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Kooshki S, Mirzaeian L, Malakhond MK, Goudarzi I, Ghorbanian MT. The effect of vitamin E on ethanol-induced liver damage in rats. Biol Futur 2024:10.1007/s42977-024-00226-2. [PMID: 38937316 DOI: 10.1007/s42977-024-00226-2] [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: 09/12/2023] [Accepted: 06/19/2024] [Indexed: 06/29/2024]
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Ethanol can have harmful effects on the development of the embryos. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of vitamin E, as an antioxidant, on changes in liver tissue damaged by ethanol in rats. Rats were divided into 11 groups, control, naive, sunflower oil (oil), ethanol, vitamin E (100, 200, and 400 mg/kg), ethanol + vitamin E (100, 200, and 400 mg/kg), and oily ethanol. In the experimental groups, rats received ethanol (v/v 40%) and vitamin E (100, 200, and 400 mg/kg) orally once a day from gestational day 0 to 28 days after delivery. Then, we evaluated the weight of rats and their offspring, the number of offspring, and the level of malondialdehyde (MDA), as an index of lipid peroxidation, superoxide dismutase (SOD), and glutathione peroxidase (GPX), as antioxidant enzymes, in the liver tissue of the offspring. Vitamin E significantly increases in weight of pregnant mothers and their offspring on the 21st day of pregnancy. The level of MDA in the groups receiving vitamin E was significantly reduced compared to the ethanol group. The activity of GPx and SOD antioxidants enzymes was significantly increased in the offspring. Vitamin E could reduce ethanol-induced liver damage in male offspring by reducing oxidative stress.
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- Sajjad Kooshki
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, School of Biology, Damghan University, Damghan, Iran
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- Department of Embryology, Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, Tehran, Iran.
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, School of Biology, Damghan University, Damghan, Iran
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Nazari Z, Bahrehbar K, Ghafari S, Golalipour MJ. Gestational diabetes mellitus increased the number of dopaminergic neurons in the olfactory bulb of rat offspring. IRANIAN JOURNAL OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES 2023; 26:484-1489. [PMID: 37970447 PMCID: PMC10634051 DOI: 10.22038/ijbms.2023.71300.15488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2023] [Accepted: 06/25/2023] [Indexed: 11/17/2023]
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Objectives Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) is the most common metabolic complication of pregnancy that causes central nervous system and olfactory dysfunction in the offspring. It has been demonstrated that dopamine modulates several aspects of olfactory information processing in vertebrates. Materials and Methods In this study, we investigated the effect of gestational diabetes on the expression of the Dopamine (DA) metabolism genes, tyrosine hydroxylase (TH), and dopa decarboxylase (DDC) in the olfactory bulb (OB) tissue of rats' offspring. Female Wistar rats were divided into a control group which received citrate buffer and the diabetic group which received 45 mg/kg of streptozotocin (STZ) on day 0 of gestation. Fasting blood glucose levels were measured before and 72 hr after injection. OB tissues of adult offspring were isolated, and TH-positive cells were counted by immunofluorescence staining. Also, TH and DDC expressions were analyzed by qRT- PCR and western blot. Results The data showed that gestational diabetes could cause up-regulation of TH (P<0.01) and DDC (P<0.05) in the OB tissue of offspring. Furthermore, our results showed that GDM causes a significant increase in TH and DDC protein levels in the OB tissues of offspring. Immunohistochemistry showed a significant increase in the number of TH-positive cells in the offspring of diabetic mothers (P<0.05). Conclusion This study showed that gestational diabetes could cause an increase in TH and DDC gene expression in the OB tissue in the offspring, which may be correlated with reduced olfactory sensitivity.
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- Zahra Nazari
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Golestan University, Gorgan, Iran
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Yasuj University, Yasuj, Iran
- Department of Stem Cells and Developmental Biology, Cell Science Research Center, Royan Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Technology, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
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- Congenital Malformations Research Center, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran
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Huang Q, Deng G, Wei R, Wang Q, Zou D, Wei J. Comprehensive Identification of Key Genes Involved in Development of Diabetes Mellitus-Related Atherogenesis Using Weighted Gene Correlation Network Analysis. Front Cardiovasc Med 2020; 7:580573. [PMID: 33195466 PMCID: PMC7655645 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2020.580573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2020] [Accepted: 09/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Coronary heart disease (CHD) is common in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM), however, the relevant mechanism remains elusive. The whole blood gene expression profiles of healthy control, patients with DM, patients with DM and CHD (DMCHD) were used to performed weight gene correlation network analysis (WGCNA) to identify the gene modules associated with DM-related atherogenesis. The candidate module was significantly involved in immune- and T cell activity-related biological process. GSEA results suggested that lysosome and apoptosis were enriched in DM and DMCHD samples. The protein-protein-KEGG pathway network may reveal the potential transcriptional regulatory network involving in DM-related atherosclerosis. Nineteen genes (RTKN, DCP1B, PDZD4, CACNA2D2, TSEN54, PVRIG, PLEKHF1, NKG7, ZAP70, NUDCD3, SLAMF6, CCDC107, NAG6, ZDHHC14, EOMES, VIL2, WDR54, DMAP1, and PMPCA) were considered as DM-related atherogenesis genes (DRAGs). The Gene Set Variation Analysis (GSVA) score of the DRAG set gradually increased in the control, DM and DMCHD. ROC curve analysis showed that ZAP70, TSEN54, and PLEKHF1 may be potential blood circulation biomarkers for DMCHD in patients with DM. In conclusion, we identified nineteen hallmark genes involving in DM-related atherogenesis and constructed a potential transcriptional regulatory network involving in DM-related atherosclerosis.
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- Qi Huang
- Department of Cardiology, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China.,Department of Cardiology, The First People's Hospital of Nanning, Nanning, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China.,Department of Cardiology, The First People's Hospital of Nanning, Nanning, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China.,Department of Clinical Laboratory, The First People's Hospital of Nanning, Nanning, China
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- Department of Neurology, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China.,Department of Neurology, The First People's Hospital of Nanning, Nanning, China
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- Department of Neurology, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China.,Department of Neurology, The First People's Hospital of Nanning, Nanning, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China.,Department of Cardiology, The First People's Hospital of Nanning, Nanning, China
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