ACTA VETERINARIA ET ZOOTECHNICA SINICA ›› 2019, Vol. 50 ›› Issue (11): 2309-2317.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2019.11.015

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Study on the Interaction of Two Pathways of Renin Angiotensin System in Rat Nonalcoholic Simple Fatty Liver

LIU Ying, WANG Huanhuan, YAN Shuping, ZHU Bin, ZHANG Yuanshu*   

  1. Key Laboratory of Animal Physiology and Biochemistry of Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
  • Received:2019-05-14 Online:2019-11-23 Published:2019-11-23
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Abstract: This experiment explored the mutual antagonism of ACE/AngⅡ/AT1R and ACE2/Ang1-7/MasR pathways in the renin angiotensin system (RAS) in rats nonalcoholic simple fatty liver (NAFL). Thirty male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into normal control group, model group and medication group. In addition to the normal control group, the other two groups were fed with high-fat diet, and each rat of medication group was given 50 mg·(kg·d)-1 vitastatin. Blood was collected and all rats were killed after 6 weeks,liver samples were taken at the same time. The contents of TG, ALT and AST in serum of each group were determined. The activities of·OH, TNOS, SOD and T-AOC in liver tissue were determined. The release of AngⅡ, Ang1-7 and inflammatory factors in tissue homogenate were determined by ELISA. The levels of ACE, ACE2, AT1R and MasR in liver tissue were analyzed by Western blotting. HE staining was conducted to observe liver pathological changes. Results were as follows:In the model group,the liver index was significantly increased (P<0.05); Serum TG, AST and ALT levels were significantly increased (P<0.01); Liver pathology showed changes in steatosis; Oxidative stress and release of inflammatory factors in liver tissue increased significantly. The expression of ACE, AT1R protein and the amount of AngⅡ and Ang1-7 increased significantly (P<0.05); The protein expression of ACE2 and MasR decreased significantly (P<0.05), and the ratio of ACE/ACE2 increased (P<0.01). The medication group improved the damage of oxidative stress and inflammation, and improved liver damage by down-regulating the ACE/AngⅡ/AT1R pathway. High-fat feeding for 6 weeks can induce simple fatty liver in rats, and both the two pathways in the local RAS system are activated. Abnormal activation of the ACE/AngⅡ/AT1 pathway leads to oxidative stress and inflammatory response in the liver, while the ACE2/Ang1-7/MasR pathway has the opposite effect. It is suggested that endogenous ACE2 produced by the liver may play an important role in the prevention of NAFL by mediating the activation of the Ang1-7/MasR pathway in exogenous stimuli-induced liver injury.

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