COMBINATION THERAPY AS AN OPTIMAL APPROACH FOR CORRECTION OF ALCOHOL LIVER DAMAGE
Abstract
Background. Alcoholic liver damage is currently a significant social and medical problem. At this stage special attention is paid to combination therapy.
Objective. To study the effects of UDCA in combination with curcumin, betaine, metformin and bezafibrate for the correction of experimental alcoholic steatohepatitis (ASH) in rats.
Materials and methods. The experiment was carried out on rats with ASH induced by ethanol-containing diet of Lieber-DeCarli which were administered intragastrically ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA 30 mg/kg) in combination with the following preparations: curcumin (100 mg/kg), betaine (100 mg/kg), metformin (50 mg/kg) and bezafibrate (5 mg/kg). Histological and biochemical methods were used, followed by morphometric and statistical analysis.
Results. The combined administration of the preparations contributed to the reduction of serum marker enzyme activities, serum and liver triglycerides contents, the level of proinflammatory cytokine (TNF-α) as well as to the increase of reduced glutathione, wherein the combinations were not inferior to the action of UDCA at a dose of 40 mg/kg, used as monotherapy, and in some cases surpassed it. The administration of UDCA with betaine showed a pronounced hypolipidemic and antiinflammatory effects. Combination of UDCA with curcumin and bezafibrate had a high antioxidant activity.
Conclusion. All of the studied combinations under the conditions of experimental alcoholic steatohepatitis showed hepatoprotective effect by improving the histological picture of the liver and having a positive effect on biochemical parameters and indicators of antioxidant protection.
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