Publication: Crocetin Improves Dengue Virus-Induced Liver Injury
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2020-07-30
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19994915
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Mahidol University
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Viruses. Vol.12, No.8 (2020)
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Gopinathan Pillai Sreekanth, Aporn Chuncharunee, Pa Thai Yenchitsomanus, Thawornchai Limjindaporn Crocetin Improves Dengue Virus-Induced Liver Injury. Viruses. Vol.12, No.8 (2020). doi:10.3390/v12080825 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/57946
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Crocetin Improves Dengue Virus-Induced Liver Injury
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Dengue virus (DENV) infection is one of the most widespread mosquito-borne viral infections. Liver injury is commonly observed in severe DENV infection, and the present study aimed to examine the efficacy of crocetin treatment in an immunocompetent mouse model of DENV infection exhibiting liver injury. The efficacy of crocetin treatment in DENV-induced liver injury was assessed via both transaminase levels and histopathology analysis. A real-time polymerase chain reaction array was then used to describe the expression of 84 apoptosis-related genes. Using real-time RT-PCR and Western blot analysis, the gene expressions of host factors were investigated. Additionally, the effect of crocetin in NF-kB signaling during DENV infection was studied. We did not observe any significant reduction in virus production when DENV-infected mice were treated with crocetin. However, DENV-infected mice treated with crocetin showed reduced DENV-induced apoptosis. The real-time polymerase chain reaction array revealed pro-inflammatory cytokine expressions to be significantly reduced in the crocetin-treated DENV-infected mice. We also found that crocetin could effectively modulate antioxidant status in DENV-infected mice. Moreover, crocetin demonstrated the ability to reduce the nuclear translocation of NF-kB in DENV-infected mice. Our results suggest that crocetin treatment does not inhibit DENV replication in the liver of DENV-infected mice; however, we did find that crocetin improves host responses that reduce liver injury.