A quercetina protege o fígado na lesão hepática induzida por tiocetamida (TAA) e suas complicações

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IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2011

RESUMO

Drug-induced liver injury is an increasing health problem and a challenge for physicians, regulatory bodies and the pharmaceutical industry, not only because of its potential severity and elusive pathogenesis but also because it is often inaccurately diagnosed, commonly missed entirely and more often not reported. Drug metabolism studies, together with pathologic and histologic evaluation, provide critical data sets to help understand mechanisms underlying drug-related hepatotoxicity. We evaluated the involvement of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and oxidative stress, as well as the intracellular apoptosis via activation of the Bcl-2 (Bcl-2 and Bax) and MAPK (p-ERK 1/2) signaling pathway on the thioacetamide (TAA)-induced hepatotoxicity. Male Wistar rats were divided into four groups: CO (control), CO + Q (control + quercetin), TAA (thioacetamide) and TAA + Q (thioacetamide + quercetin). TAA group was administered intraperitoneally (i.p.) two doses of TAA (350 mg / kg) in the range of 8 hours, while TAA + Q group was administered i.p. quercetin (50 mg / kg), 2h after administration of thioacetamide (50 mg / kg). This group received flavonoid quercetin during 4 days, when animals were killed for analysis of serum enzymes (AST and ALT) and morphological, biochemical and molecular study of liver samples. The group receiving TAA showed a significant increase in serum aminotransferases accompanied by morphological changes, with extensive necrosis and inflammatory infiltration, mainly in the centrilobular region and portal tract. Moreover, these animals showed increased lipid peroxidation and nitric oxide metabolites (nitrites and nitrates) in the liver and changes in antioxidant enzyme activity, as wel as expression of apoptotic enzymes in the liver cells (Bax, Bcl-2 and pERK1 / 2). After 4 days treatment with quercetin, rats showed significantly reduced AST and ALT serum levels, with the morphological changes largely prevented. The administration of quercetin also showed a reduction of lipid peroxidation and in the levels of nitric oxide metabolites. It was observed a balance between antioxidant defense systems and production of ROS and increased ratio of anti- versus pro-apoptotic enzymes. The results suggest a protective effect of quercetin in rats with TAA-induced liver disease.

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doença hepática induzida por drogas espécies reativas de oxigênio estresse oxidativo modelos animais de doenças tioacetamida quercetina

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