[Effect of pregnant rat adipose-derived stem cells on repair of acute liver injury].

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To assess the effect of pregnant rat adipose-derived stem cells (ADSCs) on repair of acute liver injury.

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ADSCs were isolated from 18-week pregnant Sprague Dawley rats and were identified by flow cytometry. Twenty Sprague Dawley rats were randomly divided into groups A, B, C, and D ( n=5); rats in group A were not treated as normal controls; rats in groups B, C, and D were injected intraperitoneally with CCl 4 to establish the acute liver injury model. At 2 hours after modeling, DPBS, 0.1 mL normal rat ADSCs (2×10 6cells/mL), and pregnant rat ADSCs (2×10 6cells/mL) were injected into the spleen in groups A, C, and D respectively; rats in group B was not treated. After 7 days, total bilirubin (TBIL), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartic acid transaminase (AST), albumin (ALB), and total protein (TP) in serum were measured. The liver tissue sections were stained with HE. The expressions of Ki67, alpha-fetoprotein (AFP), and ALB were measured by immunohistochemistry.

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The serum levels of TBIL, ALT, and AST in group B were significantly higher than those in groups A, C, and D ( P<0.05), but ALB and TP were significantly lower than those in groups A, C, and D ( P<0.05). The levels of TBIL, ALT, and AST were significantly higher in groups C and D than group A, and in group C than group D ( P<0.05). There was no significant difference in serum levels of ALB among groups A, C, and D ( P>0.05). The serum level of TP in groups C and D was significantly lower than that in group A ( P<0.05), but no significant difference was found between group C and group D ( P>0.05). HE staining showed that the liver tissue of group A had clear structure; the cells arranged neatly with uniform size. The hepatocytes in group B showed obvious edema, disorderly arrangement, dot necrosis in liver lobules, and diffuse infiltration of inflammatory cells. In groups C and D, the inflammation and hepatocellular necrosis were obviously reduced when compared with group B, and the number of vacuoles caused by dilation of mitochondria and rough endoplasmic reticulum was decreased; especially in group D, improvement of liver injury was more effective. The Ki67 positive cell rate was significantly higher in groups C and D than groups A and B ( P<0.05), in group B than group A ( P<0.05), and in group D than group C ( P<0.05). There was no expression of AFP in groups A and B, but positive expression was observed in groups C and D, and AFP positive cell rate of group D was significantly higher than that of group C ( t=3.006, P=0.017). ALB expression was significantly higher in groups C and D than groups A and B ( P<0.05), and in group D than group C ( P<0.05).

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Pregnant rat ADSCs could promote repair of liver injury induced by CCl 4.