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ArticleOxidative medicine and cellular longevity2025

Sotagliflozin Modulation of SIRT1/Nrf2 and PI3K/AKT Signaling Pathway Ameliorates Experimental Liver Fibrosis in Rats.

Hossein M Elbadawy, Mohannad A Almikhlafi, Mohammed H Alsubhi, Aya A Shokry, Hany M Fayed, Bassim M S A Mohamed, Sherif M Afifi, Tuba Esatbeyoglu, Reda M S Korany, Marawan A Elbaset

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Hossein M ElbadawyDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, Taibah University, 42353, Medina, Saudi Arabia, taibahu.edu.sa.
Mohannad A AlmikhlafiDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, Taibah University, 42353, Medina, Saudi Arabia, taibahu.edu.sa.
Mohammed H AlsubhiDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, Taibah University, 42353, Medina, Saudi Arabia, taibahu.edu.sa.
Aya A ShokryDepartment of Pharmacology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, Giza, 12211, Egypt, cu.edu.eg.
Hany M FayedDepartment of Pharmacology, National Research Centre, Medical Research and Clinical Studies Institute, 33 El-Bohouth Street, Dokki, Giza, 12622, Egypt, nrc.sci.eg.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3673-5733
Bassim M S A MohamedDepartment of Pharmacology, National Research Centre, Medical Research and Clinical Studies Institute, 33 El-Bohouth Street, Dokki, Giza, 12622, Egypt, nrc.sci.eg.
Sherif M AfifiDepartment for Life Quality Studies, Rimini Campus, University of Bologna, Corso d'Augusto 237, Rimini, 47921, Italy, unibo.it.
Tuba EsatbeyogluDepartment of Molecular Food Chemistry and Food Development, Institute of Food and One Health, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz University Hannover, Am Kleinen Felde 30, 30167, Hannover, Germany, uni-hannover.de.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2413-6925
Reda M S KoranyDepartment of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, P.O. Box 12211, Giza, Egypt, cu.edu.eg.
Marawan A ElbasetStark Neurosciences Research Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, indiana.edu.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0861-6251

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Abstract

Background and Purpose: Liver fibrosis poses a major global health burden, contributing substantially to morbidity and mortality worldwide. This study aims to assess the potential novel mechanisms behind the anti-fibrotic effects of sotagliflozin (Sota) in thioacetamide (TAA)-induced liver fibrosis in rats. Experimental Approach: To induce liver fibrosis in rats, 100 mg/kg of TAA was injected intraperitoneally triweekly for 6 weeks. Treated groups were orally administered sotagliflozin (10 and 20 mg/kg) for 4 weeks, concurrent with TAA injections. Key Results: Alongside the histological alterations, the elevation of liver enzymes alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST), lipid profiles total cholesterol (TC) and triglycerides (TAG), cytokines tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) and interleukin-6 (IL-6), apoptotic markers (caspase-3 and Bcl2 associated X protein [Bax] BAX), phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K), phosphorylated protein kinase B (p-AKT), and the lipid peroxidation marker malondialdehyde (MDA) indicated liver dysfunction induced by TAA. Furthermore, indicators of liver fibrosis encompassed reduced levels of albumin, antioxidants; glutathione (GSH), superoxide dismutase (SOD), heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1), and nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2), antiapoptotic protein B-cell lymphoma-2 (BCL2), sirtuin-1 (SIRT1) expression, and histopathological alterations. Conclusion and Implications: This study demonstrated that daily oral treatment with sotagliflozin markedly upregulated antioxidant markers such as SIRT1 and Nrf2, attenuated TNF-α, and reduced apoptotic and fibrogenic markers, thereby protecting against TAA-induced liver fibrosis. This may have occurred through the augmentation of SIRT1/Nrf2 expression, the inhibition of PI3K/AKT, resulting in the suppression of apoptosis and inflammation.

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Liver CirrhosisNF-E2-Related Factor 2Phosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktSignal TransductionSirtuin 1AnimalsMaleRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyThioacetamideNfe2l2 protein, ratNF-E2-Related Factor 2Phosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktSirt1 protein, ratSirtuin 1Thioacetamideantioxidantapoptosisliver fibrosisNrf2oxidative stressSIRT1sotagliflozinthioacetamide

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PMCPMC12767381

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