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Protective effect of rosiglitazone against acetaminophen-induced acute liver injury is associated with down-regulation of hepatic NADPH oxidases.

Toxicology Letters 2017 January 5
The peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPAR-γ) is a ligand-activated nuclear receptor that regulates glucose and lipid metabolism. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of rosiglitazone (RSG), a synthetic PPAR-γ agonist, on acetaminophen (APAP)-induced acute liver injury. Male CD-1 mice were injected with APAP (300mg/kg). Some mice were pretreated with RSG (20mg/kg) 48, 24 and 1h before APAP injection. As expected, RSG pretreatment alleviated APAP-induced acute liver injury. Moreover, RSG pretreatment attenuated APAP-induced hepatic cell death and improved the survival. Although it did not affect hepatic cytochrome P450 (CYP)2E1 expression, RSG pretreatment attenuated reduction of hepatic glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px), glutathione reductase (GSH-Rd) and glutathione S-transferase (GST) activities, inhibited upregulation of hepatic nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidase (NOX)-2 and NOX-4, and alleviated hepatic GSH depletion during APAP-induced acute liver injury. In addition, RSG pretreatment suppressed activation of hepatic nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) and extracellular signal-related kinase (ERK)/mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling during APAP-induced acute liver injury. These results provide a novel mechanistic explanation for RSG-mediated protection against APAP-induced acute liver injury. The present results suggest that synthetic PPAR-γ agonists might be effective agents for preventing the progression of APAP-induced acute liver injury.

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