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Protective role of α-lipoic acid against microcystin-LR-induced grass carp ovary cell damage
Received:March 30, 2023  
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KeyWord:grass carp ovary cell;α-lipoic acid;microcystin-LR;oxidative stress;inflammation
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WANG Hui College of Animal Science and Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China  
HE Li College of Animal Science and Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China  
RUAN Jiming College of Animal Science and Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China  
LIANG Ximei College of Animal Science and Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China  
LI Fugui College of Animal Science and Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China  
WEI Lili College of Animal Science and Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China hbliliwei@163.com 
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Abstract:
      To evaluate the protective effects of alpha lipoic acid(α-LA) on microcystin-LR(MC-LR)-induced toxicity in aquatic animals, grass carp ovary(GCO) cells were used in this study. The viability of GCO cells across different concentrations of α-LA treatment and the joint exposure of α-LA with MC-LR were analyzed. Then, the control(without adding MC-LR and α-LA), 125 μmol·L-1 α-LA, 24 μmol·L-1 MC-LR, and 125 μmol·L-1 α-LA+24 μmol·L-1 MC-LR groups were set according to these cell viability results; finally, the effects of α-LA on the cell viability, oxidative stress, and inflammation of MC-LR-induced GCO cells were analyzed. The results showed that 24 μmol·L-1 MC-LR treatment significantly increased lactic dehydrogenase(LDH) activity and malondialdehyde(MDA) content, and significantly inhibited the glutathione(GSH) activity of the GCO cells compared to that of the control group(P<0.05). When 125 μmol·L-1 α-LA was added to the MC-LR treated group, LDH activity and MDA content were significantly reduced compared to those of the MC-LR exposed group(P<0.05); however, GSH activity was significantly increased(P<0.05). Compared with the control group, the 24 μmol·L-1 MC-LR group exhibited a significant lower SOD1, CAT, and GST gene expression(P<0.05). In the 125 μmol·L-1 α-LA+24 μmol·L-1 MC-LR group, GST gene expression was significantly increased(P<0.05); however, the expressions of SOD1 and CAT genes were not significantly changed compared with those of the MC-LR exposure group(P>0.05). In addition, analysis of inflammatory factors demonstrated that the relative expression levels of TNFα and IL11 genes in the MC-LR exposure group were significantly higher than those in the control group(P<0.05); nonetheless, the relative expression levels of TNFα and IL11 genes in the combined exposure group were significantly lower than those in the MC-LR exposure group(P<0.05). These results indicate that α-LA can alleviate MC-LR-induced oxidated stress, improve cell viability, and inhibit inflammation of GCO cells, and thus reduce MC-LR-mediated damage to GCO cells.