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Mitochondria are the central hubs for cellular bioenergetics and are crucial to cell survival. It is well accepted that compromised mitochondrial function is linked with hepatocytes injury and contribute to progression of liver diseases. Despite the therapeutic potential of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) transplantation on hepatic disorders have been extensively investigated, the effects of MSCs on mitochondrial function in liver injury models remain unknown. Here we investigated the effects of treatment with umbilical cord (UC) MSC in a rat model of D-galactose (D-Gal) induced liver injury, characterized by organ damage, oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction. Our results showed that UC-MSCs treatment significantly alleviated histological lesion and attenuated the elevation of liver biochemical markers, demonstrating its protective effects on D-Gal induced hepatic disorders. Mitochondria isolated from the liver of D-Gal models exhibited decreased antioxidant capacity as well as compromised bioenergetics functions, as shown by a loss of mitochondrial membrane potential, elevation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, reduction of mitochondrial respiration complexes and ATP decrement. Treatment of rats with UC-MSCs remarkably blunted these changes and rescued mitochondrial efficiency. Mechanistically, we found that the protective potential of UC-MSCs administration was mediated by nuclear factor-E2-related factor 2/heme oxygenase-1 (Nrf2/HO-1) pathway, but not FOXO3a pathway. In conclusion, the attenuating effects of UC-MSCs on hepatic damage partially rely on normalizing mitochondrial function and preventing a state of energetic deficit via activation of Nrf2/HO-1 pathway.

Umbilical Cord MSCs Reverse D-Galactose-Induced Hepatic Mitochondrial Dysfunction <i>via</i> Activation of Nrf2/HO-1 Pathway