Chronic exposure to coplanar polychlorinated biphenyls(PCBs),a potent inducer of toxic reactive oxygen species(ROS),in the environment and food can cause liver diseases.It remains unknown whether caffeic acid derivatives(CADs) exerted protective effect on PCB-induced hepatotoxicity.We sought to evaluate the activities of 3CADs on PCB169-induced oxidative stress and DNA damage in the liver.Male ICR mice were administered with1 μmol/mL PCB169 at 5 mL/kg body weight for 2 weeks.The mice were given CADs by gastric gavage for 3weeks.We found that PCB169 decreased the growth rate and reduced the levels of superoxide dismutase(SOD),glutathione(GSH) and GSH peroxidase(GPx).It increased the liver weight,malondialdehyde(MDA)and 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine(8-OHdG) levels and CYPlAl activity in the liver tissues and plasma of mice(P<0.05).Pretreatment of mice with CADs restored the above parameters to normal levels.There was a synergistic protective effect between CADs in preventing MDA and 8-OHdG formation and inducing CYPlAl and phase II metabolism enzyme(SOD,GPx) activities(P<0.05).In conclusion,PCB169 induced hepatotoxicity and pretreatment with CADs had synergistic protective effects on liver damage.
Ruirui LiShuyuan CaoJinfeng DaiLi WangLei LiYubang WangWenqin YinYuting Ye
