Abstract:Objective To investigate the effect of rhGLP-1 (7-36) combined with FK506 on the expression of Akt in human liver HL7702 cells. Methods Human liver HL-7702 cell line in logarithmic phase were divided into 4 groups: control group, group G, group F, group GF. The control group was treated with the same amount of medium as the experiment groups for 90 minutes. Group G was treated with 100 nmol/L rhGLP-1 (7-36) medium for 90 minutes. Group F was treated with 5?mg/L FK506 medium for 90 minutes. Group GF was treated with 100?nmol/L rhGLP-1 (7-36) and 5 mg/L FK506 medium for 90 minutes. We used western blotting to detect the expression of Akt protein in each group. Results There was significant difference in the expression of p-AktThr308 among all the groups (P?0.05). Compared with the control group, the expression of p-AktThr308 protein increased significantly in the experiment groups (P?0.05). However, no significant difference was observed in the expression of p-AktSer473 protein. Compared with the control group, the expression of p-AktSer473 protein increased to a certain degree in all groups, but the differences were not statistically significant (P?>?0.05). Conclusions Akt protein can be activated in human liver HL7702 cells with rhGLP-1 (7-36) combined with FK506, which means GLP-1 may not depend on Akt protein to improve hepatic lipid disorder induced by FK506.