TY - JOUR
T1 - Silybin counteracts lipid excess and oxidative stress in cultured steatotic hepatic cells
AU - Vecchione, Giulia
AU - Grasselli, Elena
AU - Voci, Adriana
AU - Baldini, Francesca
AU - Grattagliano, Ignazio
AU - Wang, David Qh
AU - Portincasa, Piero
AU - Vergani, Laura
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2016.
PY - 2016/7/14
Y1 - 2016/7/14
N2 - AIM: To investigate in vitro the therapeutic effect and mechanisms of silybin in a cellular model of hepatic steatosis. METHODS: Rat hepatoma FaO cells were loaded with lipids by exposure to 0.75 mmol/L oleate/palmitate for 3 h to mimic liver steatosis. Then, the steatotic cells were incubated for 24 h with different concentrations (25 to 100 mol/L) of silybin as phytosome complex with Vitamin E. The effects of silybin on lipid accumulation and metabolism, and on indices of oxidative stress were evaluated by absorption and fluorescence microscopy, quantitative real-time PCR, Western blot, spectrophotometric and fluorimetric assays. RESULTS: Lipid-loading resulted in intracellular triglyceride (TG) accumulation inside lipid droplets, whose number and size increased. TG accumulation was mediated by increased levels of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) and sterol regulatory element-binding protein-1c (SREBP-1c). The lipid imbalance was associated with higher production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) resulting in increased lipid peroxidation, stimulation of catalase activity and activation of nuclear factor kappa-B (NF-B). Incubation of steatotic cells with silybin 50 mol/L significantly reduced TG accumulation likely by promoting lipid catabolism and by inhibiting lipogenic pathways, as suggested by the changes in carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1 (CPT-1), PPAR and SREBP-1c levels. The reduction in fat accumulation exerted by silybin in the steatotic cells was associated with the improvement of the oxidative imbalance caused by lipid excess as demonstrated by the reduction in ROS content, lipid peroxidation, catalase activity and NF-B activation.
AB - AIM: To investigate in vitro the therapeutic effect and mechanisms of silybin in a cellular model of hepatic steatosis. METHODS: Rat hepatoma FaO cells were loaded with lipids by exposure to 0.75 mmol/L oleate/palmitate for 3 h to mimic liver steatosis. Then, the steatotic cells were incubated for 24 h with different concentrations (25 to 100 mol/L) of silybin as phytosome complex with Vitamin E. The effects of silybin on lipid accumulation and metabolism, and on indices of oxidative stress were evaluated by absorption and fluorescence microscopy, quantitative real-time PCR, Western blot, spectrophotometric and fluorimetric assays. RESULTS: Lipid-loading resulted in intracellular triglyceride (TG) accumulation inside lipid droplets, whose number and size increased. TG accumulation was mediated by increased levels of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) and sterol regulatory element-binding protein-1c (SREBP-1c). The lipid imbalance was associated with higher production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) resulting in increased lipid peroxidation, stimulation of catalase activity and activation of nuclear factor kappa-B (NF-B). Incubation of steatotic cells with silybin 50 mol/L significantly reduced TG accumulation likely by promoting lipid catabolism and by inhibiting lipogenic pathways, as suggested by the changes in carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1 (CPT-1), PPAR and SREBP-1c levels. The reduction in fat accumulation exerted by silybin in the steatotic cells was associated with the improvement of the oxidative imbalance caused by lipid excess as demonstrated by the reduction in ROS content, lipid peroxidation, catalase activity and NF-B activation.
KW - Lipid droplets
KW - Lipid metabolism
KW - Mitochondrial oxidation
KW - Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
KW - Oxidative stress
KW - Silybin
KW - Steatotic hepatocytes
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U2 - 10.3748/wjg.v22.i26.6016
DO - 10.3748/wjg.v22.i26.6016
M3 - Article
C2 - 27468193
AN - SCOPUS:84978267551
SN - 1007-9327
VL - 22
SP - 6016
EP - 6026
JO - World Journal of Gastroenterology
JF - World Journal of Gastroenterology
IS - 26
ER -