RESUMO
Hepatic steatosis is the early stage of alcoholic liver disease (ALD), may progress to steatohepatitis, fibrosis even cirrhosis. Polydatin, the primary active component of Polygonum cuspidatum Sieb. et Zucc, has been recognized to possess hepatoprotective and anti-inflammatory properties. To investigate whether polydatin alleviates ethanol induced liver injury and to elucidate the underlying molecular mechanisms, zebrafish larvae at 4 days post-fertilization (dpf) were exposed to 350 mmol/L of ethanol for 32 h, then treated with polydatin for 48 h. Oil red O, Nile Red and H&E staining were used to analyze the pathological changes in liver. The mRNA levels were measured by quantitative PCR and the antioxidant capacity was detected using H2O2-specific fluorescent probe. Here, polydatin strongly alleviated hepatic steatosis and decreased the expression levels of alcohol and lipid metabolism-related genes, including CYP2Y3, CYP3A65, HMGCRa, HMGCRb and FASN. Additionally, polydatin inhibited oxidative stress in the liver according to fluorescent probe. Moreover, significantly up-regulated expression of DNA damage-related genes (CHOP, GADD45αa) revealed that polydatin attenuated hepatic apoptosis in larvae. In conclusion, polydatin may improve the liver function of zebrafish with acute alcoholic liver injury through attenuating hepatic fat accumulation, ameliorating lipid and ethanol metabolism and reducing oxidative stress and DNA damage.
Assuntos
Anti-Inflamatórios , Antioxidantes , Glucosídeos/farmacologia , Metabolismo dos Lipídeos/efeitos dos fármacos , Hepatopatias Alcoólicas/tratamento farmacológico , Hepatopatias Alcoólicas/metabolismo , Estresse Oxidativo/efeitos dos fármacos , Fitoterapia , Estilbenos/farmacologia , Peixe-Zebra , Animais , Hidrocarboneto de Aril Hidroxilases/genética , Hidrocarboneto de Aril Hidroxilases/metabolismo , Proteínas de Ciclo Celular/genética , Proteínas de Ciclo Celular/metabolismo , Família 3 do Citocromo P450/genética , Família 3 do Citocromo P450/metabolismo , Dano ao DNA/genética , Fallopia japonica/química , Expressão Gênica/efeitos dos fármacos , Glucosídeos/isolamento & purificação , Glucosídeos/uso terapêutico , Metabolismo dos Lipídeos/genética , Hepatopatias Alcoólicas/genética , Hepatopatias Alcoólicas/patologia , Proteínas Nucleares/genética , Proteínas Nucleares/metabolismo , Oxirredutases N-Desmetilantes/genética , Oxirredutases N-Desmetilantes/metabolismo , Estilbenos/isolamento & purificação , Estilbenos/uso terapêutico , Proteínas de Peixe-Zebra/genética , Proteínas de Peixe-Zebra/metabolismoRESUMO
Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is a series of abnormalities of liver function, including alcoholic steatosis, steatohepatitis, and cirrhosis. Hesperidin, the major constituent of flavanone in grapefruit, is proved to play a role in antioxidation, anti-inflammation, and reducing multiple organs damage in various animal experiments. However, the underlying mechanism of resistance to alcoholic liver injury is still unclear. Thus, we aimed to investigate the protective effects of hesperidin against ALD and its molecular mechanism in this study. We established an ALD zebrafish larvae model induced by 350 mM ethanol for 32 hours, using wild-type and transgenic line with liver-specific eGFP expression Tg (lfabp10α:eGFP) zebrafish larvae (4 dpf). The results revealed that hesperidin dramatically reduced the hepatic morphological damage and the expressions of alcohol and lipid metabolism related genes, including cyp2y3, cyp3a65, hmgcra, hmgcrb, fasn, and fads2 compared with ALD model. Moreover, the findings demonstrated that hesperidin alleviated hepatic damage as well, which is reflected by the expressions of endoplasmic reticulum stress and DNA damage related genes (chop, gadd45αa, and edem1). In conclusion, this study revealed that hesperidin can inhibit alcoholic damage to liver of zebrafish larvae by reducing endoplasmic reticulum stress and DNA damage, regulating alcohol and lipid metabolism.