Abstract: Objective To investigate the effect of Zhiyixiao on the Visfatin of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) rat in liver tissue and to discuss the mechanism of Zhiyixiao in treatment of NAFLD. Methods High-fat diet feeding NAFLD rats were divided into Zhiyixiao treatment group, Yishanfu treatment group, saline negative group and the normal control group. Each group was furtherly diveded into three dosage subgroups. Vasfatin mRNA in liver tissue was detected by PT-PCR, and Visfatin protein in liver tissue was measured by ELISA. Results The Visfatin protein and mRNA of Zhiyixiao treatment group were significantly lower in liver tissue (F = 19.9, P = 0.001; F = 36.1, P = 0.001) compared with Yishanfu group, each dose group had no significant difference (P = 0.990, 0.710, 0.864, 0.993, 0.113 respectively). Conclusions Zhiyixiao can reduce the expression of Visfatin protein and mRNA in liver tissue, whose efficacy is similar to Yishanfu, and the mechanism may relate to the regulation of Zhiyixiao on Visfatin expression in liver tissue.
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