Jadeja Ravirajsinh N, Upadhyay Kapil K, Devkar Ranjitsinh V, Khurana Sandeep
Digestive Health Center, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA 30912, USA.
Division of Phytotherapeutics and Metabolic Endocrinology, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat 390002, India.
Oxid Med Cell Longev. 2016;2016:3453926. doi: 10.1155/2016/3453926. Epub 2016 Dec 22.
Oxidative stress plays a major role in acute and chronic liver injury. In hepatocytes, oxidative stress frequently triggers antioxidant response by activating nuclear erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2), a transcription factor, which upregulates various cytoprotective genes. Thus, Nrf2 is considered a potential therapeutic target to halt liver injury. Several studies indicate that activation of Nrf2 signaling pathway ameliorates liver injury. The hepatoprotective potential of naturally occurring compounds has been investigated in various models of liver injuries. In this review, we comprehensively appraise various phytochemicals that have been assessed for their potential to halt acute and chronic liver injury by enhancing the activation of Nrf2 and have the potential for use in humans.
氧化应激在急性和慢性肝损伤中起主要作用。在肝细胞中,氧化应激经常通过激活核红细胞2相关因子2(Nrf2)(一种转录因子)来触发抗氧化反应,该转录因子上调各种细胞保护基因。因此,Nrf2被认为是阻止肝损伤的潜在治疗靶点。多项研究表明,Nrf2信号通路的激活可改善肝损伤。天然化合物的肝保护潜力已在各种肝损伤模型中进行了研究。在这篇综述中,我们全面评估了各种植物化学物质,这些物质已被评估具有通过增强Nrf2的激活来阻止急性和慢性肝损伤的潜力,并且有可能用于人类。