Emodin in Rheum undulatum inhibits oxidative stress in the liver via AMPK with Hippo/Yap signalling pathway

Context: Emodin is a compound in Rheum undulatum Linne (Polygonaceae) that has been reported to exert anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, and antiallergic effects.Objective: Oxidative stress is a causative agent of liver inflammation that may lead to fibrosis and hepato-carcinoma. In this study, we investigated the antioxidant effects of emodin and its mechanism.Materials and methods: We used the hepatocyte stimulated by arachidonic acid (AA) + iron cotreatment and the C57B/6 mice orally injected with acetaminophen (APAP, 500 mg/kg, 6 h), as assessed by immunoblot and next generation sequencing (NGS). Emodin was pre-treated in hepatocyte (3 ∼ 30 μM) for 1 h before AA + iron, and in mice (10 and 30 m/kg, P.O.) for 3 days before APAP.Results: In vitro, emodin treatment inhibited the cell death induced by AA + iron maximally at a dose of 10 μM (EC50 > 3 μM). In addition, emodin attenuated the decrease of anti-apoptotic proteins, and restored mitochondria membrane potential as mediated by the liver kinase B1 (LKB1)-AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) pathway. LKB1 mediated AMPK activation was verified using the LKB1 deficient cell line, HeLa. Emodin (10 μM; after 10 min) also induced the phosphorylation of Yes-associated protein 1 (YAP1), the main downstream target of the Hippo signalling pathway that mediated oxidative stress or the ROS-initiated signalling pathway. In vivo, the oral treatment of emodin (10 and 30 m/kg, 3 days) decreased APAP-induced hepatic damage, as indicated by decreases in antioxidant genes as well as tissue damage.Conclusion: Our results show that emodin inhibits oxidative liver injury via the AMPK/YAP mediated pathway.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:58

Enthalten in:

Pharmaceutical biology - 58(2020), 1 vom: 21. Dez., Seite 333-341

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lee, Eun Hye [VerfasserIn]
Baek, Su Youn [VerfasserIn]
Park, Ji Young [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Young Woo [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

362O9ITL9D
AMP-Activated Protein Kinases
AMP-activated protein kinase
Acetaminophen
Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing
Antioxidants
Arachidic acid
Cell Cycle Proteins
EC 2.7.11.1
EC 2.7.11.31
Eicosanoic Acids
Emodin
Journal Article
KA46RNI6HN
Liver kinase B1
PQB8MJD4RB
Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases
Reactive Oxygen Species
YAP-Signaling Proteins
Yap1 protein, mouse
Yes-associated protein 1

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Date Completed 03.02.2021

Date Revised 04.12.2021

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/13880209.2020.1750658

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM308915895