Hepatoprotective and cytoprotective properties of Hyptis suaveolens against oxidative stress-induced damage by CCl4 and H2O2

• Published in: Asian Pacific journal of tropical medicine 2012-11, Vol.5 (11), p.868-874
• Main Authors: Ghaffari, Hadi, Ghassam, Behrouz Jalali, Prakash, HS
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Antioxidant; Antioxidant enzymes; assay; cell; enzymes; HepG2; HepG2 cell line; Hydrogen; Hydrogen peroxide; Hyptis; Hyptis suaveolens; line; Lipid; Lipid peroxidation; MTT; MTT assay; peroxidation; peroxide; suaveolens
• ISSN: 1995-7645; 2352-4146
• DOI: 10.1016/S1995-7645(12)60162-X

<正>Objective:To investigate capacity of Hyptis suaveolens（H.suaveolens） methanol extract as an antioxidant to protect against carbon tetrachloride（CCl4）-indueed oxidative stress,hepatotoxicitv in Albino Wistar rats and cytoprotective effect of hydrogen peroxide（H2O2） induced cell death in HepG2 cell line.Methods:Two different doses of methanol extract of H.suaveolens were evaluated for the hepatoprotective activity against carbon tetrachloride（CCl4） induced hepatotoxicitv in rats.Animals in GroupⅠ:served as control,groupⅡ:H.suaveolens（100 mL/ kg b.w）,groupⅢ:H.suaveolens（50 mL/kg b.w） + CCl4（1 mg/kg）,groupⅣ:H.suaveolens（100 mL/kg b.w） + CCl4（1 ml/kg）and groupⅤ:CCl4（1 mL/kg）.Histopathologic changes of liver were also evaluated.Cytotoxicity was also determined by 3,（4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl）2,5-diphenyl-tetrazolium bromide（MTT） assay.Results:Oral sigle dose treatment of CCl4 produced a marked elevation in the serum levels of aspartate transaminase（AST）,alanine transaminase（ALT）, alkaline phosphatase（ALP） and Lactate dehydrogenase（LDH）.Histopathological analysis of the liver of CCl4-induced rats revealed marked liver cell necrosis with inflammatory collections that were conformed to increase in the levels of SOD,GSH,GST,GR and LPO.Treatment with H2O2 significantly induced death of HepG2 cell.Pretreatment with H.suaveolens methanol extract inhibited or attenuated H2O2 induced cytotoxicity.Conclusions:This study shows that H.suaveolens methanol extract can be proposed to protect the liver against CCl4-induced oxidative damage in rats and protect the cells against H2O2-induced oxidative damage in HepG2 cells.The hepatoprotective and cytoprotective effects might be correlated with its antioxidant and free radical scavenger effects.