Carvacrol ameliorates thioacetamide-induced hepatotoxicity by abrogation of oxidative stress, inflammation, and apoptosis in liver of Wistar rats.

Abstract

The present study was designed to investigate the protective effects of carvacrol against thioacetamide (TAA)-induced oxidative stress, inflammation and apoptosis in liver of Wistar rats. In this study, rats were subjected to concomitant prophylactic oral pretreatment of carvacrol (25 and 50 mg kg(-1) body weight (b.w.)) against the hepatotoxicity induced by intraperitoneal administration of TAA (300 mg kg(-1) b.w.). Efficacy of carvacrol against the hepatotoxicity was evaluated in terms of biochemical estimation of antioxidant enzyme activities, histopathological changes, and expressions of inflammation and apoptosis. Carvacrol pretreatment prevented deteriorative effects induced by TAA through a protective mechanism in a dose-dependent manner that involved reduction of oxidative stress, inflammation and apoptosis. We found that the protective effect of carvacrol pretreatment is mediated by its inhibitory effect on nuclear factor kappa B activation, Bax and Bcl-2 expression, as well as by restoration of histopathological changes against TAA administration. We may suggest that carvacrol efficiently ameliorates liver injury caused by TAA.

• Authors: S Nafees, S T Ahmad, W Arjumand, S Rashid, N Ali, S Sultana
• Journal: Human & experimental toxicology (Hum Exp Toxicol) Vol. 32 Issue 12 Pg. 1292-304 (Dec 2013) ISSN: 1477-0903 [Electronic] England
• PMID: 23925945 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• Anti-Inflammatory Agents
• Bax protein, rat
• Cymenes
• Monoterpenes
• NF-kappa B
• Protective Agents
• bcl-2-Associated X Protein
• Thioacetamide
• carvacrol
• L-Lactate Dehydrogenase
• Glutathione Peroxidase
• Xanthine Oxidase
• Glutathione Reductase
• Aspartate Aminotransferases
• Alanine Transaminase
• Glutathione

Topics

• Alanine Transaminase (blood)
• Animals
• Anti-Inflammatory Agents (pharmacology, therapeutic use)
• Apoptosis (drug effects)
• Aspartate Aminotransferases (blood)
• Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury (drug therapy, metabolism, pathology)
• Cymenes
• Glutathione (metabolism)
• Glutathione Peroxidase (metabolism)
• Glutathione Reductase (metabolism)
• Inflammation (drug therapy, metabolism, pathology)
• L-Lactate Dehydrogenase (blood)
• Liver (drug effects, metabolism, pathology)
• Male
• Monoterpenes (pharmacology, therapeutic use)
• NF-kappa B (metabolism)
• Oxidative Stress (drug effects)
• Protective Agents (pharmacology, therapeutic use)
• Rats
• Rats, Wistar
• Thioacetamide
• Xanthine Oxidase (metabolism)
• bcl-2-Associated X Protein (metabolism)