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FOOD AND CHEMICAL TOXICOLOGY
卷 63, 期 -, 页码 174-185出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2013.11.006
关键词
Carbon tetrachloride; Hepatotoxicity; Diallyl disulfide; Nuclear factor E2-related factor 2; Nuclear factor kappaB
资金
- Chonnam National University
- Animal Medical Institute of Chonnam National University
This study investigated the potential effect of diallyl disulfide (DADS) against carbon tetrachloride (CCl4)induced oxidative hepatic damage and inflammatory response in rat liver. DADS at doses of 50 and 100 mg/kg/day was administered orally once daily for 5 days, prior to CCl4 administration. Pretreatment with DADS attenuated CCl4-induced elevated serum transaminase activities and histopathological alterations in liver. It prevented the hepatocellular apoptotic changes with induction of Bcl-2-associated X (Bax), cytochrome c, and caspase-3 caused by CCl4. An increase in the nuclear translocation of nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappa B) and phosphorylation of I kappaB alpha (tact) was observed in the livers of CCl4-treated rats that coincided with induction of inflammatory mediators or cytokines. In contrast, DADS inhibited NF-kappa B translocation and 1 kappa B alpha phosphorylation, and that subsequently decreased inflammatory mediators. Furthermore, DADS prevented CCl4-induced depletion of cytosolic nuclear factor E2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) and suppression of nuclear translocation of Nrf2, which, in turn, up-regulated phase II/ antioxidant enzyme activities. Taken together, these results demonstrate that DADS increases the expression of phase II/antioxidant enzymes and simultaneously decreases the expression of inflammatory mediators in CCl4-induced liver injury. These findings indicate that DADS induces antioxidant defense mechanism by activating Nrf2 pathway and reduces inflammatory response by inhibiting NF-kappa B activation. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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