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Dong X, Deng L, Yao S, Wu W, Cao J, Sun L, Bai Y, Li H, Weng X, Ren H, Ren W. Protective effects of curcumin against thyroid hormone imbalance after gas explosion-induced traumatic brain injury via activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis in male rats. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2022; 29:74619-74631. [PMID: 35641736 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-20943-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2021] [Accepted: 05/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Gas explosion (GE)-induced traumatic brain injury (TBI) can affect thyroid hormone (TH) homeostasis in miners. This study evaluated the effects of hepatic transthyretin and hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid (HPT) axis on thyroids and explored the protective effect and mechanism of curcumin on GE-induced TBI. Thirty rats were randomly divided into three groups (10 per group): first group (control group)-rats received GE treatment once; second group (GE group)-rats received GE treatment (200 m from the source of the explosion once); third group (GE + Cur group)-rats received curcumin (Cur) by lavage at a dose of 100 mg/kg/day once every other day for 7 days after receiving GE. After GE, the pathological changes were analyzed by hemotoxylin and eosin staining, and the levels of serum reactive oxygen species (ROS), urine iodine (UI), THs, nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB), superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione peroxidase (Gpx), and malondialdehyde (MDA) were analyzed using ELISA. Expression of proteins in the HPT axis of rats was examined by immunohistochemistry and Western blotting. We found that GE could induce pathologic changes in rat thyroid and liver. Serum levels of THs, NF-κB and serum redox state became unbalanced in rats after GE. GE could inhibit the biosynthesis and biotransformation of THs by affecting key HPT axis proteins. Additionally, GE reduced the level of hepatic transthyretin. Serum THs levels and thyroid sections were almost recovered to normal after curcumin treatment. The aforementioned key HPT axis proteins in the curcumin group showed opposite expression trends. In summary, GE affected THs balance while curcumin can protect against these injury effects by affecting TH biosynthesis, biotransformation, and transport, and inducing oxidative stress and inflammatory responses.
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- Xinwen Dong
- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, 453003, Henan, China
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, 453003, Henan, China
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, 453003, Henan, China
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, 453003, Henan, China
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- Institute of Toxicology, College of Preventive Medicine, Army Medical University, Chongqing, 400038, China
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- Institute of Toxicology, College of Preventive Medicine, Army Medical University, Chongqing, 400038, China
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, 453003, Henan, China
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, 453003, Henan, China
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- Institute of Trauma and Orthopedics, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, 453000, Henan, China
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- Department of Human Resources, Sanquan College, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, 453000, Henan, China
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- Institutes of Health Central Plains, Xinxiang Medical University, 601 Jinsui Street , Xinxiang, 453003, Henan, China.
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Allegri L, Domenis R, Navarra M, Celano M, Russo D, Capriglione F, Damante G, Baldan F. Dihydrotanshinone exerts antitumor effects and improves the effects of cisplatin in anaplastic thyroid cancer cells. Oncol Rep 2021; 46:204. [PMID: 34318905 DOI: 10.3892/or.2021.8155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2020] [Accepted: 04/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC) is the most aggressive type of thyroid cancer and is responsible for 20‑50% of thyroid cancer‑associated deaths. The absence of response to conventional treatments makes the search for novel therapeutics a clinical challenge. In the present study, the effects of 15,16‑dihydrotanshinone I (DHT), a tanshinone extracted from Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge (Danshen), which has previously been shown to possess anticancer activity, were examined in two human ATC cell lines. DHT significantly reduced cell viability, which was coupled with an increase in apoptosis. DHT administration also reduced the colony‑forming ability and proliferation of these cells in soft agar and downregulated the expression of epithelial‑to‑mesenchymal transition‑related genes. In addition, DHT significantly reduced MAD2 expression, a target of HuR with a relevant role in ATC. Finally, cotreatment with cisplatin and DHT has a greater effect on cell viability than each compound alone. In conclusion, to the best of our knowledge, the present study is the first to demonstrate that DHT exerts antitumor effects on ATC cells by reducing MAD2 expression levels. Moreover, a synergistic effect of DHT with cisplatin was shown. Further in vivo studies are required to assess this phytochemical compound as a potential adjuvant for the treatment of ATC.
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- Lorenzo Allegri
- Department of Medicine, University of Udine, I‑33100 Udine, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, University of Udine, I‑33100 Udine, Italy
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- Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, I‑98122 Messina, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of Catanzaro 'Magna Graecia', I‑88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of Catanzaro 'Magna Graecia', I‑88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of Catanzaro 'Magna Graecia', I‑88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, University of Udine, I‑33100 Udine, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, University of Udine, I‑33100 Udine, Italy
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Mercantepe T, Unal D, Tümkaya L, Yazici ZA. Protective effects of amifostine, curcumin and caffeic acid phenethyl ester against cisplatin-induced testis tissue damage in rats. Exp Ther Med 2018; 15:3404-3412. [PMID: 29545862 PMCID: PMC5840930 DOI: 10.3892/etm.2018.5819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2017] [Accepted: 01/24/2018] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Cisplatin is an effective antineoplastic drug that is usually used to treat a number of different types of cancer in the clinic. One of the most notable side effects of cisplatin use is infertility. The present study was designed to determine the non-oxidative testicular effects caused by the use of cisplatin in rats. The rats were randomly allocated to the experimental groups. The untreated rats represented the control group (group I) and the treatment groups were as follows: cisplatin alone (group II), cisplatin+amifostine (group III), cisplatin+curcumin (group IV), and cisplatin+caffeic acid phenethyl ester (CAPE; group V). The present study observed that following cisplatin administration, the expression of nuclear factor-κB (NF-κβ)/p65, caspase-3 and 8-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) increased in germinal epithelium and Leydig cells. However, the expression of these markers decreased in groups III–V, most notably in the group treated with amifostine. cisplatin induced-damage was countered by amifostine and curcumin. The results revealed that the activation of NF-κB, caspase-3 and 8-OHdG had a significant role in cisplatin-induced testicular toxicity. Thus, amifostine, curcumin and, to a lesser extent, CAPE have the potential for use as therapeutic adjuvants in cisplatin-induced testis injury.
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- Tolga Mercantepe
- Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University, Rize 53010, Turkey
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Atatürk University, Erzurum 25000, Turkey
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University, Rize 53010, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University, Rize 53010, Turkey
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