The aim of this study was to determine the effect of ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) on the alpha-naphthylisothiocyanate (ANIT)-induced acute and recovery stage of cholestasis model mice. In the acute stage of model mice, pretreatment with UDCA (25, 50, and 100 mg·kg −1 , ig) for 12 days prior to ANIT administration (50 mg·kg −1 , ig) resulted in the dramatic increase in serum biochemistry, with aggrevation of bile infarcts and hepatocyte necrosis. The elevation of beta-muricholic acid (β-MCA), cholic acid (CA), and taurocholic acid (TCA) in serum and liver, and reduction of these bile acids (BAs) in bile was observed. In contrast, in the recovery stage of model mice, treatment with UDCA (25, 50, and 100 mg·kg −1 , ig) for 7 days after ANIT administration (50 mg·kg −1 , ig) resulted in the significant decrease in levels of serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and total bile acid (TBA). Liver injury was attenuated, and the levels of TBA, CA, TCA, and β-MCA in the liver were significantly decreased. Additionally, UDCA can upregulate expression of BSEP, but it cannot upregulate expression of AE2. UDCA, which induced BSEP to increase bile acid-dependent bile flow, aggravated cholestasis and liver injury when the bile duct was obstructed in the acute stage of injury in model mice. In contrast, UDCA alleviated cholestasis and liver injury induced by ANIT when the obstruction was improved in the recovery stage.
Introduction of divalent metal oxides into the TeO2 matrix can produce the chemical formula Mn[TemO2m+n] ≡ (MO)n(TeO2)m, compounds in which divalent metal oxides provide oxygen ions to the parent compound TeO2, to cleave neutral Te–O net to form various tellurium(IV) oxide anion [TemO2m+n]2n− and divalent metal cations as balanced charges. [TemO2m+n]2n− can form isolated anion, discrete polyanion, one-dimensional chain and ribbon polyanion, two-dimensional (2D) layered polyanion, and 3D tunnel polyanion depending on the ratio of MO/TeO2. In this work, a new type of inorganic compound AE2[Ni(Te4O10)Cl2] ≡ [(AEO)2(TeO2)4](NiCl2) (AE = Ca, Sr, Ba, Pb) can be obtained by introducing NiCl2 into the compound AE2[Te4O10] ≡ (AEO)2(TeO2)4 (AE = Ca, Sr, Ba, Pb). In AE2[Ni(Te4O10)Cl2] ≡ [(AEO)2(TeO2)4](NiCl2), AEO acts as a structural shearing agent to cleave the neutral Te–O layered structures of parent TeO2 into [Te4O10]4– anionic fragments, and the introduced NiCl2 acts as an “adhesive” to recombine [TemO2m+n]2n− anionic fragments to form new [Ni(Te4O10)Cl2] anionic framework and does not provide additional oxygen ions to cleave the parent compound TeO2. AE2[Ni(Te4O10)Cl2] compounds feature 2D 2∞[Ni(Te4O10)Cl2] anionic layers composed by TeO4E, TeO3+1E (where E is the lone pair of electrons of TeIV) distorted trigonal bipyramid, and NiO4Cl2 octahedra, and the spaces between 2∞[Ni(Te4O10)Cl2] layers are filled with AE2+ cations (acting as charge balance) as well as E (protruding from sides of the layers). The optical band gaps of AE2[Ni(Te4O10)Cl2] (AE = Ca, Sr, Ba, Pb) were evaluated to be ∼3.69 eV through extrapolating the UV–vis–near-infrared optical absorption spectra. Thermogravimetric and differential scanning calorimetry measurements indicate that Ca-, Sr-, Ba-, and Pb-compounds are stable below 787, 716, 648, and 517 °C, respectively, under flowing N2 atmosphere. The effective moments estimated by Curie–Weiss equation show that the Ni2+ cations of AE2[Ni(Te4O10)Cl2] (AE = Ca, Sr, Ba, Pb) are all in high-spin ground states.