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Khlifi R, Dhaouefi Z, Maatouk M, Sassi A, Boudhiba N, Ioannou I, Ghedira K, Chekir-Ghedira L, Kilani-Jaziri S. Heat treatment improves the immunomodulatory and cellular antioxidant behavior of a natural flavanone: Eriodictyol. Int Immunopharmacol 2018; 61:317-324. [DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2018.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2018] [Revised: 06/05/2018] [Accepted: 06/05/2018] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Ye Z, Gorman AA, Uittenbogaard AM, Myers-Morales T, Kaplan AM, Cohen DA, Straley SC. Caspase-3 mediates the pathogenic effect of Yersinia pestis YopM in liver of C57BL/6 mice and contributes to YopM's function in spleen. PLoS One 2014; 9:e110956. [PMID: 25372388 PMCID: PMC4220956 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2013] [Accepted: 09/26/2014] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The virulence protein YopM of the plague bacterium Yersinia pestis has different dominant effects in liver and spleen. Previous studies focused on spleen, where YopM inhibits accumulation of inflammatory dendritic cells. In the present study we focused on liver, where PMN function may be directly undermined by YopM without changes in inflammatory cell numbers in the initial days of infection, and foci of inflammation are easily identified. Mice were infected with parent and ΔyopM-1 Y. pestis KIM5, and effects of YopM were assessed by immunohistochemistry and determinations of bacterial viable numbers in organs. The bacteria were found associated with myeloid cells in foci of inflammation and in liver sinusoids. A new in-vivo phenotype of YopM was revealed: death of inflammatory cells, evidenced by TUNEL staining beginning at d 1 of infection. Based on distributions of Ly6G+, F4/80+, and iNOS+ cells within foci, the cells that were killed could have included both PMNs and macrophages. By 2 d post-infection, YopM had no effect on distribution of these cells, but by 3 d cellular decomposition had outstripped acute inflammation in foci due to parent Y. pestis, while foci due to the ΔyopM-1 strain still contained many inflammatory cells. The destruction depended on the presence of both PMNs in the mice and YopM in the bacteria. In mice that lacked the apoptosis mediator caspase-3 the infection dynamics were novel: the parent Y. pestis was limited in growth comparably to the ΔyopM-1 strain in liver, and in spleen a partial growth limitation for parent Y. pestis was seen. This result identified caspase-3 as a co-factor or effector in YopM's action and supports the hypothesis that in liver YopM's main pathogenic effect is mediated by caspase-3 to cause apoptosis of PMNs.
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- Zhan Ye
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States of America
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Alam MA, Sarkar SK, Gomes A. A high molecular weight protein extract of Mastobranchus indicus (Mi-64) having antiarthritic activity in experimental animals. Inflammation 2012; 35:1223-31. [PMID: 22327804 DOI: 10.1007/s10753-012-9432-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Mi-64, a high molecular weight protein (130 kDa), obtained from the tissue homogenate of marine polychaete (Mastobranchus indicus) collected from the Indian Sunderban has antiarthritic activity in experimental animals. The FCA-induced arthritis model was developed in Wistar albino rats to evaluate the antiarthritic effects of Mi-64. After FCA induction, the rats were treated with Mi-64 (0.25 and 0.5 mg kg(-1) body weight) for 10 days. We have determined the paw/ankle swellings, urinary hydroxyproline and glucosamine, serum acid and alkaline phosphatases to assess the antiarthritic activity. The levels of interleukin-1 beta (IL-1β), IL-6, cytokine-induced neutrophil chemoattractant-1 (CINC-1), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), and IL-10 were measured by ELISA. Results showed that Mi-64 significantly reduced paw/ankle swellings and restored the urinary hydroxyproline/glucosamine and serum phosphatases. Mi-64 significantly inhibited the overproduction of IL-1β, IL-6, CINC-1, and TNF-α and augmented IL-10 production. The data suggest that Mi-64 produced significant antiarthritic effects that may be mediated by balancing the pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines.
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- Mohammed Aftab Alam
- Department of Marine Science, University of Calcutta, 35, Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata, 700019, India.
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Chakraborty M, Bhattacharya S, Bhattacharjee P, Das R, Mishra R. Prevention of the progression of adjuvant induced arthritis by oral supplementation of Indian fresh water mussel (Lamellidens marginalis) aqueous extract in experimental rats. JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 2010; 132:316-20. [PMID: 20728518 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2010.08.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2010] [Revised: 07/16/2010] [Accepted: 08/16/2010] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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AIM OF THIS STUDY Mussel is well accepted as food all over India. Beside for its nutritive value, people residing in Kosi river basin, Bihar, India, consume a preparation of soup, made from the footpad of molluscan species, with the belief that it gives relief from signs and symptoms of joint pain and related problems. This study was designed to explore the preventive activity of Indian fresh water mussel (Lamellidens marginalis) aqueous extract oral supplementation in experimental arthritis model. MATERIALS AND METHODS Arthritis was induced in male albino rats by intradermal injection of Freund's complete adjuvant in right hind footpad. Lamellidens marginalis extract (LME1, 500 mg/kg/day and LME2, 1 g/kg/day) peroral supplementation started from the 1st day after adjuvant injection and was continued for the subsequent 13 days. Severity of arthritis was evaluated from paw diameter, ankle diameter, paw weight, urinary hydroxyproline, glucosamine level, serum interleukin-1β, IL6, IL10, CINC1, TNFα level, lysosomal enzyme levels and from histopathological assessment. RESULTS Lamellidens marginalis extract supplementation significantly (p<0.05) decreased paw diameter, ankle diameter, and paw weight in treated groups (LME1, 500 mg/kg/day and LME2, 1 g/kg/day) as compared with arthritic group. Urinary hydroxyproline, glucosamine level, serum IL1β, IL6, CINC1, TNFα, IL10 and lysosomal enzyme levels were restored significantly (p<0.05) in treated groups (LME1, 500 mg/kg/day and LME2, 1 g/kg/day) as compared to arthritic group. Synovial membrane damage and neutrophil infiltration in histopathological examination was restored significantly by LME supplementation as compared to arthritic group. CONCLUSIONS Thus, it might be concluded that experimental animals supplemented with Lamellidens marginalis extract were protected against the severity of disease progression in adjuvant induced arthritis.
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- Mousumi Chakraborty
- Department of Physiology, University of Calcutta, 92, Acharya Prafulla Chandra Road, Kolkata 700009, India
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Eastmond DA. Evaluating genotoxicity data to identify a mode of action and its application in estimating cancer risk at low doses: A case study involving carbon tetrachloride. ENVIRONMENTAL AND MOLECULAR MUTAGENESIS 2008; 49:132-141. [PMID: 18213651 DOI: 10.1002/em.20368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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In the new USEPA cancer risk assessment guidelines, mode of action (MoA) information, combined with a determination of whether or not a chemical is mutagenic, plays an important role in determining whether a linear or nonlinear approach should be used to estimate cancer risks at low doses. In this article, carbon tetrachloride (CT) is used as an example to illustrate how mixed genotoxicity data can be evaluated and used to identify a likely MoA. CT is essentially negative in inducing gene mutations in Salmonella, but is consistently positive in inducing recombination and aneuploidy in fungi. Negative or equivocal results were seen in most in vitro and in vivo studies in mammals, including mutation studies in transgenic mice. However, DNA adducts, primarily those derived from oxidation- and lipid-peroxidation-derived products as well as DNA double-strand breaks and micronucleated cells, have been seen repeatedly in the liver of CT-treated animals. On the basis of the weight of evidence, CT should not be considered a directly mutagenic agent. Mutagenic as well as other genotoxic effects, as they occur, will most likely be generated through indirect mechanisms resulting from oxidative and lipid peroxidative damage and/or damage occurring during necrosis or apoptosis. As key events in this process are expected to occur in a nonlinear fashion, the expected relationship between CT dose and carcinogenic response in the liver is likely to be nonlinear with a steep dose response. This conclusion is consistent with rodent cancer bioassay results in which steep nonlinear dose responses have been seen.
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- David A Eastmond
- Environmental Toxicology Graduate Program, Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, University of California, Riverside, California 92506, USA.
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Narendhirakannan RT, Subramanian S, Kandaswamy M. Anti-inflammatory and lysosomal stability actions of Cleome gynandra L. studied in adjuvant induced arthritic rats. Food Chem Toxicol 2007; 45:1001-12. [PMID: 17276570 DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2006.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2005] [Revised: 07/06/2006] [Accepted: 12/01/2006] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The present study was aimed to assess the anti-arthritic nature of Cleome gynandra L. (Cat's whiskers) against Freund's complete adjuvant induced arthritis in rats. The ethanolic extract of C. gynandra was administered orally at a dose of 150 mg/kg body weight for 30 days to the experimental rats after the induction of adjuvant arthritis. The anti-inflammatory activity of C. gynandra leaves was assessed by paw volume measurement, and its capacity to stabilize lysosomal enzyme activities in the plasma and liver of control and experimental rats. The activity of pathophysiological enzymes such as AST, ALT, ALP, cathepsin-D, beta-glucuronidase, N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase LDH and the levels of glycoproteins were also estimated in plasma and liver. The increased levels of both lysosomal enzymes and protein-bound carbohydrates in arthritic rats were significantly suppressed to near normal level by the administration of C. gynandra extract. Further, the significantly elevated plasma levels of TNF-alpha found in arthritic rats were found to be significantly restored back to near normal levels by the extract in experimental animals. The membrane stabilizing activity of the extract was further evidenced by histological observations made on the limb tissue. Recently, we have reported the presence of many biologically active phyto chemicals such as triterpenes, tannins, anthroquinones, flavonoids, saponins, steroids, resins, lectins, glycosides, sugars, phenolic compounds, and alkaloids in the extract of C. gynandra and these compounds might be responsible for the anti-arthritic properties observed in the present study. The possible mechanism of action of the C. gynandra extract may be through its stabilizing action on lysosomal membranes and there by preventing the spread of inflammation.
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- R T Narendhirakannan
- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai 600025, Tamil Nadu, India
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Zhao DC, Lei JX, Chen R, Yu WH, Zhang XM, Li SN, Xiang P. Bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells protect against experimental liver fibrosis in rats. World J Gastroenterol 2005; 11:3431-40. [PMID: 15948250 PMCID: PMC4315999 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i22.3431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 202] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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AIM: Recent reports have shown the capacity of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) to differentiate into hepatocytes in vitro and in vivo. MSCs administration could repair injured liver, lung, or heart through reducing inflammation, collagen deposition, and remodeling. These results provide a clue to treatment of liver fibrosis. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of infusion of bone marrow (BM)-derived MSCs on the experimental liver fibrosis in rats.
METHODS: MSCs isolated from BM in male Fischer 344 rats were infused to female Wistar rats induced with carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) or dimethylnitrosamine (DMN). There were two random groups on the 42nd d of CCl4:CCl4/MSCs, to infuse a dose of MSCs alone; CCl4/saline, to infuse the same volume of saline as control. There were another three random groups after exposure to DMN: DMN10/MSCs, to infuse the same dose of MSCs on d 10; DMN10/saline, to infuse the same volume of saline on d 10; DMN20/MSCs, to infuse the same dose of MSCs on d 20. The morphological and behavioral changes of rats were monitored everyday. After 4-6 wk of MSCs administration, all rats were killed and fibrosis index were assessed by histopathology and radioimmunoassay. Smooth muscle alpha-actin (alpha-SMA) of liver were tested by immunohistochemistry and quantified by IBAS 2.5 software. Male rats sex determination region on the Y chromosome (sry) gene were explored by PCR.
RESULTS: Compared to controls, infusion of MSCs reduced the mortality rates of incidence in CCl4-induced model (10% vs 20%) and in DMN-induced model (20-40% vs 90%).The amount of collagen deposition and alpha-SMA staining was about 40-50% lower in liver of rats with MSCs than that of rats without MSCs. The similar results were observed in fibrosis index. And the effect of the inhibition of fibrogenesis was greater in DMN10/MSCs than in DMN20/MSCs. The sry gene was positive in the liver of rats with MSCs treatment by PCR.
CONCLUSION: MSCs treatment can protect against experimental liver fibrosis in CCl4-induced or DMN-induced rats and the mechanisms of the anti-fibrosis by MSCs will be studied further.
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- Dong-Chang Zhao
- Center for Stem Cell Biology and Tissue Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, 74# Zhongshan Road II, Guangzhou 510080, Guangdong Province, China
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Ogane N, Yasuda M, Hayashi H, Kameda Y, Minematsu T, Itoh J, Osamura RY. Utility of Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy (CLSM): With Reference to Interpretation in Immunostaining. Acta Histochem Cytochem 2005. [DOI: 10.1267/ahc.38.267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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- Naoki Ogane
- Division of Pathology, Kanagawa Cancer Center
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- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Tokai University
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- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Tokai University
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- Laboratories of Structure and Function Research, School of Medicine, Tokai University
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Yasuda M, Itoh J, Kotajima S, Itoh H, Murakami M, Ogane N, Osamura RY. Cytologic three-dimensional imaging for the interpretation of staining profiles: Application of confocal laser scanning microscopy. Diagn Cytopathol 2004; 31:166-8. [PMID: 15349986 DOI: 10.1002/dc.20106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Masanori Yasuda
- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Tokai University, Bohseidai, Isehara, Kanagawa 259-1193, Japan.
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Tada S, Nakamoto N, Kameyama K, Tsunematsu S, Kumagai N, Saito H, Ishii H. Clinical usefulness of edaravone for acute liver injury. J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2003; 18:851-7. [PMID: 12795759 DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1746.2003.03064.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Edaravone, a newly synthesized radical scavenger, has shown an excellent effect on treating stroke patients. The effect of edaravone on carbon tetrachloride (CCl4)-induced acute liver injury was examined. METHODS Six rats were injected with CCl4 alone and six rats were intravenously injected with edaravone immediately after and 3 h after injection of CCl4. Another six rats were injected with olive oil alone. The animals were killed at 24 h after the CCl4 injection. RESULTS Injection of CCl4 was followed by a marked increase in serum alanine aminotranferase (ALT) level (CCl4, 1630.6 +/- 606.8 IU/L; olive oil, 21.0 +/- 2.6 IU/L; P < 0.001), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) level (CCl4, 5068.0 +/- 2956.4 IU/L; olive oil, 203.6 +/- 30.5 IU/L; P < 0.005), and total bilirubin (TB) level (CCl4, 0.88 +/- 0.48 mg/dL; olive oil, 0.37 +/- 0.05 mg/dL; P < 0.01), whereas in the edaravone-treated rats, the ALT (119.4 +/- 113.5 IU/L, P < 0.001), LDH (369.7 +/- 288.2 IU/L, P < 0.005), and TB values (0.29 +/- 0.16 mg/dL, P < 0.01) were significantly decreased. Histological examination of the liver by hematoxylin and eosin and oil red O staining showed a marked reduction of steatosis in the CCl4 and edaravone-treated rats compared with the CCl4-injected rats. Significant inhibition of hepatocytic apoptosis was demonstrated by the terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated UTP nick-end labeling (TUNEL) method in the edaravone-treated rats. CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that edaravone has a marked preventive effect on oxidative stress-induced acute liver injury.
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- Shinchiro Tada
- Departments of Internal Medicine and Pathology, School of Medicine, Keio University and Center for Liver Diseases, Kitasato Institute Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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Yumoto R, Murakami T, Takano M. Differential effect of acute hepatic failure on in vivo and in vitro P-glycoprotein functions in the intestine. Pharm Res 2003; 20:765-71. [PMID: 12751632 DOI: 10.1023/a:1023485519485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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PURPOSE The expression and function of P-glycoprotein (P-gp) in the intestine in carbon tetrachloride-induced acute hepatic failure (AHF) were evaluated in rats. METHODS The expression of P-gp, in vivo absorption and exsorption of P-gp substrates (digoxin and rhodamine 123), and in vitro efflux transport of these P-gp substrates were studied in the absence and presence of a P-gp inhibitor (verapamil or cyclosporin A) using the distal region of small intestine of control and AHF rats. RESULTS Western blot analysis revealed that intestinal P-gp expression level remained unchanged, or rather increased, in AHF. The in vivo intestinal P-gp function was significantly lower in AHF, as evaluated by the absorption and exsorption of P-gp substrates. In contrast, in vitro P-gp function was significantly higher in AHF, as evaluated by the efflux transport of P-gp substrates across the everted intestine. Collectively, the intestinal P-gp function was differently affected by AHF between in vivo and in vitro conditions. CONCLUSIONS The in vivo intestinal P-gp function was suppressed in AHF, which could not be predicted from in vitro functional studies nor from P-gp expression level. The discrepancy between in vivo and in vitro results may be explained by the presence of endogenous P-gp inhibitors in the plasma of AHF rats.
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- Ryoko Yumoto
- Department of Pharmaceutics and Therapeutics, Programs for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan
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Kusunose M, Qiu B, Cui T, Hamada A, Yoshioka S, Ono M, Miyamura M, Kyotani S, Nishioka Y. Effect of Sho-saiko-to extract on hepatic inflammation and fibrosis in dimethylnitrosamine induced liver injury rats. Biol Pharm Bull 2002; 25:1417-21. [PMID: 12419951 DOI: 10.1248/bpb.25.1417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Sho-saiko-to extract, a Chinese herbal medicine, is widely used for treatment of chronic hepatitis in Japan. However, it is not clear what conditions Sho-saiko-to extract improves hepatic inflammation and fibrosis. We therefore induced various stages of liver injury in model rats and administered Sho-saiko-to extract. We then evaluated the liver inflammation and liver fibrosis-improving effects of Sho-saiko-to extract. The liver injury model rats were produced by administration of various doses of dimethylnitrosamine (DMN) and Sho-saiko-to extract was administered to these rats. Then the liver inflammation and fibrosis-improving effects of Sho-saiko-to extract were evaluated according to L-asparate aminotransferase (AST), L-alanine aminotransferase (ALT), liver retinoid levels, levels of hydroxyproline, Transforming Growth Factor-beta (TGF-beta), and the liver fibrosis area. These indicators depended on the total doses of DMN. The ability of Sho-saiko-to extract to improve liver inflammation and fibrosis was limited to the following levels of the respective parameters: AST levels (234-264 U/l), ALT levels (208-232 U/l), TGF-beta levels (1102-1265 pg/g liver tissue), hydroxyproline levels (633-719 nmol/g liver tissue), and liver fibrosis area (9.7-10.6 times for normal rat). These findings suggested that Sho-saiko-to extract is effective in the treatment of liver inflammation and fibrosis up to a certain degree of severity, but it produces no improvement in more severe cases.
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- Masahiko Kusunose
- Department of Pharmacy, Kochi Medical School Hospital, Kochi, Japan.
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Sakai H, Inagami A, Hirata A, Tsukamoto T, Kobayashi K, Degawa M, Shirai N, Iidaka T, Yanai T, Masegi T, Tatematsu M. The Effects of D-galactosamine- or Carbon Tetrachloride-Induced Regeneration on Induction of Rat Liver Cell Foci in a Model for Detection of Initiation Activities of Chemicals. J Toxicol Pathol 2002. [DOI: 10.1293/tox.15.13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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- Hiroki Sakai
- Laboratory of Oncological Pathology, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute
- Department of Veterinary Pathology, Gifu University
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- Laboratory of Oncological Pathology, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute
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- Toxicology Laboratory, Research Center, Mitsubishi-Tokyo Pharmaceuticals, Inc
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- Department of Molecular Toxicology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka
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- Laboratory of Oncological Pathology, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute
- Department of Veterinary Pathology, Gifu University
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- Laboratory of Oncological Pathology, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute
- Department of Veterinary Pathology, Gifu University
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- Department of Veterinary Pathology, Gifu University
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- Laboratory of Oncological Pathology, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute
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Volante M, Papotti M, Gugliotta P, Migheli A, Bussolati G. Extensive DNA fragmentation in oxyphilic cell lesions of the thyroid. J Histochem Cytochem 2001; 49:1003-11. [PMID: 11457928 DOI: 10.1177/002215540104900808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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The in situ end-labeling (ISEL) method demonstrates DNA fragmentation, commonly regarded as a marker of apoptosis. We investigated by the ISEL procedure a series of 52 thyroid lesions, including 24 lesions of mitochondrion-rich oxyphilic cells, both benign and malignant, and 28 non-oxyphilic control tumors. A high percentage of nuclear ISEL staining (approximating to 100% in most cases) was observed in the vast majority of oxyphilic cells from both adenomas and carcinomas, in the absence of morphological apoptotic changes and with no immunocytochemical evidence of caspase activation. This pattern of DNA fragmentation was not observed in non-oxyphilic lesions and was confirmed in total extracted DNA. Moreover, a peculiar cytoplasmic staining was also observed in oxyphilic cells from both benign and malignant lesions, probably related to abnormal fragmentation of mitochondrial DNA. Similar staining patterns were detected in oxyphilic cell tumors of other organs (parathyroids, salivary glands, and kidneys). These findings are consistent with an extensive DNA fragmentation peculiar to oxyphilic cells, which is not directly related to apoptosis and whose origin and biological significance are presently unknown.
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- M Volante
- Departments of Biomedical Sciences and Oncology, University of Turin, Torino, Italy
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