Effects of blueberry on hepatic fibrosis and transcription factor Nrf2 in rats

作     者：Wang, Yu-Ping Cheng, Ming-Liang Zhang, Bao-Fang Mu, Mao Wu, Jun 

作者机构：Guiyang Med Coll Dept Infect Dis Guiyang 550004 Guizhou Prov Peoples R China 

出 版 物：《World Journal of Gastroenterology》 (世界胃肠病学杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2010年第16卷第21期

页      面：2657-2663页

核心收录：

学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100201[医学-内科学(含：心血管病、血液病、呼吸系病、消化系病、内分泌与代谢病、肾病、风湿病、传染病)] 10[医学] 

基　　金：Supported by A grant from Foundation of High Level Talented Specialists of Guizhou Province,China,No. TZJF-200850 a grant from Foundation of the Program for Tackling Key Problems of Guizhou Science and Technology Department,China,No. 2010GZ97666 

主　　题：Blueberry Hepatic fibrosis NF-E2-related factor 2 NADPH quinone oxidoreductase 1 GlutathioneS-transferase 

摘      要：AIM:To investigate the effects of blueberry on hepatic fibrosis and NF-E2-related factor 2(Nrf2) transcription factor in ***:Forty-five male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into control group(A);CCl4-induced hepatic fibrosis group(B);blueberry prevention group(C);Dan-shao-hua-xian capsule(DSHX) prevention group(D);and blueberry + DSHX prevention group(E).Liver fibrosis was induced in rats by subcutaneous injection of CCl4 and a high-lipid/low-protein diet for 8 wk(except the control group).The level of hyaluronic acid(HA) and alanine aminotransferase(ALT) in serum was *** activity of superoxide dismutase(SOD),glutathione-S-transferase(GST) and malondialdehyde(MDA) in liver homogenates was *** degree of hepatic fibrosis was evaluated by hematoxylin and eosin and Masson *** of Nrf2 and NADPH quinone oxidoreductase 1(Nqo1) was detected by real-time reversed transcribed-polymerase chain reaction,immunohistochemical techniques,and western ***:Compared with group B,liver indices,levels of serum HA and ALT of groups C,D and E were reduced(liver indices:0.038 ± 0.008,0.036 ± 0.007,0.036 ± 0.005 vs 0.054 ± 0.009,P0.05;HA:502.33 ± 110.57 ng/mL,524.25 ± 255.42 ng/mL,499.25 ± 198.10 ng/mL vs 828.50 ± 237.83 ng/mL,P0.05;ALT:149.44 ± 16.51 U/L,136.88 ± 10.07 U/L,127.38 ± 11.03 U/L vs 203.25 ± 31.62 U/L,P0.05),and SOD level was significantly higher,but MDA level was lower,in liver homogenates(SOD:1.36 ± 0.09 U/mg,1.42 ± 0.13 U/mg,1.50 ± 0.15 U/mg vs 1.08 ± 0.19 U/mg,P0.05;MDA:0.294 ± 0.026 nmol/mg,0.285 ± 0.025 nmol/mg,0.284 ± 0.028 nmol/mg vs 0.335 ± 0.056 nmol/mg,P0.05).Meanwhile,the stage of hepatic fibrosis was significantly weakened(P0.05).Compared with group A,the activity of GST liver homogenates and expression levels of Nrf2 and Nqo1 in group B were elevated(P0.05).The expression level of Nrf2 and Nqo1 in groups C,D,and E were increased as compared with group B,but the difference was not significant