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HUMAN & EXPERIMENTAL TOXICOLOGY
Volume 34, Issue 6, Pages 628-641Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/0960327114554045
Keywords
Hepatotoxicity; 2-AAF; 18-GA; inflammation; oxidative stress
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- Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi, India
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2-Acetylaminofluorene (2-AAF) is a known hepatic carcinogen which leads to tumour formation in rodents. 18- Glycyrrhetinic acid (18-GA) derived from liquorice plant has various pharmacological properties such as anti-ulcer, anti-inflammatory, antiviral, hepatoprotective and antioxidant. This study is designed to elucidate the chemopreventive properties of 18-GA against 2-AAF-induced liver toxicity in Wistar rats and evaluated its effect on inflammatory and tumour promotion marker and activities of different oxidative stress enzymes. Administration of 2-AAF at the dose of (50 mg/kg body weight (b.w.) intraperitoneally (i.p.)) for five consecutive days induces hepatic toxicity, inflammation, oxidative stress and hyperproliferation. Pretreatment with 18-GA at two different doses (45 and 75 mg kg(-1) b.w.) significantly ameliorates 2-AAF-induced increased lipid peroxidation, alanine transaminase and aspartate transaminase, xanthine oxidase activities and activities of phase-II detoxifying enzymes along with the levels of glutathione content. Administration of 18-GA also significantly restored the expressions of proliferating cell nuclear antigen, cyclooxygenase 2, inducible nitric oxide synthase and nuclear factor B. Furthermore, histological observations also support the preventive effects of 18-GA. Our findings suggest that pretreatment with 18-GA showed potential hepatoprotective effects via attenuation of oxidative stress, inflammation and hyperproliferation.
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