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PROPOLIS IMPROVED THE HEPATIC ARCHITECTURE BY CONTROLLING STAT-3 AND STAT-5 PHOSPHORYLATION, AND SURVIVIN EXPRESSION IN A MOUSE MODEL OF LIVER FIBROSIS

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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Animal Physiology

Abstract

Propolis has several biological/pharmacological properties. The current study investigated the potential hepatoprotective benefits of propolis in CCl4-treated mice. Three groups of male BALB/c mice (n=15/group) were used in the current study: group I comprised the control mice, groups II was intraperitoneally injected with CCl4 (1.0 mL of 10% CCl4dissolved in olive oil/kg body weight, twice/week for six weeks) for inducing liver fibrosis, group III was treated with CCl4 as in group II and then supplemented orally with the ethanol-soluble derivative of propolis (100 mg/kg body weight/day) for additional four weeks. The antifibrotic effects of propolis were assessed by histological analysis, Western blotting, flow cytometry, and ELISA. The results indicated that the CCl4-treated mice exhibited histopathological alterations in the liver architecture with an increase in the numbers of Kupffer cells, a significant increase in the lymphocytes apoptosis and in the plasma nitric oxide, reactive oxygen species, C-reactive protein, and platelet derived growth factor levels, and a significant decrease in the plasma total glutathione level, as compared with the control group. The liver of CCl4-treated mice also exhibited a significant increase in the expression of collagen and survivin, upregulation of signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) phosphorylation, and downregulation of STAT5 phosphorylation. Interestingly, propolis abrogated significantly the hepatic collagen deposition, inflammatory signals, and oxidative stress, and improved the hepatic architecture in CCl4-treated mice nearly to the normal architecture observed in the control mice. In conclusion, our findings demonstrate the potential hepatoprotective effects of propolis in alleviating the liver fibrosis.

DOI

10.21608/ejz.2020.26777.1027

Keywords

apoptosis, Inflammation, Liver fibrosis, Oxidative Stress, Propolis

Authors

First Name

Eman

Last Name

Sayed

MiddleName

Abdo

Affiliation

Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.

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emanabdo603@yahoo.com

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Assiut

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First Name

Hanan

Last Name

Waly

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Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.

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moh_hanan2006@yahoo.com

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Assiut

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First Name

Khadega

Last Name

Hassan

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.

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gbadr73@yahoo.com

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Assiut

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First Name

Gamal

Last Name

Badr

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Affiliation

Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.

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badr73@yahoo.com

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Assiut

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0000-0002-6157-7319

Volume

73

Article Issue

73

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14594

Issue Date

2020-06-01

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2020-03-28

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2020-06-01

Page Start

39

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52

Print ISSN

1110-6344

Online ISSN

2682-3160

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684

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Egyptian Journal of Zoology

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22 Jan 2023