PMID- 36927981 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230808 LR - 20230823 IS - 1881-7122 (Electronic) IS - 1341-1357 (Print) IS - 0007-5124 (Linking) VI - 72 IP - 3 DP - 2023 Aug 7 TI - Oroxylin A inhibited autoimmune hepatitis-induced liver injury and shifted Treg/Th17 balance to Treg differentiation. PG - 367-378 LID - 10.1538/expanim.22-0171 [doi] AB - Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is a kind of autoimmune disease mediated by T cells, and its incidence is gradually increasing in the world. Oroxylin A (OA) is one of the major bioactive flavonoids that has been reported to inhibit inflammatory. Here, an AIH model of mouse was induced by Concanavalin A (Con A). It found that serum aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels were decreased in mice with the treatment of OA. Hematoxylin-eosin staining showed that the liver injury was attenuated by OA, and TUNEL staining indicated that the cells apoptosis of liver was weakened in mice with OA treatment. ELISA analysis of cytokines and chemokines suggested that OA reduced the expression of IL-6, IL-17A, chemokine ligand 2 (CCL2), C-X-C motif chemokine ligand 1 (CXCL1) and CXCL10, but promoted the expression of IL-10 and TGF-beta in mice. The mRNA levels of Il-17a in liver and spleen tissues were also significantly decreased, on the contrary, the mRNA levels of Il-10 in liver and spleen tissues were increased. The proportion of Treg/Th17 detected by flow cytometry revealed that OA promoted the differentiation of Treg and inhibited the differentiation of Th17 both in the liver and spleen. The results of this study demonstrated the inhibitory effects of OA on AIH-induced liver injury and the inflammatory response of AIH, and revealed that OA affected the balance of Treg/Th17 and shifted the balance toward Treg differentiation. It provided new potential drugs for the prevention of AIH. FAU - Zhu, Jinxia AU - Zhu J AD - The First Clinical Medical College, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, 156 Jinshui East Road, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450046, P.R. China. FAU - Chen, Hongxiu AU - Chen H AD - The First Clinical Medical College, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, 156 Jinshui East Road, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450046, P.R. China. FAU - Cui, Jianjiao AU - Cui J AD - Spleen, Stomach and Hepatobiliary Department, The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Chinese Medicine, No. 19, Renmin Road, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450003, P.R. China. FAU - Zhang, Xiaorui AU - Zhang X AD - Spleen, Stomach and Hepatobiliary Department, The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Chinese Medicine, No. 19, Renmin Road, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450003, P.R. China. FAU - Liu, Guangwei AU - Liu G AD - Spleen, Stomach and Hepatobiliary Department, The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Chinese Medicine, No. 19, Renmin Road, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450003, P.R. China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20230313 PL - Japan TA - Exp Anim JT - Experimental animals JID - 9604830 RN - 130068-27-8 (Interleukin-10) RN - 0 (Interleukin-17) RN - 53K24Z586G (5,7-dihydroxy-6-methoxy-2-phenylchromen-4-one) RN - 0 (Ligands) RN - 0 (Flavonoids) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) SB - IM MH - Mice MH - Animals MH - *Hepatitis, Autoimmune/drug therapy MH - Interleukin-10/metabolism MH - Interleukin-17/metabolism MH - T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/metabolism MH - *Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury, Chronic MH - Ligands MH - Liver/metabolism MH - Flavonoids/pharmacology/metabolism/therapeutic use MH - Th17 Cells MH - Cell Differentiation MH - RNA, Messenger/metabolism PMC - PMC10435359 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Th17 OT - Treg OT - autoimmune hepatitis OT - oroxylin A EDAT- 2023/03/18 06:00 MHDA- 2023/08/08 06:42 PMCR- 2023/01/01 CRDT- 2023/03/17 08:46 PHST- 2023/08/08 06:42 [medline] PHST- 2023/03/18 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/03/17 08:46 [entrez] PHST- 2023/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 22-0171 [pii] AID - 10.1538/expanim.22-0171 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Exp Anim. 2023 Aug 7;72(3):367-378. doi: 10.1538/expanim.22-0171. Epub 2023 Mar 13.