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The Dimethylnitrosamine Induced Liver Fibrosis Model in the Rat
Published on: June 17, 2016
Protective effect of alpha-mangostin on thioacetamide-induced liver fibrosis in rats as revealed by morpho-functional
Siripa Rodniem1, Vilailak Tiyao1, Cheng Nilbu-Nga1
1Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Abstract:
Liver fibrosis is an excessive accumulation of scar tissue resulting from inflammation and cell death. Thioacetamide (TAA) is a well-known hepatotoxin that induces liver fibrosis. A marker of injured hepatocytes is transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-β1), while alpha-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 1 (TIMP-1) are markers of activated hepatic stellate cells. Alpha-mangostin, a major xanthone derivative from the mangosteen pericarp, has been shown to have anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory activities. The objective of this study was to determine whether alpha-mangostin has a protective effect on TAA-induced liver fibrosis in rats. The rats were treated by intraperitoneal injection of compounds for eight weeks. For the control group a mixture of dimethyl sulfoxide and phosphate buffered saline was administered. Two hundred mg/kg BW of TAA was administered three times weekly. Alpha-mangostin was administered at 5 mg/kg BW and silymarin at 100 mg/kg BW, both twice weekly. TAA induced histologically recognizable liver damage and fibrosis, as anticipated. Furthermore, it increased immunohistochemically detectable TGF-β1, α-SMA and TIMP-1. Co-administration of alpha-mangostin or silymarin with TAA prevented or ameliorated the effects of TAA administration alone. The anti-fibrotic effect of alpha-mangostin was stronger than that of silymarin.
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