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Effectiveness of Withania frutescens root extract on testicular damage induced by lead acetate in adult albino rats. Reprod Toxicol 2023; 115:102-110. [PMID: 36535557 DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2022.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2022] [Revised: 12/11/2022] [Accepted: 12/14/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Withania frutescens was used previously in traditherapy against poisoning, gastric ulceration, and dysentery treatments. Because no previous studies reporting on its therapeutic effects on male reproductive system and fertility disorders, this study aims to examine its effect on lead induced testicular damages as well as sperm count and hormonal status in rats. The present study is performed to determine their phytochemical compositions using GC-MS analysis, their antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities in-vitro using spectrophotometry and then to estimate testosterone levels, sperm count, histopathological features, as well as spermatogenesis (TDI) and spermiogenesis (SPI) indices. The experiment is conducted for three months using four groups (Group A: control rats; Group B: exposed rats to lead-acetate; Group C: exposed rats to lead-acetate and 200 mg/kg of W. frutescens extract; Group D: treated rats with 200 mg/kg of W. frutescens extract). The obtained results show a total of 10 identified components from GC-MS analysis. Whereas a total phenolic content of 63.23 ± 3.82 GAE/g of extract, 25.16 ± 1.21 µg/mL of anti-free radical activity, and reducing power of 163.19 ± 6.01 µg/mL. A high anti-inflammatory activity is determined by hemolysis inhibition (IC50 =12.71 ± 1.06 µg/mL) and protein denaturation inhibition (IC50 =6.8 ± 1.23 µg/mL). Besides, lead exposure causes histological alterations in testis and decreases serum testosterone level, sperm count, and TDI and SPI indices. W. frutescens treated and co-treated animals showed no toxic effects throughout the experiment. However, it is found to improve testosterone level, increase sperm count, attenuate the testicular histopathological effect of lead, and increase TDI and SPI. These findings . these findings suggest that W. frutescens is a better source of bioactive compounds, which play an effective role against lead testicular damages. Furthermore, this natural extract can be utilized potentially in pharmaceutical and medicinal applications.
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Jaafarzadeh M, Mahjoob Khaligh R, Mohsenifar Z, Shabani A, Rezvani Gilkalaei M, Rajabi Keleshteri S, Beigi Harchegani A. Protecting Effects of N-acetyl Cysteine Supplementation Against Lead and Cadmium-Induced Brain Toxicity in Rat Models. Biol Trace Elem Res 2022; 200:4395-4403. [PMID: 34816377 DOI: 10.1007/s12011-021-03034-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2021] [Accepted: 11/13/2021] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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We aimed to investigate mitigating effects of N-acetylcysteine (NAC) on the oxidative stress, apoptosis and Parkinson's disease (PD)-related genes in the brain tissue of male rats exposed to continuous doses of cadmium and lead. Rats were randomly divided into five groups, including G1 (control), G2 (continuous dose of Cd), G3 (continuous dose of Pb), G4 (continuous dose of Cd + NAC), and G5 (continuous dose of Pb + NAC). Biomarkers of oxidative stress, malondialdehyde (MDA), and total antioxidant capacity (TAC) were measured. Expression of PD- and apoptosis-related genes was considered using RT-PCR. Chronic exposure to these heavy metals was associated with accumulation of Pb and Cd in the brain and blood and caused severe morphological changes in the brain, as well as decreased body and brain weights. Continuous exposure to Cd and Pb significantly decreased TAC content and SOD expression but increased MDA level in the brain tissues (P < 0.001). A significant increase was observed in expression of PD-related genes, Parkin, Pink1, LRRK2, SNCA, and Caspase-3 in the brain tissues following exposure to Cd and Pb. Pb exhibited stronger toxicity on the brain tissue compared to Cd. NAC supplementation not only improved morphological changes, but also compensated antioxidant capacity and expression of apoptosis- and PD-related genes in the brain tissues when compared to rats exposed to Pb and Cd alone. Chronic exposure to Pb and Cd is strongly associated with accumulation of these heavy metals in the brain, morphological changes, antioxidants depletion, oxidative stress, and brain cells apoptosis. Changes in expression of PD-related genes indicate the higher risk of PD among individuals who are chronically exposed to these heavy metals. NAC can protect brain tissue against Pb and Cd toxicity by elevating antioxidants capacity, mitigating oxidative stress, apoptosis, and down-regulating of PD-related genes.
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- MohammadMahdi Jaafarzadeh
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran
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- Ayatollah Taleghani Educational Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Amedu NO, Omotoso GO. Lead acetate- induced neurodegenerative changes in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex of mice: the role of Vitexin. Environ Anal Health Toxicol 2020; 35:e2020001. [PMID: 32570996 PMCID: PMC7308664 DOI: 10.5620/eaht.e2020001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2019] [Accepted: 01/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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This study was aimed at investigating the neuroprotective effect of Vitexin against lead (Pb) induced neurodegenerative changes in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) and working memory in mice. Thirty-two adolescent male albino mice were divided into four groups (n=8). Control group received 0.2 mL of normal saline; Pb group received 100 mg/kg of Pb acetate for 14 days, Vitexin group received 1mg/kg of Vitexin for 14 days, and Pb+Vitexin group received 100 mg/kg of Pb acetate and 1 mgkg of Vitexin for 14 days. Barnes maze test and novel object recognition test were done to ascertain working memory. Histoarchitectural assessment of DLPFC was done with haematoxylin and eosin (H&E), cresyl fast violet and congo red stains. Furthermore, cell count and other morphometric measurements were done. There was significant decline in working memory in the Pb group, but a combination of Pb+Vitexin improved the working memory. Vitexin significantly reduced neuronal death and chromatolysis caused by Pb. Amyloid aggregation was not observed in any of the groups. This study has shown that concurrent administration of Vitexin and Pb will significantly reduce neurodegeneration and improve working memory. However, Pb treatment or Pb+Vitexin treatment does not have any effect on intercellular distance, neuronal length and the cross-sectional area of neurons in layer III of DLPFC.
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- Nathaniel Ohiemi Amedu
- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Ilorin, P.M.B. 1515, Ilorin, Nigeria.,Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Kogi State University, P.M.B. 1008, Anyigba, Nigeria
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- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Ilorin, P.M.B. 1515, Ilorin, Nigeria
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Protsenko YL, Katsnelson BA, Klinova SV, Lookin ON, Balakin AA, Nikitina LV, Gerzen OP, Nabiev SR, Minigalieva IA, Privalova LI, Gurvich VB, Sutunkova MP, Katsnelson LB. Further analysis of rat myocardium contractility changes associated with a subchronic lead intoxication. Food Chem Toxicol 2019; 125:233-241. [PMID: 30634013 DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2018.12.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2018] [Revised: 12/06/2018] [Accepted: 12/29/2018] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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A moderate subchronic lead intoxication was observed in male rats after repeated intraperitoneal injections of lead acetate. Right ventricular trabeculae and papillary muscles were isolated for in vitro studying of the contraction-relaxation cycle under isotonic and physiological loading. The contractile function of the myocardium was also assessed by measuring the velocity of thin filament movement over myosin. Lead intoxication led in papillary muscles to a decrease in the maximal rate of isotonic shortening for all afterloads and a decrease in the thin filament sliding velocity. Papillary muscles from lead-exposed rats displayed marked changes in most of the main characteristics of afterload contraction-relaxation cycles, but in trabeculae these changes were less pronounced. The reported changes were attenuated to some extent in rats treated with a Ca-containing bioprotector. The amount of work produced by both types of heart muscle preparations was not changed by lead. Only in papillary muscles the load-dependent relaxation index was significantly increased in the lead-treated groups. Thus subchronic lead intoxication affects the peak rate of force development and relaxation properties of cardiac muscle contracting in isotonic/physiological regimes rather than the total amount of mechanical work, which may reflect adaptive changes in the myocardial function under decreased contractility.
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- Yuri L Protsenko
- Institute of Immunology and Physiology of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ekaterinburg, Russia
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- The Medical Research Center for Prophylaxis and Health Protection in Industrial Workers, Ekaterinburg, Russia.
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- The Medical Research Center for Prophylaxis and Health Protection in Industrial Workers, Ekaterinburg, Russia
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- Institute of Immunology and Physiology of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ekaterinburg, Russia; Ural Federal University, Ekaterinburg, Russia
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- Institute of Immunology and Physiology of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ekaterinburg, Russia
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- Institute of Immunology and Physiology of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ekaterinburg, Russia
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- Institute of Immunology and Physiology of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ekaterinburg, Russia
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- Institute of Immunology and Physiology of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ekaterinburg, Russia
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- The Medical Research Center for Prophylaxis and Health Protection in Industrial Workers, Ekaterinburg, Russia
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- The Medical Research Center for Prophylaxis and Health Protection in Industrial Workers, Ekaterinburg, Russia
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- The Medical Research Center for Prophylaxis and Health Protection in Industrial Workers, Ekaterinburg, Russia
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- The Medical Research Center for Prophylaxis and Health Protection in Industrial Workers, Ekaterinburg, Russia
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- Institute of Immunology and Physiology of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ekaterinburg, Russia; Ural Federal University, Ekaterinburg, Russia
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Protsenko YL, Katsnelson BA, Klinova SV, Lookin ON, Balakin AA, Nikitina LV, Gerzen OP, Minigalieva IA, Privalova LI, Gurvich VB, Sutunkova MP, Katsnelson LB. Effects of subchronic lead intoxication of rats on the myocardium contractility. Food Chem Toxicol 2018; 120:378-389. [PMID: 30036551 DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2018.07.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2018] [Revised: 07/02/2018] [Accepted: 07/19/2018] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Outbred male rats were repeatedly injected IP with sub-lethal doses of lead acetate 3 times a week during 5 weeks. They developed an explicit, even if moderate, lead intoxication characterized by typical hematological and some other features. The next day after the last injection the heart of each animal was excised, and the trabecules and papillary muscles from the right ventricle were used for modeling in vitro isometric (with varying starting length of the preparation) regimes of the contraction-relaxation cycle with different preloads. Several well-established parameters of this model were found changed compared with the preparations taken from the hearts of healthy control rats. Background in vivo calcium treatment attenuated both systemic and cardiotoxic effects of lead to an extent. We show for the first time that subchronic intoxication with lead caused myocardial preparations in a wide range of lengths to respond by a decrease in the time and speed parameters of the isometric contraction while maintaining its amplitude and by a decrease in the passive stiffness of trabecules. The responses of the various heart structures are outlined, and the isomyosin ratio is shown to have shifted towards the slow isoform. Mechanistic and toxicological inferences from the results are discussed.
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- Yuri L Protsenko
- Institute of Immunology and Physiology of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ekaterinburg, Russia
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- The Medical Research Center for Prophylaxis and Health Protection in Industrial Workers, Ekaterinburg, Russia.
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- The Medical Research Center for Prophylaxis and Health Protection in Industrial Workers, Ekaterinburg, Russia
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- Institute of Immunology and Physiology of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ekaterinburg, Russia
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- Institute of Immunology and Physiology of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ekaterinburg, Russia
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- Institute of Immunology and Physiology of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ekaterinburg, Russia
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- Institute of Immunology and Physiology of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ekaterinburg, Russia
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- The Medical Research Center for Prophylaxis and Health Protection in Industrial Workers, Ekaterinburg, Russia
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- The Medical Research Center for Prophylaxis and Health Protection in Industrial Workers, Ekaterinburg, Russia
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- The Medical Research Center for Prophylaxis and Health Protection in Industrial Workers, Ekaterinburg, Russia
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- The Medical Research Center for Prophylaxis and Health Protection in Industrial Workers, Ekaterinburg, Russia
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- Institute of Immunology and Physiology of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ekaterinburg, Russia
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Lead Affects Vitamin D Metabolism in Rats. Nutrients 2018; 10:nu10030264. [PMID: 29495376 PMCID: PMC5872682 DOI: 10.3390/nu10030264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2018] [Revised: 02/19/2018] [Accepted: 02/22/2018] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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A negative association between blood lead and vitamin D concentrations has been reported, however, experimental data on the effect of lead (Pb) on vitamin D metabolism is scarce. We investigated the effects of Pb on serum vitamin D metabolites, vitamin D activating enzymes and vitamin D receptor (VDR) in rats. Newborn Wistar rat pups were exposed to 0.2% Pb-acetate via their dams’ drinking water from post-natal day (PND) 1 to 21 and directly in drinking water until PND30. Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D was analyzed with LC-MS/MS and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D with an immunoassay. Tissue expression of vitamin D activating enzymes and VDR were measured by Western blot and immunohistochemistry. Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D was significantly decreased at both PND21 and PND30, whereas 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D was decreased (p < 0.05) only at PND21 in the Pb-exposed rats. Expression of renal 1-α-hydroxylase was decreased by Pb only at PND21 (p < 0.05) but the brain 1-α-hydroxylase was not affected. Hepatic 25-hydroxylase expression was significantly decreased at PND21 but significantly increased at PND30 by Pb exposure. VDR expression in the brain was increased at both PND21 and PND30 (p < 0.05). These results suggest that Pb interferes with vitamin D metabolism by affecting the expression of its metabolizing enzymes.
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Gąssowska M, Baranowska-Bosiacka I, Moczydłowska J, Frontczak-Baniewicz M, Gewartowska M, Strużyńska L, Gutowska I, Chlubek D, Adamczyk A. Perinatal exposure to lead (Pb) induces ultrastructural and molecular alterations in synapses of rat offspring. Toxicology 2016; 373:13-29. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2016.10.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2016] [Revised: 10/22/2016] [Accepted: 10/27/2016] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Prophylactic neuroprotective efficiency of co-administration of Ginkgo biloba and Trifolium pretense against sodium arsenite-induced neurotoxicity and dementia in different regions of brain and spinal cord of rats. Food Chem Toxicol 2016; 94:112-27. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2016.05.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2016] [Revised: 05/19/2016] [Accepted: 05/22/2016] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Feng C, Gu J, Zhou F, Li J, Zhu G, Guan L, Liu H, Du G, Feng J, Liu D, Zhang S, Fan G. The effect of lead exposure on expression of SIRT1 in the rat hippocampus. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY 2016; 44:84-92. [PMID: 27131751 DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2016.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2015] [Revised: 04/12/2016] [Accepted: 04/17/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Based on how the silent information regulator 2 homolog 1 (SIRT1) regulates the cyclic AMP response element binding protein (CREB), which is the molecular switch of long-term memory that maintains cognitive function, it is postulated that the impact of lead (Pb) on SIRT1 is one of the mechanisms leading to Pb-induced cognitive and learning deficits. Hence, the purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of Pb exposure on the expression of SIRT1, and the reversion effect of resveratrol, which is an activator of SIRT1. We examined the effects of maternal rat ingestion of Pb in drinking water during gestation and lactation on the expression of SIRT1 and CREB in the hippocampus of their offspring at postnatal week 3 (PNW3) and 52 (PNW52), and then reexamined these effects in offspring after intragastric administration of resveratrol for 4 weeks. Pb exposure decreased SIRT1 and CREB phosphorylation in a dose-dependent manner in the rat hippocampus at both PNW3 and 52, and resveratrol reversed those losses. These results indicated that SIRT1 might be a novel target to prevent Pb neurotoxicity.
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- Chang Feng
- Department of Occupational Health and Toxicology, School of Public Health, Nanchang University, BaYi Road 461, Nanchang 330006, PR China
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- Department of Occupational Health and Toxicology, School of Public Health, Nanchang University, BaYi Road 461, Nanchang 330006, PR China
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- Department of Occupational Health and Toxicology, School of Public Health, Nanchang University, BaYi Road 461, Nanchang 330006, PR China; State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330047, PR China
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- Department of Occupational Health and Toxicology, School of Public Health, Nanchang University, BaYi Road 461, Nanchang 330006, PR China
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- Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Nanchang University, BaYi Road 461, Nanchang 330006, PR China
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- Department of Occupational Health and Toxicology, School of Public Health, Nanchang University, BaYi Road 461, Nanchang 330006, PR China
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- Department of Occupational Health and Toxicology, School of Public Health, Nanchang University, BaYi Road 461, Nanchang 330006, PR China
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- Department of Occupational Health and Toxicology, School of Public Health, Nanchang University, BaYi Road 461, Nanchang 330006, PR China
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- Department of Medical Experiment Teaching, School of Public Health, Nanchang University, BaYi Road 461, Nanchang 330006, PR China
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- Department of Occupational Health and Toxicology, School of Public Health, Nanchang University, BaYi Road 461, Nanchang 330006, PR China
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- Department of Occupational Health and Toxicology, School of Public Health, Nanchang University, BaYi Road 461, Nanchang 330006, PR China
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- Department of Occupational Health and Toxicology, School of Public Health, Nanchang University, BaYi Road 461, Nanchang 330006, PR China; State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330047, PR China.
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Mahmoud YI, Sayed SS. Effects of L-cysteine on lead acetate induced neurotoxicity in albino mice. Biotech Histochem 2016; 91:327-32. [DOI: 10.3109/10520295.2016.1164897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Al-Quraishy S, Dkhil MA, Ibrahim SR, Abdel Moneim AE. Neuroprotective potential of Indigofera oblongifolia leaf methanolic extract against lead acetate-induced neurotoxicity. Neural Regen Res 2016; 11:1797-1803. [PMID: 28123424 PMCID: PMC5204236 DOI: 10.4103/1673-5374.194749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Lead (Pb) is one of the most common environmental toxicants, exposure to which can cause significant neurotoxicity and an associated decline in brain function. This study investigated the possible neuroprotective role of Indigofera oblongifolia leaf methanolic extract (IOLME) against lead-induced neurotoxicity. Rats were intraperitoneally injected with lead acetate, with or without IOLME (intragastric administration for 5 days), and the neuroprotective effect of IOLME was assessed by measuring the lead concentration, redox status (lipid peroxidation, nitric oxide and glutathione), enzymatic antioxidant activities (superoxide dismutase, catalase, glutathione peroxidase and reductase), PCR assays of apoptosis markers (Bax and Bcl-2) and histopathology of the brain. The increases in the lipid peroxidation, nitric oxide, and apoptosis, the decreases in the glutathione level and the activity of antioxidant enzymes, and the altered histology of the brain induced by lead acetate were mitigated in the brain of rats pre-treated with IOLME. These findings indicate that IOLME has beneficial effects and it mitigates lead acetate-induced neurotoxicity via its antioxidant and anti-apoptotic activities.
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- Saleh Al-Quraishy
- Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Department of Zoology and Entomology, Faculty of Science, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Molecular Drug Evaluation, National Organization for Drug Control & Research (NODCAR), Giza, Egypt
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- Department of Zoology and Entomology, Faculty of Science, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt
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Venkareddy LK, Muralidhara. Potential of casein as a nutrient intervention to alleviate lead (Pb) acetate-mediated oxidative stress and neurotoxicity: First evidence in Drosophila melanogaster. Neurotoxicology 2015; 48:142-51. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2015.03.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2014] [Revised: 02/27/2015] [Accepted: 03/06/2015] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Wang Y, Wang S, Cui W, He J, Wang Z, Yang X. Olive leaf extract inhibits lead poisoning-induced brain injury. Neural Regen Res 2014; 8:2021-9. [PMID: 25206510 PMCID: PMC4146066 DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-5374.2013.22.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2013] [Accepted: 07/27/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Olive leaves have an antioxidant capacity, and olive leaf extract can protect the blood, spleen and hippocampus in lead-poisoned mice. However, little is known about the effects of olive leaf extract on lead-induced brain injury. This study was designed to determine whether olive leaf extract can inhibit lead-induced brain injury, and whether this effect is associated with antioxidant capacity. First, we established a mouse model of lead poisoning by continuous intragastric administration of lead acetate for 30 days. Two hours after successful model establishment, lead-poisoned mice were given olive leaf extract at doses of 250, 500 or 1 000 mg/kg daily by intragastric administration for 50 days. Under the transmission electron microscope, olive leaf extract attenuated neuronal and capillary injury and reduced damage to organelles and the matrix around the capillaries in the frontal lobe of the cerebral cortex in the lead-poisoned mice. Olive leaf extract at a dose of 1 000 mg/kg had the greatest protective effect. Spectrophotometry showed that olive leaf extract significantly increased the activities of superoxide dismutase, catalase, alkaline phosphatase and acid phosphatase, while it reduced malondialdehyde content, in a dose-dependent manner. Furthermore, immunohistochemical staining revealed that olive leaf extract dose-dependently decreased Bax protein expression in the cerebral cortex of lead-poisoned mice. Our findings indicate that olive leaf extract can inhibit lead-induced brain injury by increasing antioxidant capacity and reducing apoptosis.
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- Yu Wang
- Department of Biology and Chemistry, Longnan Teachers College, Chengxian 742500, Gansu Province, China
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- Department of Biology and Chemistry, Longnan Teachers College, Chengxian 742500, Gansu Province, China
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- Department of Biology and Chemistry, Longnan Teachers College, Chengxian 742500, Gansu Province, China
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- Department of Biology and Chemistry, Longnan Teachers College, Chengxian 742500, Gansu Province, China
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- Department of Biology and Chemistry, Longnan Teachers College, Chengxian 742500, Gansu Province, China
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- Department of Biology and Chemistry, Longnan Teachers College, Chengxian 742500, Gansu Province, China
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Mandour RA, Ghanem AA, El-Azab SM. Correlation between lead levels in drinking water and mothers' breast milk: Dakahlia, Egypt. ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY AND HEALTH 2013; 35:251-6. [PMID: 22968229 DOI: 10.1007/s10653-012-9480-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2011] [Accepted: 08/30/2012] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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This study was performed on fifty-two drinking tap water samples (surface and groundwater) collected from different districts of Dakahlia Governorate and fifty-two breast milk samples from lactating mothers hosted in Dakahlia Governorate hospitals. All these samples were subjected to lead analysis. Lead level in drinking groundwater showed higher levels than in drinking surface water. Also, an elevation of lead levels in breast milk of mothers drinking groundwater was noticed when compared with that of mothers drinking surface water. The comparison between mean lead levels in drinking water and mothers' breast milk samples showed positive relationship. Lead concentrations in breast milk of the studied samples were elevated by exposure to smoking. We conclude that prolonged contact with lead plumbing can increase the lead content in tap water with subsequent increase in lead burden in infant fed formula and infant blood. Also, we recommend that chemical analyses must be carried out periodically for the surface and groundwater to ensure the water suitability for drinking purposes. Passive exposure to smoking during lactation should be avoided. Capsule: Prolonged contact with lead plumbing can increase the lead content in tap water with subsequent increase in lead burden in infant fed formula and infant blood.
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- Raafat A Mandour
- Toxicology Unit - Emergency Hospital, Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt.
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Baranowska-Bosiacka I, Strużyńska L, Gutowska I, Machalińska A, Kolasa A, Kłos P, Czapski GA, Kurzawski M, Prokopowicz A, Marchlewicz M, Safranow K, Machaliński B, Wiszniewska B, Chlubek D. Perinatal exposure to lead induces morphological, ultrastructural and molecular alterations in the hippocampus. Toxicology 2012; 303:187-200. [PMID: 23146751 DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2012.10.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2012] [Revised: 10/29/2012] [Accepted: 10/30/2012] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The aim of this paper is to examine if pre- and neonatal exposure to lead (Pb) may intensify or inhibit apoptosis or necroptosis in the developing rat brain. Pregnant experimental females received 0.1% lead acetate (PbAc) in drinking water from the first day of gestation until weaning of the offspring; the control group received distilled water. During the feeding of pups, mothers from the experimental group were still receiving PbAc. Pups were weaned at postnatal day 21 and the young rats of both groups then received only distilled water until postnatal day 28. This treatment protocol resulted in a concentration of Pb in rat offspring whole blood (Pb-B) below the threshold of 10 μg/dL, considered safe for humans.We studied Casp-3 activity and expression, AIF nuclear translocation, DNA fragmentation, as well as Bax, Bcl-2 mRNA and protein expression as well as BDNF concentration in selected structures of the rat brain: forebrain cortex (FC), cerebellum (C) and hippocampus (H). The microscopic examinations showed alterations in hippocampal neurons.Our data shows that pre- and neonatal exposure of rats to Pb, leading to Pb-B below 10 μg/dL, can decrease the number of hippocampus neurons, occurring concomitantly with ultrastructural alterations in this region. We observed no morphological or molecular features of severe apoptosis or necrosis (no active Casp-3 and AIF translocation to nucleus) in young brains, despite the reduced levels of BDNF. The potential protective factor against apoptosis was probably the decreased Bax/Bcl-2 ratio, which requires further investigation. Our findings contribute to further understanding of the mechanisms underlying Pb neurotoxicity and cognition impairment in a Pb-exposed developing brain.
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- I Baranowska-Bosiacka
- Department of Biochemistry and Medical Chemistry, Pomeranian Medical University, Powstańców Wlkp. 72, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland.
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Khalaf A, Moselhy WA, Abdel-Hamed MI. The protective effect of green tea extract on lead induced oxidative and DNA damage on rat brain. Neurotoxicology 2012; 33:280-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2012.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2011] [Revised: 01/19/2012] [Accepted: 02/02/2012] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Sá I, da Costa MJP, Cunha EM. Lead hepatotoxicology: a study in an animal model. Toxicol Ind Health 2011; 28:108-13. [PMID: 21665903 DOI: 10.1177/0748233711407240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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The increasing use of lead (Pb) for industrial purposes has resulted in the significant increase in environmental contamination of our planet especially in concern to water and food. In this study using the electron scanning microscopy (SEM), the authors showed the effects of this metal as a result of a chronic and cumulative process. As a primary method of detection of Pb in situ, SEM was chosen, coupled with a detection system Noran Voyager of basic microanalysis X-ray (SEM-XRM), with detection system energy dispersive spectrometry. Mice BALB/c was used as a study model. An animal model of inflammation was used, that consisted in the formation of a subcutaneous pocket of air. It was observed that 75% of Pb stock was captured by the liver, the main target organ in the capture of the metal, the kidney was the second organ to capture the Pb stock and the third was the spleen. It was verified that a low deposition of Pb was found in the lungs and the brain. The main results of this study showed how Pb is captured by different organs. We also demonstrated the vulnerability to inflammation of this metal.
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- I Sá
- IMM - Instituto de Medicina Molecular da Faculdade de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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Kravtsov AA, Shurygin AY, Shurygina LV, Zlishcheva LI, Abramova NO, Khaspekov LG. Prenatal action of lead acetate on the antioxidant glutathione system of the brain of newborn rats in vivo and on neurite growth in vitro. NEUROCHEM J+ 2009. [DOI: 10.1134/s1819712409030076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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