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This study aims to observe the effect of chlorogenic acid(CGA) on microRNA(miRNA) in the process of protecting against N-acetyl-p-aminophenol(APAP)-induced liver injury. Eighteen C57BL/6 mice were randomly assigned into a normal group, a model group(APAP, 300 mg·kg~(-1)), and a CGA(40 mg·kg~(-1)) group. Hepatotoxicity of mice was induced by intragastric administration of APAP(300 mg·kg~(-1)). The mice in the CGA group were administrated with CGA(40 mg·kg~(-1)) by gavage 1 h after APAP administration. The mice were sacrificed 6 h after APAP administration, and plasma and liver tissue samples were collected for the determination of serum alanine/aspartate aminotransferase(ALT/AST) level and observation of liver histopathology, respectively. MiRNA array combined with real-time PCR was employed to discover important miRNAs. The target genes of miRNAs were predicted via miRWalk and TargetScan 7.2, verified by real-time PCR, and then subjected to functional annotation and signaling pathway enrichment. The results showed that CGA administration lowered the serum ALT/AST level elevated by APAP and alleviate the liver injury. Nine potential miRNAs were screened out from the microarray. The expression of miR-2137 and miR-451a in the liver tissue was verified by real-time PCR. The expression of miR-2137 and miR-451a was significantly up-regulated after APAP administration, and such up-regulated expression was significantly down-regulated after CGA administration, consistent with the array results. The target genes of miR-2137 and miR-451a were predicted and verified. Eleven target genes were involved in the process of CGA protecting against APAP-induced liver injury. Gene Ontology(GO) annotation and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes(KEGG) enrichment with DAVID and R language showed that the 11 target genes were enriched in Rho protein-related signal transduction, vascular patterning-related biological processes, binding to transcription factors, and Rho guanyl-nucleotide exchange factor activity. The results indicated that miR-2137 and miR-451a played an important role in the inhibition of CGA on APAP-induced hepatotoxicity.
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Animals , Mice , Mice, Inbred C57BL , Chlorogenic Acid , Acetaminophen , Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury, Chronic , Alanine Transaminase , MicroRNAsABSTRACT
Objective:To establish an HPLC method for the determination of P-aminophenol in pediatric paracetamol and amanta-dine hydrochloride granules. Methods: The column was Phenomenex Luna C8 (150 mm × 4. 6 mm, 5 μm), the mobile phase was phosphate buffer solution-methanol (93∶7), the flow rate was 0. 8 ml·min-1, the detection wavelength was 275nm, the column tem-perature was 30℃, and the injection volume was 10μl . Results: P-aminophenol showed good linearity within the range of 0. 528-42. 240 μg·ml-1(r=0. 999 9). The average recovery was 100. 03%(RSD=0. 9%, n=9). Conclusion:The method is simple with high accuracy and reproducibility, which can be used in the determination of P-aminophenol in pediatric paracetamol and amantadine hydrochloride granules.
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Objective:To establish an HPLC method for the determination of p-aminophenol in pediatric paracetamol artificial cow-bezoar and chlorphenamine maleate granules. Methods: A CAPCELL PAK MGⅡC18 (150 mm × 4. 6 mm,5 μm) chromatographic column was used with 0. 05% ammonium acetate solution-methyl (85∶ 15) as the mobile phase at the flow rate of 1 ml·min-1 , the detection wavelength was 232nm,the injection volume was 10μl,and the column temperature was 30℃. Results:The linear range of p-aminophenol was 9. 878 4-197. 568 0 ng(r = 0. 999 1), the average recovery was 99. 8%(RSD = 0. 9%,n= 9), and detection limit was 2ng. Conclusion:The method is simple, specific and accurate, which can be used to determine the contents related substances in of pediatric paracetamol artificial cow-bezoar and chlorphenamine maleate granules.