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ArticleHeliyon2022

Molecular and cellular effects of gold nanoparticles treatment in experimental diabetic myopathy.

Aseel Al-Shwaheen, Alaa A A Aljabali, Ghada Alomari, Mazhar Al Zoubi, Walhan Alshaer, Bahaa Al-Trad, Murtaza M Tambuwala

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Article in Heliyon, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Aseel Al-ShwaheenDepartment of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Yarmouk University, Irbid, 211-63, Jordan.
Alaa A A AljabaliDepartment of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan.
Ghada AlomariDepartment of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Yarmouk University, Irbid, 211-63, Jordan.
Mazhar Al ZoubiDepartment of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Yarmouk University, Irbid, 211-63, Jordan.
Walhan AlshaerCell Therapy Center, University of Jordan, Amman, 11942, Jordan.
Bahaa Al-TradDepartment of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Yarmouk University, Irbid, 211-63, Jordan.
Murtaza M TambuwalaSchool of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ulster University, Coleraine, BT52 1SA, County Londonderry, Ireland.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: This study aims to address the effects of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) on diabetic myopathy in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rats. Materials and methods: Adult male rats were separated into three groups (n = 15): non-diabetic control (ND), diabetic (D), and diabetic treated with AuNPs (2.5 mg/kg, D + AuNPs) intraperitoneally for 4 weeks. A single injection of 50 mg/kg STZ was used to induce diabetes. Results: Treatment with AuNPs lowered blood glucose levels. Skeletal muscle mRNA expression of two muscle-specific E3 ubiquitin-ligases enzymes, F-box-only protein 32 (FBXO32) and muscle RING-finger protein-1 (MuRF1) were upregulated in the D group. Diabetic rats showed significant increases in the skeletal muscle expression levels of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1), tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1), and a decrease in glucose transporter 4 (GLUT4) expression. Superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity decreased and malondialdehyde (MDA) level increased in skeletal muscles of D group. Compared to the D group, expression levels of FBXO32, MuRF1, PAI-1 TNF-α, and TGF-β1 were decreased in the D + AuNPs group, and mRNA of GLUT4 increased. Furthermore, in D + AuNPs group, skeletal muscle MDA levels decreased while SOD activity increased. Conclusion: In experimental models, AuNPs can ameliorate muscle atrophy by reducing hyperglycemia, inflammation, and oxidative stress, and by suppressing the ubiquitin-proteasome proteolytic process.

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Diabetes mellitusDiabetic myopathyGold nanoparticlesNanomedicineSkeletal muscle

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PMCPMC9437799

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