CCl4-induced hepatotoxicity: protective effect of rutin on p53, CYP2E1 and the antioxidative status in rat

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Sumaira Sahreen²  Muhammad R Khan¹  Rahmat A Khan¹ 

[1]Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-I-Azam University Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan

[2]Botanical Science Divisions, Pakistan Museum of Natural History, Islamabad, Pakistan

关键词: Antioxidant enzymes;    CYP 2E1;    p53;    Rutin;    Hepatotoxicity;   

Others  :  1231947
DOI  :  10.1186/1472-6882-12-178

 received in 2012-08-17, accepted in 2012-09-28,  发布年份 2012

【 摘 要 】

Background

Rutin is a polyphenolic natural flavonoid which possesses antioxidant and anticancer activity. In the present study the hepatoprotective effect of rutin was evaluated against carbon tetrachloride (CCl₄)-induced liver injuries in rats.

Methods and materials

24 Sprague–Dawley male rats were equally divided into 4 groups for the assessment of hepatoprotective potential of rutin. Rats of group I (control) received only vehicles; 1 ml/kg bw of saline (0.85%) and olive oil (3 ml/kg) and had free access to food and water. Rats of group II, III and IV were treated with CCl₄ (30% in olive oil, 3 ml/kg bw) via the intraperitoneal route twice a week for four weeks. The rutin at the doses of 50 and 70 mg/kg were administered intragastrically after 48 h of CCl₄ treatment to group III and IV, respectively. Protective effect of rutin on serum enzyme level, lipid profile, activities of antioxidant enzymes and molecular markers were calculated in CCl₄-induced hepatotoxicity in rat.

Results

Rutin showed significant protection with the depletion of alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), gamma glutamyl transpeptidase (γ-GT) in serum as was raised by the induction of CCl₄. Concentration of serum triglycerides, total cholesterol and low density lipoproteins was increased while high-density lipoprotein was decreased with rutin in a dose dependent manner. Activity level of endogenous liver antioxidant enzymes; catalase (CAT), superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione peroxidase (GSHpx), glutathione-S-transferase (GST) and glutathione reductase (GSR) and glutathione (GSH) contents were increased while lipid peroxidation (TBARS) was decreased dose dependently with rutin. Moreover, increase in DNA fragmentation and oxo8dG damages while decrease in p53 and CYP 2E1 expression induced with CCl₄ was restored with the treatment of rutin.

Conclusion

From these results, it is suggested that rutin possesses hepatoprotective properties.

【 授权许可】

   
2012 Khan et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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