Journal
BIOLOGICAL TRACE ELEMENT RESEARCH
Volume 126, Issue 1-3, Pages 176-185Publisher
HUMANA PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-008-8181-0
Keywords
Carbon tetrachloride; Hepatotoxicity; Luteolin; Metallothionein; Trace elements and minerals; Mice
Funding
- Ministry of Science, Education and Sport, Republic of Croatia [062-0000000-3554, 062-0621341-0061]
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The aim of this study was to investigate the protective effect of luteolin on liver Ca, Mg, Zn, Cu, Fe, and Mn content in mice with carbon tetrachloride (CCl4)-induced hepatotoxicity. Additionally, liver metallothionein (MT) expression was studied. Luteolin was administered intraperitoneally (i.p.) as a single 5- or 50-mg/kg dose or once daily for two consecutive days, respectively. Two hours after the last injection, the mice were treated with CCl4 (20 mg/kg, i.p.). CCl4 injection reduced hepatic level of all metals except Ca, with an intense cytoplasmic staining pattern in hepatocytes located in periportal areas, indicating induction of MTs. Pretreatment with 50 mg/kg of luteolin for 2 days remarkably elevated metal content to control values (Mg and Cu) or even above them (Zn and Fe). Luteolin pretreatment increased pericentral MTs immunopositivity and histological architecture improvement in a time- and dose-dependent manner, being the most prominent in mice pretreated with 50 mg/kg for 2 days. The liver in this group showed pronounced MT expression in almost all hepatocytes throughout the liver parenchyma. In conclusion, these results suggest the protective effect of luteolin on CCl4-induced hepatotoxicity and an enhancement of hepatocyte proliferative capabilities.
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