Nanoscale hepatoprotective herbal decoction attenuates hepatic stellate cell activity and chloroform-induced liver damage in mice

Sherry Huang1, Shu-Jen Chang2, Miffy Yang3, Justin Jin-Ching Chen3, Walter H Chang41Department of Biomedical Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chungli, Taiwan; 2School of Pharmacy, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan; 3Center for Nano Bioengineering, 4Department of Biomedical Engi...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:cb166e47384b4d34a29fc2ea7b37a09f2021-12-02T02:34:26ZNanoscale hepatoprotective herbal decoction attenuates hepatic stellate cell activity and chloroform-induced liver damage in mice1176-91141178-2013https://doaj.org/article/cb166e47384b4d34a29fc2ea7b37a09f2011-07-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.dovepress.com/nanoscale-hepatoprotective-herbal-decoction-attenuates-hepatic-stellat-a7787https://doaj.org/toc/1176-9114https://doaj.org/toc/1178-2013Sherry Huang1, Shu-Jen Chang2, Miffy Yang3, Justin Jin-Ching Chen3, Walter H Chang41Department of Biomedical Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chungli, Taiwan; 2School of Pharmacy, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan; 3Center for Nano Bioengineering, 4Department of Biomedical Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chungli, TaiwanBackground: San-Huang-Xie-Xin-Tang (SHXXT) decoction, a traditional Chinese medicine containing Rhei rhizome, Coptidis rhizome, and Scutellariae radix, is widely used in hepatoprotective therapy. However, preparation of the decoction requires addition of boiling water that causes loss of numerous effective components.Methods: To improve the bioavailability of the decoction, nanoscale SHXXT was developed. Chloroform-induced liver injury and hepatic stellate cell activity in mice were used to demonstrate the hepatoprotective characteristics of nanoscale SHXXT decoction.Results: Liver/body weight ratio and serum aspartate and alanine aminotranferase levels were recovered by the nanoscale SHXXT. TIMP-1 gene expression was inhibited and MMP-2 gene expression was accelerated in activated hepatic stellate cells.Conclusion: Nanoscale SHXXT decoction prepared in room temperature water could have preserved hepatoprotective ability. The results of this study indicate that nanoscale SHXXT could be extracted easily. The simple preparation of this herbal decoction is more convenient and energy-efficient.Keywords: Chinese herb medicine, San-Huang-Xie-Xin-Tang, nanoparticle, liver fibrosis Huang SChang SJYang MChen JJChang WHDove Medical PressarticleMedicine (General)R5-920ENInternational Journal of Nanomedicine, Vol 2011, Iss default, Pp 1365-1371 (2011)
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Chang SJ
Yang M
Chen JJ
Chang WH
Nanoscale hepatoprotective herbal decoction attenuates hepatic stellate cell activity and chloroform-induced liver damage in mice
description Sherry Huang1, Shu-Jen Chang2, Miffy Yang3, Justin Jin-Ching Chen3, Walter H Chang41Department of Biomedical Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chungli, Taiwan; 2School of Pharmacy, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan; 3Center for Nano Bioengineering, 4Department of Biomedical Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chungli, TaiwanBackground: San-Huang-Xie-Xin-Tang (SHXXT) decoction, a traditional Chinese medicine containing Rhei rhizome, Coptidis rhizome, and Scutellariae radix, is widely used in hepatoprotective therapy. However, preparation of the decoction requires addition of boiling water that causes loss of numerous effective components.Methods: To improve the bioavailability of the decoction, nanoscale SHXXT was developed. Chloroform-induced liver injury and hepatic stellate cell activity in mice were used to demonstrate the hepatoprotective characteristics of nanoscale SHXXT decoction.Results: Liver/body weight ratio and serum aspartate and alanine aminotranferase levels were recovered by the nanoscale SHXXT. TIMP-1 gene expression was inhibited and MMP-2 gene expression was accelerated in activated hepatic stellate cells.Conclusion: Nanoscale SHXXT decoction prepared in room temperature water could have preserved hepatoprotective ability. The results of this study indicate that nanoscale SHXXT could be extracted easily. The simple preparation of this herbal decoction is more convenient and energy-efficient.Keywords: Chinese herb medicine, San-Huang-Xie-Xin-Tang, nanoparticle, liver fibrosis 
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title Nanoscale hepatoprotective herbal decoction attenuates hepatic stellate cell activity and chloroform-induced liver damage in mice
title_short Nanoscale hepatoprotective herbal decoction attenuates hepatic stellate cell activity and chloroform-induced liver damage in mice
title_full Nanoscale hepatoprotective herbal decoction attenuates hepatic stellate cell activity and chloroform-induced liver damage in mice
title_fullStr Nanoscale hepatoprotective herbal decoction attenuates hepatic stellate cell activity and chloroform-induced liver damage in mice
title_full_unstemmed Nanoscale hepatoprotective herbal decoction attenuates hepatic stellate cell activity and chloroform-induced liver damage in mice
title_sort nanoscale hepatoprotective herbal decoction attenuates hepatic stellate cell activity and chloroform-induced liver damage in mice
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