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KMID : 1034820170130040461
Molecular & Cellular Toxicology
2017 Volume.13 No. 4 p.461 ~ p.469
Gamma irradiation-induced liver injury and its amelioration by red ginseng extract
Jang Seon-A

Lee Sung-Ryul
Koo Hyun-Jung
Lee Jin-Woo
Park Yu-Na
Namkoong Seung
Kim Myung-Kyum
Kang Se-Chan
Sohn Eun-Hwa
Abstract
Radiation therapy is associated with liver damage and late liver injury. The hepatoprotective effect of Korean Red Ginseng (KRG) was determined in whole-body gamma-irradiated (¥ãIR) mice. KRG at a dose of 10 and 50 mg/kg body weight was administrated to male C57BL/6 mice (each group, n=5) intraperitoneally for five days before whole-body ¥ãIR (6.5 Gy). Three days after ¥ãIR, serum and liver tissue were collected and analysed. Pretreatment with KRG suppressed serum alkaline phosphatase (ALP), alkaline aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), and ¥ã-glutamyl-transferase (GGT) activities. It also caused a marked increase in cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) and tumour growth factor-¥â1 (TGF-¥â1) expression associated nuclear factor-¥êB (NF-¥êB) activation in the liver. Extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERKs) were also activated by irradiation. KRG treatment before irradiation could strongly suppress COX-2, TGF-¥â1, and ERK activation in the liver. Pretreatment with KRG may alleviate the severity of radiation-induced liver injury and fibrosis.
KEYWORD
Korean Red Ginseng, Gamma-irradiation, Liver fibrosis, Cyclooxygenase-2, Tumour growth factor
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