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ArticleJournal of cellular and molecular medicine2024

Nrf2/HO-1, NF-κB and PI3K/Akt signalling pathways decipher the therapeutic mechanism of pitavastatin in early phase liver fibrosis in rats.

Marawan A Elbaset, Bassim M S A Mohamed, Alyaa Hessin, Sahar S Abd El-Rahman, Tuba Esatbeyoglu, Sherif M Afifi, Hany M Fayed

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Article in Journal of cellular and molecular medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Marawan A ElbasetDepartment of Pharmacology, Medical Research and Clinical Studies Institute, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt.
Bassim M S A MohamedDepartment of Pharmacology, Medical Research and Clinical Studies Institute, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt.
Alyaa HessinDepartment of Pharmacology, Medical Research and Clinical Studies Institute, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt.
Sahar S Abd El-RahmanDepartment of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.
Tuba EsatbeyogluDepartment of Molecular Food Chemistry and Food Development, Institute of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2413-6925
Sherif M AfifiPharmacognosy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sadat City, Sadat City, Egypt.
Hany M FayedDepartment of Pharmacology, Medical Research and Clinical Studies Institute, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt.
Research Institute of Ophthalmology · EGCairo University · EGLeibniz University Hannover · DEUniversity of Sadat City · EG

Funding

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Liver fibrosis is a common chronic hepatic disease. This study aimed to investigate the effect of pitavastatin (Pit) against thioacetamide (TAA)-induced liver fibrosis. Rats were divided into four groups: (1) control group; (2) TAA group (100 mg/kg, i.p.) three times weekly for 2 weeks; (3 and 4) TAA/Pit-treated group, in which Pit was administered orally (0.4 and 0.8 mg/kg/day) for 2 weeks following TAA injections. TAA caused liver damage manifested by elevated serum transaminases, reduced albumin and histological alterations. Hepatic malondialdehyde (MDA) was increased, and glutathione (GSH) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) were decreased in TAA-administered rats. TAA upregulated the inflammatory markers NF-κB, NF-κB p65, TNF-α and IL-6. Treatment with Pit ameliorated serum transaminases, elevated serum albumin and prevented histopathological changes in TAA-intoxicated rats. Pit suppressed MDA, NF-κB, NF-κB p65, the inflammatory cytokines and PI3K mRNA in TAA-intoxicated rats. In addition, Pit enhanced hepatic antioxidants and boosted the nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) and heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) mRNA. Moreover, immunohistological studies supported the ability of Pit to reduce liver fibrosis via suppressing p-AKT expression. In conclusion, Pit effectively prevents TAA-induced liver fibrosis by attenuating oxidative stress and the inflammatory response. The hepatoprotective efficacy of Pit was associated with the upregulation of Nrf2/HO-1 and downregulation of NF-κB and PI3K/Akt signalling pathways.

Indexed as

Heme Oxygenase-1Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsNF-kappa BQuinolinesAnimalsGlutathioneLiverLiver CirrhosisNF-E2-Related Factor 2Oxidative StressPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktRatsRNA, MessengerTransaminasesGlutathioneHeme Oxygenase-1Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsNF-E2-Related Factor 2NF-kappa BPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasespitavastatinProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktQuinolinesRNA, MessengerTransaminasesfibrosisNF-κBoxidative stressPI3k, Nrf2signalling pathwaystatin

Identifiers

PMID38214394
PMCPMC10844702
OpenAlexW4390792440

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