Dietary modulations of folic acid affect the development of diethylnitrosamine induced hepatocellular carcinoma in a rat model
Autor: | Ashim Das, Jyotdeep Kaur, Ishwar Negi, Renuka Sharma, Ajay Duseja, Taqveema Ali |
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Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Liver Cirrhosis
Male 0301 basic medicine medicine.medical_specialty Carcinoma Hepatocellular Histology Cirrhosis Physiology H&E stain Gastroenterology 03 medical and health sciences Folic Acid Fibrosis Trichrome Internal medicine medicine Animals Diethylnitrosamine Rats Wistar 030102 biochemistry & molecular biology medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Liver Neoplasms Cell Biology General Medicine medicine.disease Rats Staining 030104 developmental biology Liver Hepatocellular carcinoma Immunohistochemistry Liver function tests business |
Zdroj: | Journal of Molecular Histology. 52:335-350 |
ISSN: | 1567-2387 1567-2379 |
Popis: | The present study evaluated the role of dietary folate modulations in the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in a rat model. Male Wistar rats were given diethylnitrosamine (DEN) carcinogen for a period of 18 weeks in addition to different folate modulations. Biochemical parameters were assayed and liver tissues were examined using various histopathological stains viz. Hematoxylin and eosin (H&E), Masson’s trichrome, Immunohistochemistry (IHC) staining for arginase-1 and α-smooth muscle actin (SMA). Serum folate and hepatic folate stores were decreased and increased in folate deficiency (FD) and folate oversupplemented (FO) group respectively. Analysis of serum liver function tests revealed deranged liver functioning in all the groups. H&E staining of rat liver demonstrated vague nodularity from 2nd to 8th week, fibrosis from 10th to 15th week, cirrhosis and HCC from 16th to 18th week. Combining the observations of H&E with IHC for arginase-1, 14 (50%), 11 (39.3%) and 17 (58.6%) rats showed HCC positivity in FN (folate normal), FD and FO diets respectively. IHC for α-SMA depicted increased staining with progression of the disease from fibrosis to cirrhosis in all the dietary groups. Collectively, findings of all the histopathological stains, revealed increase in the number of cirrhotic cases and decrease in the number of HCC cases in FD group, indicating delayed progression of HCC with FD. Moreover, FO led to more number of HCC and reduction in the number of cirrhotic cases, signifying early progression of HCC. |
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