Biology (Jun 2024)

Unlocking Synergistic Hepatoprotection: Dapagliflozin and Silymarin Combination Therapy Modulates Nuclear Erythroid 2-Related Factor 2/Heme Oxygenase-1 Pathway in Carbon Tetrachloride-Induced Hepatotoxicity in Wistar Rats

  • Shakta Mani Satyam,
  • Laxminarayana Kurady Bairy,
  • Abdul Rehman,
  • Mohamed Attia,
  • Layth Ahmed,
  • Karam Emad,
  • Yusuf Jaafer,
  • Abdelrehman Bahaaeldin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/biology13070473
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 7
p. 473

Abstract

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This study was aimed to investigate the hepatoprotective potential of dapagliflozin and silymarin alone and in combination to combat carbon tetrachloride (CCl4)-induced hepatotoxicity and the anticipated mechanisms. Thirty female Wistar rats were randomly allocated into five different groups. All the experimental animals except the normal control (Group I) were administered CCl4. Additionally, Groups II, III, IV, and V were treated with gum acacia, silymarin, dapagliflozin, and a combination of dapagliflozin and silymarin, respectively, for 14 days. Dapagliflozin, silymarin alone, and in combination, significantly reduced (p 4-intoxicated control rats. There was a notable reduction (p 4-intoxicated control group. Dapagliflozin in combination with silymarin showed a synergistic hepatoprotective effect. Our study reveals the profound hepatoprotective potential of dapagliflozin alone and in combination with silymarin in CCl4-intoxicated Wistar rats by modulating the Nrf2 and HO-1 signaling pathways.

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