Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital, Medical College of Nanjing University, Jiangsu Province's Key Medical Center for Hepatobiliary Disease, Nanjing 210008, Jiangsu Province, China.
World J Gastroenterol. 2012 Jul 7;18(25):3288-95. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i25.3288.
To evaluate the effectiveness of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (ω-3 PUFA) administration on liver regeneration after 90% partial hepatectomy (PH) in rats.
ω-3 PUFAs were intravenously injected in the ω-3 PUFA group before PH surgery. PH, sparing only the caudate lobe, was performed in both the control and the ω-3 PUFA group. Survival rates, liver weight/body weight ratios, liver weights, HE staining, transmission electron microscope imaging, nuclear-associated antigen Ki-67, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and signal transduction were evaluated to analyze liver regeneration.
All rats in the control group died within 30 h after hepatectomy. Survival rates in the ω-3 PUFA group were 20/20 at 30 h and 4/20 1 wk after PH. Liver weight/body weight ratios and liver weights increased significantly in the ω-3 PUFA group. The structure of sinusoidal endothelial cells and space of Disse was greatly restored in the ω-3 PUFA group compared to the control group after PH. In the ω-3 PUFA group, interleukin (IL)-4 and IL-10 levels were significantly increased whereas IL-6 and tumor necrosis factor-α levels were dramatically decreased. In addition, activation of protein kinase B (Akt) and of signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 signaling pathway were identified at an earlier time after PH in the ω-3 PUFA group.
Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids may prevent acute liver failure and promote liver regeneration after 90% hepatectomy in rats.
评估ω-3 多不饱和脂肪酸(ω-3 PUFA)在大鼠 90%部分肝切除(PH)后对肝脏再生的有效性。
在 PH 手术前,ω-3 PUFA 组通过静脉注射 ω-3 PUFA。在对照组和 ω-3 PUFA 组中,仅行尾状叶肝切除术。通过生存率、肝重/体重比、肝重、HE 染色、透射电镜成像、核相关抗原 Ki-67、酶联免疫吸附试验和信号转导来评估肝脏再生。
对照组所有大鼠在 PH 后 30 h 内全部死亡。ω-3 PUFA 组在 PH 后 30 h 的生存率为 20/20,1 周后为 4/20。ω-3 PUFA 组的肝重/体重比和肝重显著增加。与对照组相比,PH 后 ω-3 PUFA 组的窦内皮细胞结构和 Disse 间隙得到了很大的恢复。在 ω-3 PUFA 组中,白细胞介素(IL)-4 和 IL-10 水平显著增加,而 IL-6 和肿瘤坏死因子-α水平显著降低。此外,在 PH 后更早时间ω-3 PUFA 组中发现蛋白激酶 B(Akt)和信号转导和转录激活因子 3 信号通路的激活。
ω-3 多不饱和脂肪酸可预防大鼠 90%肝切除术后急性肝功能衰竭并促进肝脏再生。