Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5849152 | Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology | 2014 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
Tetrachlorobenzoquinone (TCBQ) is an active metabolite of pentachlorophenol (PCP). Although PCP has been investigated extensively, there are only a few reports describing the toxicity effect of TCBQ, and no report regarding TCBQ-induced liver injury in vivo. In the current study, we aimed to examine the acute hepatic toxicity of TCBQ in the mice model. Chlorogenic acid (CGA) exhibits promising antioxidant activity in the past studies, thus, the second aim of this study was to evaluate the protective effect of CGA on TCBQ-induced liver injury. Our results indicated TCBQ-intoxication caused marked liver cell necrosis and inflammation but not apoptosis, and this damage was alleviated by CGA treatment. Meantime, TCBQ-intoxication enhanced serum ALT, AST activities, TBIL content, hepatic oxidative stress and lipid peroxidation, decreased GSH content and inhibited the activities of antioxidant enzymes. Western blot and immunohistochemical analysis showed that TCBQ marked up-regulated HO-1 and NQO1 expression. On the other hand, pretreatment of CGA reduced TCBQ-induced liver damage remarkably. Taking together, these results revealed that TCBQ has strong hepatic toxic effect, and at least a part of this effect is initiated by free radical and relieved with CGA administration.
Keywords
GSHTBARSCGAPCPHO-1GPXGSTNQO1TBILALTCATDCFH-DAtetrachlorohydroquinoneTCHQCDNB1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene2′,7′-dichlorodihydrofluorescein diacetateROSASTalanine transaminaseChlorogenic acidTCBQaspartate transaminaseOxidative stressTUNELSODSuperoxide dismutasethiobarbituric acid reactive substancesheme oxygenase 1PentachlorophenolCatalasetotal bilirubinGlutathioneglutathione-S-transferaseglutathione reductaseglutathione peroxidaseReactive oxygen species
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Authors
Demei Xu, Lihua Hu, Xiaomin Xia, Jianbo Song, Lingrui Li, Erqun Song, Yang Song,