Astilbin prevents concanavalin A-induced liver injury by reducing TNF-alpha production and T lymphocytes adhesion |
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Authors: | Wang Jun Zhao Ying Xu Qiang |
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Affiliation: | State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, China. |
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Abstract: | The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of astilbin on concanavalin A (Con A)-induced hepatitis, a T cell-dependent model of liver injury. Con A administration resulted in a severe liver injury in mice, with a strong increment in spleen cell adhesion and liver infiltration of T cells, as well as in tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha production. Against this liver injury, astilbin significantly inhibited the elevation in transaminase activity, reduced the TNF-alpha production, and improved the histological changes, including inflammatory infiltration, hepatocyte necrosis and degeneration and Kupffer cell hyperplasia. In addition, astilbin inhibited the adhesion of spleen cells and purified T lymphocytes isolated from the liver-injured mice to fibronectin, laminin and type IV collagen.Moreover, the adhesion of human Jurkat T cells to endothelial cell line ECV-304 was also inhibited by astilbin. These results suggest that the improvement of the T cell-mediated liver injury by astilbinmay be related to the reduction in TNF-alpha production and in T cell adhesion to extracellular matrices and endothelial cells. |
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