Bupropion effects on high-fat diet-induced steatohepatitis and endothelial dysfunction in rats: role of tumour necrosis factor-a lpha
Mai Ahmeda,b; Wesam M. El-Baklya,b; Ahmed MohyelDin Zaki Badr; Lobna F. abd Alzeza,b; Osama El serafia;
Abstract
Objectives This study aimed to elucidate the effect of bupropion (BUP) on high fat
diet (HFD)-treated rats that is to say the action of BUP on diabetes and
hyperlipidemia with its consequences on liver and endothelial function.
Methods MaleWistar rats were fed HFD or normal chow for 15 weeks then given
either BUP (50 mg/kg) or distilled water by gavage for 4 weeks. The effect of BUP
on diabetes, hyperlipidemia, hepatic and vascular functions as well as tumour
necrosis factor-alpha (TNF)-α were assessed. The intima-media thickness of the
aorta was evaluated.
Key findings BUP significantly decreased serum lipid, liver enzyme, homeostasis
model assessment for insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), serum TNF-α and the
impaired glucose tolerance. Liver from rats with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis
(NASH) demonstrated significant higher TNF-α level, inflammatory cell infiltration,
ballooning and steatosis which significantly ameliorated by BUP treatment.
Neither intima/media ratio nor vascular reactivity to acetylcholine is improved by
BUP treatment.
Conclusions NASH induced by a HFD was associated with hyperlipidemia,
insulin resistance, endothelial dysfunction and increase in liver TNF-α. All of
these may contribute to the pathogenesis of NASH. BUP has potential role in
improving metabolic and hepatic function with negative vascular effect. Since
BUP is a well-known antidepressant, it will be a candidate drug in treatment of
depression in hepatic diseased or metabolic disturbed patients.
diet (HFD)-treated rats that is to say the action of BUP on diabetes and
hyperlipidemia with its consequences on liver and endothelial function.
Methods MaleWistar rats were fed HFD or normal chow for 15 weeks then given
either BUP (50 mg/kg) or distilled water by gavage for 4 weeks. The effect of BUP
on diabetes, hyperlipidemia, hepatic and vascular functions as well as tumour
necrosis factor-alpha (TNF)-α were assessed. The intima-media thickness of the
aorta was evaluated.
Key findings BUP significantly decreased serum lipid, liver enzyme, homeostasis
model assessment for insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), serum TNF-α and the
impaired glucose tolerance. Liver from rats with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis
(NASH) demonstrated significant higher TNF-α level, inflammatory cell infiltration,
ballooning and steatosis which significantly ameliorated by BUP treatment.
Neither intima/media ratio nor vascular reactivity to acetylcholine is improved by
BUP treatment.
Conclusions NASH induced by a HFD was associated with hyperlipidemia,
insulin resistance, endothelial dysfunction and increase in liver TNF-α. All of
these may contribute to the pathogenesis of NASH. BUP has potential role in
improving metabolic and hepatic function with negative vascular effect. Since
BUP is a well-known antidepressant, it will be a candidate drug in treatment of
depression in hepatic diseased or metabolic disturbed patients.
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Title | Bupropion effects on high-fat diet-induced steatohepatitis and endothelial dysfunction in rats: role of tumour necrosis factor-a lpha | Other Titles | Bupropion in NASH | Authors | Mai Ahmeda,b ; Wesam M. El-Baklya,b ; Ahmed MohyelDin Zaki Badr ; Lobna F. abd Alzeza,b ; Osama El serafia | Keywords | atherosclerosis; bupropion; insulin resistance; non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH); TNF-α | Issue Date | 2014 | Publisher | Royal Pharmaceutical Society | Source | google scholar | Journal | Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology | DOI | 10.1111/jphp.12213 |
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