The effects of quercetin on liver regeneration after liver resection in rats

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Kanter M., TUNCER İ., Erboga M., Atanassova P., Takir M., Kostek O.

FOLIA MORPHOLOGICA, cilt.75, sa.2, ss.179-187, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 75 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2016
  • Doi Numarası: 10.5603/fm.a2015.0086
  • Dergi Adı: FOLIA MORPHOLOGICA
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.179-187
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: quercetine, partial hepatectomy, oxidative stress, immunohistochemistry, apoptosis, rat, CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN, OXIDATIVE STRESS, LIPID-PEROXIDATION, PARTIAL-HEPATECTOMY, REACTIVE OXYGEN, PROLIFERATION, MITOCHONDRIAL, ANTIOXIDANT, APOPTOSIS, NRF2
  • Marmara Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

The aim of the present study was to assess the influence of quercetine (QE) on liver regeneration after partial hepatectomy (PH) in rats. A total of 24 male Wistar albino rats were divided into three groups: sham-operated (SH), PH and PH+QE; each group contain 8 animals. The rats in QE-treated groups were given QE (15 mg/kg body weight) once a day i. p., for 7 days starting 3 days prior to hepatectomy operation. At 7 days after resection, liver samples were collected. The malondialdehyde (MDA), superoxide dismutase (SOD), and glutathione (GSH) levels were estimated in liver homogenates. Moreover, histopathological examination, mitotic index (MI), proliferating cell nuclear antigen labelling, proliferation index (PI), transferase-mediated dUTP nick end-labelling assay, apoptotic index (AI) were evaluated at 7 days after hepatectomy. As a result, QE significantly increased MI, PI, and significantly decreased AI in PH rats. Additionally, QE remarkably inhibited the elevation of MDA, restored impaired antioxidant SOD activity and GSH level, and also attenuated hepatic vacuolar degeneration and sinusoidal congestion. These results suggested that QE treatment had a beneficial effect on liver regenerative capacity of the remnant liver tissue after hepatectomy, probably due to its antioxidative, antiapoptotic and proliferative property.