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ArticleEnvironmental science and pollution research international2020

Date palm fruit extract ameliorated pancreatic apoptosis, endocrine dysfunction and regulatory inflammatory cytokines in Streptozotocin-induced diabetes in rats.

Mona H Hafez, Samar S Elblehi, Yasser S El-Sayed

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Article in Environmental science and pollution research international, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Mona H HafezDepartment of Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3026-8759
Samar S ElblehiDepartment of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4939-1754
Yasser S El-SayedDepartment of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Damanhour University, Damanhour, 22511, Egypt. elsayed-ys@vetmed.dmu.edu.eg.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3915-4640
Alexandria University · EGDamanhour University · EG

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The current work studied the mechanism(s) and ability by which date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) fruit extract (DPE) inspired a glucose-lowering impact in rats suffering from diabetes. Forty-eight albino rats were divided into six various experimental treatments after induction of diabetes by intraperitoneal infusion of streptozotocin (45 mg/kg bwt) as follows: normal control, DPE, diabetic control, diabetic glibenclamide (GLI), diabetic DPE, and diabetic GLI plus DPE-treated groups. In animals euthanized after 8 weeks, blood and pancreatic tissue samples were assembled to assess different biochemical and histopathological changes. The expressions of insulin, B cell lymphoma-2 (Bcl-2), and cysteine aspartate-specific protease-3 (caspase-3) in islet β cells were also evaluated using immunohistochemical assessment. Diabetic rats exhibited hyperglycemia; increment of pancreatic malondialdehyde (lipid peroxidation biomarker), tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), and interleukin-1β (IL-1β); and decrement of plasma insulin and pancreatic antioxidants: glutathione, superoxide dismutase, and catalase values. Also, the pancreatic islets exhibited histopathological and morphometric alternations associated with weak positive insulin and Bcl-2 immunoreactivity and strong positive caspase-3 immunoreactivity. DPE and/or GLI, an anti-diabetic drug, improved the pancreatic histoarchitecture and improved β cell function and structure, which increased insulin levels and improved the insulin, Bcl-2, and caspase-3 immunoreactivity in diabetic rats. Nevertheless, the combined DPE and GLI therapy revealed a significant recovery and restoration of β cells' structure and function. The date palm fruit has anti-apoptotic, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant activities and hypoglycemic effects, which in turn play a pivotal role in avoiding the progression of diabetes mellitus. Moreover, it could potentiate the glucose-lowering activity of anti-diabetic drugs.

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Diabetes Mellitus, ExperimentalPhoeniceaeAnimalsAntioxidantsApoptosisBlood GlucoseCytokinesOxidative StressPlant ExtractsRatsStreptozocinAntioxidantsBlood GlucoseCytokinesPlant ExtractsStreptozocinCytokinesDate palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.)Diabetes mellitusEndocrine disruptionHistopathologyImmunohistochemistry

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