Elevated hepatic expression of fatty acid elongase-5 (Elovl5) induces FoxO1 phosphorylation, lowers FoxO1 nuclear content, and suppresses expression of genes involved in gluconeogenesis (GNG). In this report, we define the molecular and metabolic basis of Elovl5 control of FoxO1 phosphorylation. Adenoviral-mediated (Ad-Elovl5) induction of hepatic Elovl5 in diet-induced obese, glucose-intoleran...

A high-throughput method was developed and applied to screen for the active antihepatic steatosis components within Coptidis Rhizoma Alkaloids Extract (CAE). This method was a combination of two previously described assays: HepG2 cell extraction with HPLC analysis and a free fatty acid-induced (FFA) hepatic steatosis HepG2 cell assay. Two alkaloids within CAE, berberine and coptisine, were iden...

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers worldwide. Chemoprevention of HCC can be achieved through the use of natural or synthetic compounds that reverse, suppress or prevent the development of cancer progression. In this study, we investigated the antiproliferative effects and the mechanism of action of two compounds, 2,3,4'-trimethoxy-2'-hydroxy-chalcone (C...

Xanthorrhizol is a sesquiterpenoid compound extracted from the rhizome of Curcuma xanthorrhiza. This study investigated the antiproliferative effect and the mechanism of action of xanthorrhizol on human hepatoma cells, HepG2, and the mode of cell death. An antiproliferative assay using methylene blue staining revealed that xanthorrhizol inhibited the proliferation of the HepG2 cells with a 50% ...

Our previous results revealed that FAM172A was significantly downregulated in liver tissue from hepatocellular carcinoma or cirrhotic patients. The present study was designed to elucidate the regulatory role of FAM172A in HepG2 cells. In order to determine the expression of the FAM172A protein, western blot analysis was performed. Confocal laser s...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to explore the mechanism by which amentoflavone (AME) improves insulin resistance in a human hepatocellular liver carcinoma cell line (HepG2). METHODS A model of insulin resistant cells was established in HepG2 by treatment with high glucose and insulin. The glucose oxidase method was used to detect the glucose consumption in each group. To determine the m...

Nghiên cứu tập trung vào việc khảo sát khả năng bảo vệ gan của các cao chiết methanol lá cây Vọng cách (Premna serratifolia L.), Mơ lông (Paederia lanuginosa) và leo scandens) trên dòng tế bào HepG2. Các thí nghiệm đánh giá độc tính chống lại sự tổn thương do CCl4 gây ra được thực hiện bằng phương pháp xác định mật số sống sử dụng bộ Kit CCK8. Dòng HepG2 bởi (1%) bổ sung lá cách, mơ leo. Kết qu...

the aim of this study was to examine the effect of crude bile on the human hepg2 and ccrf-cem cell lines. cells were exposed to different dilutions of bile. antiproliferative effects were determined by the cytotoxic mtt assay. cells undergoing apoptosis were identified by terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dutp nick end labeling (tunel) assay. bile administration resulted in dose-dependent c...

a new series of 1,2-diaryl-4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-1h-benzo[d]imidazoles, possessing trimethoxy phenyl pharmacophore, were synthesized to evaluate their biological activities as tubulin inhibitors. cytotoxic activity of the synthesized compounds 7a-f was assessed against several human cancer cell lines, including mcf-7 (breast cancer cell), hepg2 (liver hepatocellular cells), a549 (adenocarcinomic h...

A new flavonol glycoside derivate named kaempferol 3- O- trans- p-coumaroyl-7- α-ʟ-rhamnoside (1), together with five known compounds (2–6), was isolated from the EtOAc-soluble extract of leaves Tripterygium wilfordii. The structure compound elucidated spectroscopic and physico-chemical analyses. All isolates were evaluated for in vitro cytotoxic activity against four human cancer cells includi...