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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-10-11
pubmed:abstractText
Oxidative stress is a major pathogenetic factor in hepatic fibrosis. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPARalpha) is a nuclear receptor which is known to affect oxidative stress and PPARalpha ligands may have rescue effects on hepatic fibrosis. We tested this hypothesis using rat thioacetamide (TAA) models of liver cirrhosis. Rats were given intraperitoneal injection of TAA and treated with a diet containing one of the two PPARalpha ligands, Wy-14,643 (WY) or fenofibrate. WY treatment dramatically reduced hepatic fibrosis and also prevented the inhibition catalase of mRNA expression caused by TAA. Correspondingly, catalase activity increased in the TAA+WY group but decreased in the control TAA group. The antifibrotic action of fenofibrate in the TAA model was comparable with that of WY. PPARalpha ligands have an antifibrotic action in the rat TAA model of liver cirrhosis, probably due to an antioxidant effect of enhanced catalase expression and activity in the liver.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0006-291X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
12
pubmed:volume
324
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
697-704
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15474484-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15474484-Antioxidants, pubmed-meshheading:15474484-Blotting, Northern, pubmed-meshheading:15474484-Catalase, pubmed-meshheading:15474484-Densitometry, pubmed-meshheading:15474484-Fenofibrate, pubmed-meshheading:15474484-Fibrosis, pubmed-meshheading:15474484-Hydrogen Peroxide, pubmed-meshheading:15474484-Ligands, pubmed-meshheading:15474484-Liver, pubmed-meshheading:15474484-Liver Cirrhosis, pubmed-meshheading:15474484-Male, pubmed-meshheading:15474484-Models, Biological, pubmed-meshheading:15474484-Oxidative Stress, pubmed-meshheading:15474484-PPAR alpha, pubmed-meshheading:15474484-Peroxisome Proliferators, pubmed-meshheading:15474484-Pyrimidines, pubmed-meshheading:15474484-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:15474484-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:15474484-Rats, Wistar, pubmed-meshheading:15474484-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:15474484-Superoxide Dismutase, pubmed-meshheading:15474484-Thioacetamide
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
PPARalpha ligands activate antioxidant enzymes and suppress hepatic fibrosis in rats.
pubmed:affiliation
Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article