title: Protective effects of Salvia plebeia compound homoplantaginin on hepatocyte injury.
abstract: Salvia plebeia R. Br is a traditional Chinese herb which has been considered as an inflammatory mediator used for treatment of many infectious diseases including hepatitis. Previously, the compound homoplantaginin was isolated in our group. Hence, we evaluated the protective effects of homoplantaginin on hepatocyte injury. Homoplantaginin displayed an antioxidant property in a cell-free system and showed IC(50) of reduction level of DPPH radical at 0.35 microg/ml. In human hepatocyte HL-7702 cells exposed to H(2)O(2), the addition of 0.1-100 microg/ml of homoplantaginin, which did not have a toxic effect on cell viability, significantly reduced lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) leakage, and increased glutathione (GSH), glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) in supernatant. In vivo assay, we employed the model of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG)/lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced hepatic injury mice to evaluate efficacy of homoplantaginin. Homoplantaginin (25-100mg/kg) significantly reduced the increase in serum alanine aminotranseferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST), decreased the levels of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and interleukin-1 (IL-1). The same treatment also reduced the content of thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances (TBARS), elevated the levels of GSH, GSH-Px and SOD in hepatic homogenate. The histopathological analysis showed that the grade of liver injury was ameliorated with reduction of inflammatory cells and necrosis of liver cells in homoplantaginin treatment mice. These results suggest that homoplantaginin has a protective and therapeutic effect on hepatocyte injury, which might be associated with its antioxidant properties.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, China.
authors.forename: Xian-Jun
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Qu
authors.forename: Xue
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.forename: Yuan-Shu
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Mei-Juan
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Li-Li
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yan-Ying
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Yan-Na
authors.initials: YN
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Xiang-Juan
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Lu-Lu
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Qiu
authors.forename: Lan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xiang
authors.forename: Jian-Jun
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Xiao-Fan
authors.initials: XF
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Shu-Xiang
authors.initials: SX
authors.lastname: Cui
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002460:Cell Line; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D056486:Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004798:Enzymes / Q000097:blood; D005419:Flavonoids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005960:Glucosides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D022781:Hepatocytes / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000633:toxicity; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008111:Liver Function Tests; D051379:Mice; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000187:drug effects; D020011:Protective Agents; D027544:Salvia / Q000737:chemistry*; D017392:Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances / Q000378:metabolism; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000096:biosynthesis
chemical_list: C403862:6-methoxy-4',5-dihydroxyflavone-7-O-glucoside; D000975:Antioxidants; D004798:Enzymes; D005419:Flavonoids; D005960:Glucosides; D007375:Interleukin-1; D020011:Protective Agents; D017392:Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase