Salvia hispanica L. (chia seeds) alleviates paracetamol-induced acute liver injury in mice by modulating oxidative stress and inflammation
Egyptian Pharmaceutical Journal, ISSN: 2090-9853, Vol: 23, Issue: 4, Page: 620-629
2024
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Background Paracetamol [N-acetyl-p-aminophenol (APAP)] is one of the frequently prescribed antipyretics and analgesics; yet going over the recommended dose still poses a major clinical challenge and leads to serious drug-encouraged liver damage. Objective Our study aims to discover the hepatoprotective effect of Salvia hispanica L. [chia seeds (CS)] against APAP-induced acute liver injury in male mice. Materials and methods Paracetamol (300 mg/kg bw, once a day for two successive days) was orally administered to establish a liver injury model. Forty male albino mice were randomly divided into four groups (10/group); control, APAP group, CS-4% +APAP group: was pretreated with CS (4%) for 21 days before receiving APAP, CS-20%+APAP group: was pretreated with CS (20%) for 21 days before receiving APAP. At the end of the experiment, the levels of liver injury indices, hepatic nitro-oxidative stress, and inflammatory-associated biomarkers along with histopathological examinations were determined. Additionally, inflammatory responses of some primer sequences (nuclear factor kappa B, p38 mitogen-activated protein kinases, monocyte chemoattractant protein-1, and toll-like receptor 4) were determined by quantitative real-time PCR in liver tissues. Results CS markedly stabilized the APAP-motivated alterations in liver function markers, cytochrome P450 2E1 level, hepatic nitro-oxidative stress, and pathological changes. The anti-inflammatory activity of CS improved tumor necrosis factor-alpha and myeloperoxidase production. Furthermore, mRNA expression of nuclear factor kappa B, monocyte chemoattractant protein-1, p38 mitogen-activated protein kinases, and toll-like receptor 4 were significantly downregulated. Such effects were found to be responsible for its hepatoprotective effect in a dose-dependent way. Conclusion Our results showed evidence that the hepatoprotective effect of CS against APAP-induced liver injury was mediated through the reduction of oxidative stress damage, enhancement of antioxidant status, and inhibition of different inflammatory markers.
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