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ArticleActa cirurgica brasileira2024

Pretreatment of artesunate promoted hepatocyte proliferation by activating the PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling pathway in mice.

Changyou Lu, Xinkai Li, Chao Fang, Chuntao Li, Yunke Xu, Yong Guo

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Article in Acta cirurgica brasileira, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Changyou LuThe Affliated Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Southwest Medical University - Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery - Luzhou (Sichuan) - China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0008-8140-407X
Xinkai LiThe Affliated Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Southwest Medical University - Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery - Luzhou (Sichuan) - China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0003-2381-9510
Chao FangThe Affliated Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Southwest Medical University - Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery - Luzhou (Sichuan) - China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0009-9634-9277
Chuntao LiThe Affliated Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Southwest Medical University - Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery - Luzhou (Sichuan) - China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0009-6516-0017
Yunke XuThe Affliated Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Southwest Medical University - Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery - Luzhou (Sichuan) - China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0007-7723-5894
Yong GuoThe Affliated Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Southwest Medical University - Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery - Luzhou (Sichuan) - China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0008-0824-548X

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Abstract

purposeArtesunate (ART) has been implicated in regulating the many processes of liver injury, but its roles in liver regeneration still need to be illustrated.

methodsIn the present study, ART was used to pretreat hepatocyte cell line NCTC1469 to study the effect of ART on hepatocyte proliferation in vitro. Furthermore, the potency of ART as a regimen to promote liver regeneration and restore liver function was evaluated following partial hepatectomy (PH) on C57BL/6 mice.

resultsART concentration-dependently promoted hepatocyte proliferation and reduced apoptosis. Cell cycle and Ki-67 immunohistochemical analyses demonstrated that ART supplementation promoted the proliferation of hepatocytes and accelerated liver regeneration. Our results provided evidence that ART improved liver function in a dose-dependent manner, as indicated by decreased serum alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, and increased albumin, and hepatocyte growth factor levels in PH mice. Meanwhile, ART promoted the PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling in NCTC1469 cells and liver tissue of PH mice. In addition, PI3K inhibitor LY294002 blocked the promotion effect of ART on hepatocyte proliferation and cell cycle progression.

conclusionART promoted hepatocyte proliferation via activation of the PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway, which was beneficial to liver regeneration of PH-induced liver injury.

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ArtesunateCell ProliferationHepatectomyHepatocytesLiver RegenerationPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktTOR Serine-Threonine KinasesAnimalsApoptosisArtemisininsCell CycleLiverMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLArtemisininsArtesunatePhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktTOR Serine-Threonine Kinases

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