Physiology Division, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Beni-Suef University, P.O. Box 62521, Beni-Suef, Egypt.
Cell Biology and Histology Division, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Beni-Suef University, P.O. Box 62521, Beni-Suef, Egypt.
Oxid Med Cell Longev. 2022 Feb 7;2022:6702773. doi: 10.1155/2022/6702773. eCollection 2022.
Doxorubicin (DOX) is an effective anticancer agent with a wide spectrum of activities. However, it has many adverse effects on various organs especially on the liver. Thymol, one of the major components of thyme oil, has biological properties that include anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activities. Thus, this study was designed to examine thyme oil and thymol for their ability to prevent doxorubicin-induced hepatotoxicity in Wistar rats. Hepatotoxicity was induced by an intraperitoneal injection of doxorubicin, at a dose of 2 mg/kg bw/week, for seven weeks. Doxorubicin-injected rats were supplemented with thyme oil and thymol at doses 250 and 100 mg/kg bw, respectively, four times/week by oral gavage for the same period. Treatment of rats with thyme oil and thymol reversed the high serum activities of AST, ALT, and ALP and total bilirubin, AFP, and CA19.9 levels, caused by doxorubicin. Thyme oil and thymol also reduced the high levels of TNF- and the decreased levels of both albumin and IL-4. These agents ameliorated doxorubicin-induced elevation in hepatic lipid peroxidation and associated reduction in GSH content and GST and GPx activities. Further, the supplementation with thyme oil and thymol significantly augmented mRNA expression of the level of antiapoptotic protein Bcl-2 and significantly downregulated nuclear and cytoplasmic levels of the hepatic apoptotic mediator p53. Thus, thyme oil and thymol successfully counteracted doxorubicin-induced experimental hepatotoxicity via their anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and antiapoptotic properties.
多柔比星(DOX)是一种具有广泛活性的有效抗癌药物。然而,它对各种器官,特别是肝脏有许多不良影响。百里香酚是百里香油的主要成分之一,具有抗炎和抗氧化活性等生物学特性。因此,本研究旨在研究百里香油和百里香酚预防多柔比星诱导的 Wistar 大鼠肝毒性的能力。通过腹腔注射多柔比星(剂量为 2mg/kg bw/周)诱导肝毒性,共 7 周。用多柔比星注射的大鼠通过口服灌胃每周 4 次分别补充百里香油和百里香酚,剂量为 250 和 100mg/kg bw,持续相同时间。百里香油和百里香酚治疗大鼠可逆转多柔比星引起的血清 AST、ALT 和 ALP 及总胆红素、AFP 和 CA19.9 水平升高。百里香油和百里香酚还降低了 TNF-α的高水平和白蛋白和 IL-4 的低水平。这些药物改善了多柔比星诱导的肝脂质过氧化升高,并伴有 GSH 含量和 GST 和 GPx 活性降低。此外,补充百里香油和百里香酚可显著增加抗凋亡蛋白 Bcl-2 的 mRNA 表达水平,并显著下调肝凋亡介质 p53 的核和细胞质水平。因此,百里香油和百里香酚通过其抗炎、抗氧化和抗凋亡特性成功地对抗了多柔比星诱导的实验性肝毒性。