Effects of the Aqueous Extract of Pluchea indica Root on Hepatic Stellate Cells of Rat

• Main Authors: Jiun-liang Lin, 林俊良
• Other Authors: Chung-Lung Cho
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2010
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/63346702486500698989

碩士 === 國立中山大學 === 生物科學系研究所 === 98 === Liver fibrosis is a wound healing process in liver with　chronic injury and is characterized by the excess production and accumulation of extracellular matrix (ECM) component. Liver injury of any etiology may lead to activation of hepatic stellate cells (HSCs), which are trans-differentiated from lipocyte-like cells to highly proliferative myofibroblast-like cells. Activation of HSCs is considered a crucial event that promotes increased ECM production and consequently hepatic fibrosis. Liver fibros is resulted from a net increased synthesis and decreased degradation of ECM proteins. Pluchea indica (Less) has been reported to have antipyretic, anti-ulcer, anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant, diuretic and anti-amoebic activities. Our previous studies showed that the aqueous extract of roots from P. indica (PIRAE) showed that it can suppress the growth and migration of HeLa and GBM8401 cancer cell lines, and also significantly reduce serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase (GPT), alpha-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) and collagen type I expression in animal model of liver fibrosis induced by thioacetamide (TAA). In this study, we plan to investigate the effects of PIRAE on activation, proliferation and migration of rat culture activated HSCs. The results indicated that protein expression of α-SMA and collagen type I of HSCs was decreased followed by treatment of either 0.5 or 1.0 mg/ml PIRAE for 48 hours. In addition, the effects of PIRAE on proliferation in culture activated HSCs were assessed by analyses of cell growth curve, MTT, WST-1 and BrdU, respectively. The results showed that PIRAE inhibited HSCs proliferation in a dose- and time-dependent manner. Moreover, wound healing assay and transwell assay showed that PIRAE prevented migration in activated HSCs. In conclusion, PIRAE may suppresse culture activated HSCs proliferation, migration, and activation of culture activated HSCs, as well as accumulation of collagen type I.