Therapeutic effects of AdipoRon on liver inflammation and fibrosis induced by CCl in mice.

Int Immunopharmacol

School of Life Science and Technology, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China. Electronic address:

Published: February 2020

Objective: The present work aimed to investigate the effects of AdipoRon against acute hepatitis and liver fibrosis induced by carbon tetrachloride (CCl) in mice.

Methods: C57BL/6 mice were randomly divided into five groups: control, model, AdipoRon groups (three different dosages), CCl was administered to induce acute hepatitis or liver fibrosis except for control group. The liver function, inflammatory and fibrotic profiles were evaluated by histology, immunohistochemistry and expression analysis, respectively.

Results: AdipoRon pretreatment effectively attenuated oxidative stress and hepatocellular damage in acute CCl intoxication, demonstrated by marked reduction in peroxidation indexes [hepatic malonaldehyde (MDA), total nitric oxide synthase (tNOS), inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS)] and serum transaminases [alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate transaminase (AST)]. Moreover, AdipoRon attenuated the severity of fibrosis induced by sustaining CCl challenge, with the alleviation of fibrous deposit and architecture distortion. The levels of canonical fibrosis markers (aminotransferases, hydroxyproline, hyaluronic acid, laminin) were also dose-dependently modulated by AdipoRon. Immunochemistry and expression analysis showed AdipoRon restrained the proinflammatory and profibrotic cytokines (TNF-α, TGF-β1, α-SMA, COL1A1), which somehow, ascribed the anti-fibrotic action to inhibiting hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) activation and quenching specific inflammation-fibrogenesis pathways.

Conclusions: AdipoRon demonstrates a remedial capacity against hepatitis and fibrosis induced by CCl, potentially by inflammation restraint and HSC deactivation, which might pave the way for its therapeutical application in hepatic fibrosis.

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