title: Effective protection of Terminalia catappa L. leaves from damage induced by carbon tetrachloride in liver mitochondria.
abstract: The protective effects of chloroform extracts of Terminalia catappa L. leaves (TCCE) on carbon tetrachloride (CCl4)-induced liver damage and the possible mechanisms involved in the protection were investigated in mice. We found that increases in the activity of serum aspartate aminotransferase and alanine aminotransferase and the level of liver lipid peroxidation (2.0-fold, 5.7-fold and 2.8-fold) induced by CCl4 were significantly inhibited by oral pretreatment with 20, 50 or 100 mg/kg of TCCE. Morphological observation further confirmed the hepatoprotective effects of TCCE. In addition, the disruption of mitochondrial membrane potential (14.8%), intramitochondrial Ca2+ overload (2.1-fold) and suppression of mitochondrial Ca2+-ATPase activity (42.0%) in the liver of CCl4-insulted mice were effectively prevented by pretreatment with TCCE. It can be concluded that TCCE have protective activities against liver mitochondrial damage induced by CCl4, which suggests a new mechanism of the hepatoprotective effects of TCCE.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Materia Medica, School of Medicine and State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, PR China.
authors.forename: Xinhui
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Yanping
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yi-Mei
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Li-Zhi
authors.initials: LZ
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Xiao-Ning
authors.initials: XN
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Zhong Ming
authors.initials: ZM
authors.lastname: Qian
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D002251:Carbon Tetrachloride; D056486:Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008297:Male; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D051379:Mice; D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR; D008930:Mitochondria, Liver / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000737:chemistry*; D029766:Terminalia / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D010936:Plant Extracts; D002251:Carbon Tetrachloride; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases; D002118:Calcium