Aldaba-Muruato Liseth Rubí, Escalante-Hipólito Brayan, Alarcón-López Aldo Yoshio, Martínez-Soriano Pablo A, Angeles Enrique, Macías-Pérez José Roberto
Laboratorio de Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Estudios Profesionales Zona Huasteca, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Ciudad Valles 79060, Mexico.
Laboratorio de Química Teórica y Medicinal, Departamento de Ciencias Químicas, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Cuautitlán, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuautitlán Izcalli 54750, Mexico.
Biomedicines. 2025 Apr 30;13(5):1094. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines13051094.
Liver diseases are a global health issue with an annual mortality of 80,000 patients, mainly due to complications that arise during disease progression, as effective treatments are lacking. This study evaluated the hepatoprotective effects of two derivatives of cinnamic acid, LQM717 and LQM755, in a murine model of acute liver damage induced by carbon tetrachloride (CCl 4 g/kg, single dose p.o.). Male Wistar rats were pretreated with five doses of LQM717 (20 mg/kg i.p.) or LQM755 (equimolar dose), starting 2 days before inducing hepatotoxic damage with CCl. The key parameters of hepatocellular function and damage showed significant increases in ALT, ALP, GGT, and total and direct bilirubin in rats intoxicated with CCl, with decreased liver glycogen and serum albumin. Macroscopic and microscopic liver examinations revealed reduced inflammation, necrosis, and steatosis in animals pretreated with LQM717 or LQM755. Hepatomegaly was observed only in the LQM717 + CCl group. LQM755 statistically provided partial protection against increases in ALT and ALP and completely prevented elevations in GGT and total and direct bilirubin. LQM755 completely prevented albumin reduction, while LQM717 only partially prevented it. Both compounds partially prevented glycogen depletion. Bioinformatic analysis identified 32 potential liver protein targets for LQM717 and 36 for LQM755. These findings suggest that LQM717 and LQM755 have significant hepatoprotective effects against CCl-induced acute liver injury, providing information for future studies in other acute and chronic models, as well as to elucidate their mechanisms of action.
肝脏疾病是一个全球性的健康问题,每年有8万名患者死亡,主要是由于疾病进展过程中出现的并发症,因为缺乏有效的治疗方法。本研究评估了肉桂酸的两种衍生物LQM717和LQM755在四氯化碳(CCl4,2 g/kg,单次口服剂量)诱导的急性肝损伤小鼠模型中的肝脏保护作用。雄性Wistar大鼠在使用CCl4诱导肝毒性损伤前2天开始,用五剂LQM717(20 mg/kg,腹腔注射)或LQM755(等摩尔剂量)进行预处理。肝细胞功能和损伤的关键参数显示,在CCl4中毒的大鼠中,谷丙转氨酶(ALT)、碱性磷酸酶(ALP)、γ-谷氨酰转肽酶(GGT)以及总胆红素和直接胆红素显著升高,肝糖原和血清白蛋白降低。肝脏的宏观和微观检查显示,用LQM717或LQM755预处理的动物炎症、坏死和脂肪变性减少。仅在LQM717 + CCl4组观察到肝脏肿大。LQM755在统计学上对ALT和ALP的升高提供了部分保护,并完全防止了GGT以及总胆红素和直接胆红素的升高。LQM755完全防止了白蛋白的降低,而LQM717仅部分防止了这种降低。两种化合物都部分防止了糖原耗竭。生物信息学分析确定了LQM717的32个潜在肝脏蛋白靶点和LQM755的36个潜在肝脏蛋白靶点。这些发现表明,LQM717和LQM755对CCl4诱导的急性肝损伤具有显著的肝脏保护作用,为未来在其他急性和慢性模型中的研究以及阐明其作用机制提供了信息。
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