Immunoregulatory Effects of Water Extracts of Inonotus obliquus in Carbon Tetrachloride-Induced Liver Damage Animal Model

• Published in: Hanʼguk Yakyong Changmul Hakhoe chi Vol. 18; no. 1
• Main Authors: An, C.S., Konkuk University, Chungju, Republic of Korea, Jin, H.L., Konkuk University, Chungju, Republic of Korea, Jeon, Y.H., Konkuk University, Chungju, Republic of Korea, Bak, J.P., Konkuk University, Chungju, Republic of Korea, Kim, J.D., Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea, Yoon, J.H., Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea, Lim, B.O., Konkuk University, Chungju, Republic of Korea
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Korean
• Published: 01.02.2010
• Subjects: CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; Immunoregulatory; Inonotus obliquus; TETRACHLORURE DE CARBONE; TETRACLORURO DE CARBONO
• ISSN: 1225-9306

Inonotus obliquus is one of the immune-regulatory substances and is recognized to play the role in the metabolic process of inflammation, allergy and immuntiy. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of water extracts of Inonotus obliquus (IOW) on the liver lymphocyte immune function in the Sprague-Dawley male rats treated with carbon tetrachloride (CCl₄) to induce liver damage. Rats were fed with each experimental diet and water for 4 weeks. We found that effects of IOW on interferon-gamma (IFN-γ), signal transducer and activator of transcription 1 (STAT1), phospho-signal transducer and activator of transcription 1 (pSTAT1) and GATA-binding protein 3 (GATA-3) were decrease in vivo. Interleukin-4 (IL-4), STAT6, pSTAT6 and T-box expressed in T-cells (T-bet) decreased significantly lower in CCl₄+IOW group than the CCl₄ group. Our data indicated that cytokine protein production were increased in CCl₄ group and CCl₄+IOW group. As a result of this study, we assume that IOW fed could regulate the immuno-modulating functions through regulate the cytokine production capacity activated by liver damage.