Efficacy of Polymethoxylated Flavonoids from Citrus depressa Extract on Alcohol-induced Liver Injury in Mice
2019
Lee, E.Y., Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, Republic of Korea | Kim, S.H., Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, Republic of Korea | Chang, S.N., Daegu University, Gyeongsan, Republic of Korea | Lee, J.H., Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, Republic of Korea | Hwang, B.S., Nakdonggang National Institute of Biological Resources, Sangju, Republic of Korea | Woo, J.T., Okinawa Research Center Co. Ltd, Okinawa, Japan | Kang, S.C., Daegu University, Gyeongsan, Republic of Korea | Lee, J.T., Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, Republic of Korea | Park, J.G., Pohang Technopark Foundation, Pohang, Republic of Korea
Alcohol consumption causes the accumulation of reactive oxygen species in liver, which leads to alcoholic fatty liver and hepatocyte injury. In this study, we investigated the effects of an ethanolic Citrus depressa extract and those of its main components on alcohol-induced liver damage using a mouse model. Four polymethoxylated flavonoids, namely, nobiletin, tangeretin, 5-O-demethylnobiletin, and sinensetin, were isolated from C. depressa extract. Treatment of ethanol fed mice with C. depressa extract, nobiletin, tangeretin, or 5-O-demethylnobiletin at 300 mg/kg for 8 weeks by oral administration alleviated the accumulation of lipid droplets in liver and significantly decreased the serum levels of aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (markers of liver damage). Also, in mice treated with ethanol plus nobiletin, tangeretin, or 5-O-demethylnobiletin, liver level of glutathione (an antioxidant) increased whereas levels of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), hepatic malondialdehyde, and hepatic cytochrome P450 2E1 (CYP2E1) mRNA decreased as compared with ethanol fed controls. These findings suggest C. depressa extract and polymethoxylated flavonoids had a protective effect on alcohol-induced liver injury, and that the mechanism involved is related to the regulation of hepatic CYP2E1-mediated oxidative stress.
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