Intraperitoneal Administration of Fetuin-A Attenuates D-galactosamine/lipopolysaccharide-induced Liver Failure in Mouse

Overview

Journal Dig Dis Sci

Specialty Gastroenterology

Date 2014 Mar 8

PMID 24604240

Citations 6

Authors

Pan Zhang

Hong Shen

Jinlin Huang

Haichao Wang

Baoxin Zhang

Rongrong Zhou

Baiyun Zhong

Xuegong Fan

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Abstract

Background: Fulminant hepatic failure (FHF) is a devastating syndrome, which sometimes results in death or liver transplantation, in which inflammation would aggravate the development of fetuin-A which would act as an anti-inflammatory factor and may be an available approach to attenuate FHF.

Aims: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of fetuin-A on D-galactosamine/lipopolysaccharide (D-GalN/LPS)-induced liver failure in mice.

Methods: A mouse model of FHF induced by D-GalN/LPS was established and fetuin-A was injected intraperitoneally prior to D-GalN/LPS treatment. At different time points after D-GalN/LPS intervention, serum TNF-α and IL-6 levels were measured by ELISA. Fetuin-A mRNA and protein expression in liver tissues was assessed by RT-PCR, Western blotting and immunohistochemical staining. Besides, an observation of liver tissue injury, the apoptosis of hepatocytes, was analyzed by TUNEL assay.

Results: Expression of fetuin-A mRNA and protein in liver tissue were significantly and gradually decreased after D-GalN/LPS administration. A pre-intervention of exogenous fetuin-A significantly improved the liver function, decreased TNF-α and IL-6 expression in peripheral blood, and liver tissue inhibited hepatocyte apoptosis responded to D-GalN/LPS induction so as to decrease the mortality rates of FHF mouse. Meanwhile, fetuin-A was negatively correlated with the hepatic pathological score and TNF-α protein staining in FHF mouse.

Conclusions: An intraperitoneal injection of fetuin-A attenuates D-GalN/LPS-induced FHF in mice. Fetuin-A might be a protective agent of liver damage partly through inhibiting liver inflammatory response and hepatocyte apoptosis.

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