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Evaluation of chromosomal instability in diabetic rats treated with naringin.

Abstract
We used the bone marrow DNA strand breaks, micronucleus formations, spermatocyte chromosomal aberrations, and sperm characteristic assays to investigate the chromosomal instability in somatic and germinal cells of diabetic rats treated with multiple doses of naringin. The obtained results revealed that naringin was neither cytotoxic nor genotoxic for the rats at all tested doses. Moreover, naringin significantly reduced the diabetes-induced chromosomal instability in somatic and germinal cells in a dose-dependent manner. In addition, diabetes induced marked biochemical alterations characteristic of oxidative stress including enhanced lipid peroxidation, accumulation of oxidized glutathione, reduction in reduced glutathione, and accumulation of intracellular reactive oxygen species. Treatment with naringin ameliorated these biochemical markers dose-dependently. In conclusion, naringin confers an appealing protective effect against diabetes-induced chromosomal instability towards rat somatic and germinal cells which might be explained partially via diminishing the de novo free radical generation induced by hyperglycemia. Thus, naringin might be a good candidate to reduce genotoxic risk associated with hyperglycemia and may provide decreases in the development of secondary malignancy and abnormal reproductive outcomes risks, which seems especially important for diabetic patients.
AuthorsSaleh A Bakheet, Sabry M Attia
JournalOxidative medicine and cellular longevity (Oxid Med Cell Longev) Vol. 2011 Pg. 365292 ( 2011) ISSN: 1942-0994 [Electronic] United States
PMID21941606 (Publication Type: Evaluation Study, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Antioxidants
  • Flavanones
  • Reactive Oxygen Species
  • Glutathione
  • naringin
Topics
  • Animals
  • Antioxidants (pharmacology, therapeutic use)
  • Chromosomal Instability (drug effects)
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental (drug therapy, genetics, metabolism)
  • Flavanones (pharmacology, therapeutic use)
  • Glutathione (metabolism)
  • Lipid Peroxidation
  • Male
  • Oxidative Stress
  • Rats
  • Rats, Wistar
  • Reactive Oxygen Species (metabolism)
  • Spermatocytes (drug effects)

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