDA, and inhibition of NF-κB
activation. The 400 mg/kg bw of curcumin treatment revealed only a trend of decreased
hepatocyte apoptosis. However, the results of SOD activity, PPARγ protein expression
showed no difference among the groups. In conclusion, curcumin improved liver
histopathology in early stage of ethanol-induced liver injury by reduction of oxidative
stress and inhibition of NF-κB activation.
AIM:To evaluate attenuating properties of N-acetylcysteine (NAC) on oxidative stress and liver pathology in rats with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).
METHODS:Male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into three groups. Group 1 (control, n = 8) was free accessed to regular dry rat chow (RC) for 6 wk.Group 2 (NASH, n = 8) was fed with 100% fat diet for 6 wk. Group 3 (NASH + NAC20, n = 9) was fed with 100% fat diet plus 20 mg/kg per day of NAC orally for 6 wk. All rats were sacrificed to collect blood and liver samples at the end of the study.
RESULTS:The levels of total glutathione (GSH) and hepatic malondialdehyde (MDA) were increased significantly in the NASH group as compared with the control group (GSH; 2066.7 ± 93.2 vs 1337.5 ± 31.5 µmol/L and MDA; 209.9± 43.9 vs 3.8 ±1.7 µmol/g protein, respectively, P < 0.05). Liver histopathology from group 2 showed moderate to severe macrovesicular steatosis, hepatocyte ballooning, and necroinflammation. NAC treatment improved the level of GSH (1394.8 ± 81.2 µmol/L, P < 0.05), it did not affect MDA (150.1 ± 27.0 µmol/g protein), but led to a decrease in fat deposition and necroinflammation.CONCLUSION: NAC treatment could attenuate oxidative stress and improve liver histology in rats with NASH.
APAP overdose can cause liver injury. Results indicate that curcumin prevents APAP-induced hepatitis through the improvement of liver histopathology by decreased oxidative stress, reduced liver inflammation, and restoration of GSH.
These results suggest that L. plantarum XB7 produces secreted factors capable of modulating inflammation during H. pylori infection, and this probiotic Lactobacillus strain shows promise as an adjunctive therapy for treating H. pylori-associated disease.
To determine effects of curcumin on N-methyl-N-nitrosourea (MNU) and saturated sodium chloride (s-NaCl)-induced gastric cancer in rats. Male Wistar rats were divided into 5 groups: control (CO), control supplemented with 200 mg/kg curcumin (CC), MNU + s-NaCl, MNU + s-NaCl supplemented with 200 mg/kg curcumin daily for the first 3 weeks (MNU + s-NaCl + C3W), and MNU + s-NaCl supplemented with curcumin for 20 weeks (MNU + s-NaCl + C20W). To induce stomach cancer, rats except for CO and CC were orally treated with 100 mg/kg MNU on day 0 and 14, and s-NaCl twice-a-week for the first 3 weeks. The experiment was finished and rats were sacrificed at the end of 20 weeks. Cancers were found in forestomachs of all rats in MNU + s-NaCl. The expressions of phosphorylated inhibitor kappaB alpha (phospho-IκBα), 8-hydroxy-2′-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG), and cyclin D1 significantly increased in MNU + s-NaCl compared with CO. Curcumin treatments for 3 and 20 weeks reduced the cancer incidence resulting in a decrease of phospho-IκBα expression in benign tumor-bearing rats compared with MNU + s-NaCl. Curcumin treatment for 20 weeks also decreased 8-OHdG expression in benign tumor-bearing rats compared with MNU + s-NaCl. Curcumin can attenuate cancer via a reduction of phospho-IκBα and 8-OHdG expressions, which may play a promising role in gastric carcinogenesis.
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