ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Hepatoprotective effect of polyphenols in rats with experimental thioacetamide-induced toxic liver pathology
1 Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Federal Research Centre “Fundamentals of Biotechnology” RAS, Moscow, Russia
2 Mendeleyev University of Chemical Technology of Russia, Moscow
3 Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Moscow, Russia
Correspondence should be addressed: Maria S. Smirnova
Moskvina, 10–226, Khimki, Moscow Region, 141401; ur.ay@oktobrabm
Funding: the study was supported by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation (agreement № 14.616.21.0083, unique project ID: RFMEFI61617X0083).
Acknowledgement: we thank to the Center for Precision Genome Editing and Genetic Technologies for Biomedicine (Moscow) for the genetic research methods.
Author contribution: Dergachova DI — conducting experiments on toxic hepatitis induction, histological analysis, manuscript draft preparation; Klein OI — histological studies, data acquisition and analysis; Marinichev AA — experiments on toxic hepatitis induction, blood sample collection from experimental animals, preparation of histological samples; Gessler NN — conducting experiments on toxic hepatitis induction, blood sample collection from experimental animals, data acquisition and analysis; Bogdanova ES, Smirnova MS — literature analysis, data acquisition and analysis; Isakova EP — conducting experiments on toxic hepatitis induction, literature analysis; Deryabina YI — experiment planning, literature analysis, data acquisition and analysis.
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is associated with a number of disorders (diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular diseases), and can also be induced by drugs or toxic compounds. Recently the important branch of medicine is the search for effective means of prevention and treatment of fatty hepatosis. Our work was aimed to study the effect of some biologically active natural polyphenols (resveratrol and pinosylvin stilbenes as well as dihydromyricetin dihydroflavonol) on the function and histologic features of the liver. In the experimental model of thioacetamide-induced toxic hepaptitis, the male rats of the Wistar line daily received the effective doses of polyphenols intragastically by gavage together with 0.05% thioacetamide added to drinking water. All studied polyphenols contributed to stabilization of rat weight and a two-fold significant (p < 0.05) decrease in the level of direct bilirubin in the blood serum of animals treated with thioacetamide. Histological analysis of the liver confirmed a decrease in inflammation and hemorrhage in animals treated with polyphenols amid continued administration of thioacetamide for 30 days. Based on the data obtained, it can be concluded that the natural polyphenols which belong to the classes of dihydroflavonols (dihydromyricetin) and stilbenes (resveratrol and pinosylvin) have a positive effect on liver function in the experimental model of toxic hepatosis. The studied polyphenols can be considered as potential hepatoprotective drugs used as a part of the liver diseases complex therapy.
Keywords: resveratrol, polyphenol, dihydromyricetin, pinosylvin, thioacetamide, steatosis, hepatitis, rat