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Inducing Acute Liver Injury in Rats via Carbon Tetrachloride (CCl4) Exposure Through an Orogastric Tube
Published on: April 28, 2020
Corn oil enhancing hepatic lipid peroxidation induced by CCl4 does not aggravate liver fibrosis in rats
Hsun-Lang Fang1, Wen-Chuan Lin
1Graduate Institute of Chinese Pharmaceutical Science, College of Pharmacy, China Medical University, Taichung 404, Taiwan.
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Lipid peroxidation (LPO) is known to be associated with liver fibrosis in chronic liver injury. However, direct effects of the products of LPO on liver fibrogenesis have not been demonstrated. In this study, we examined the LPO products of carbon tetrachloride (CCl4)+corn oil to evaluate the effect of LPO products on liver fibrosis. CCl4 was given twice a week for 8 weeks. Corn oil was given daily to rats at a dose of 2 or 10ml/kg via gastrogavage throughout the whole experiment period. CCl4 induced both cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 independent and COX-2 dependent LPO. COX-2 independent LPO was enhanced by corn oil treatment while no effect was reflected on COX-2 dependent LPO. CCl4-induced liver fibrosis in rats was not aggravated by corn oil treatment. In addition, the amount of fatty liver induced by CCl4 was increased by corn oil treatment. Though the inflammation-related UCP-2 mRNA expression was induced by CCl4, it was not aggravated by the enhancement of corn oil.
Conclusion:
corn oil enriches polyunsaturated fatty acids through COX-2 independent pathways to increase LPO products that do not enhance liver fibrosis induced by CCl4.
