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ArticleAntioxidants (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Correlation of Metabolic Syndrome with Redox Homeostasis Biomarkers: Evidence from High-Fat Diet Model in Wistar Rats.

Danila Di Majo, Pierangelo Sardo, Giuseppe Giglia, Valentina Di Liberto, Francesco Paolo Zummo, Maria Grazia Zizzo, Gaetano Felice Caldara, Francesca Rappa, Giorgia Intili, Roelof Maarten van Dijk and 3 more

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Article in Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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13citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Danila Di MajoDepartment of Biomedicine, Neuroscience and Advanced Diagnostics (BIND), University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0533-6932
Pierangelo SardoDepartment of Biomedicine, Neuroscience and Advanced Diagnostics (BIND), University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy.
Giuseppe GigliaDepartment of Biomedicine, Neuroscience and Advanced Diagnostics (BIND), University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5616-3595
Valentina Di LibertoDepartment of Biomedicine, Neuroscience and Advanced Diagnostics (BIND), University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8574-0061
Francesco Paolo ZummoDepartment of Biomedicine, Neuroscience and Advanced Diagnostics (BIND), University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy.
Maria Grazia ZizzoDepartment of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies (STEBICEF), University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, 90128 Palermo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1996-6529
Gaetano Felice CaldaraUniversity of Palermo, 90100 Palermo, Italy.
Francesca RappaDepartment of Biomedicine, Neuroscience and Advanced Diagnostics (BIND), University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6610-5268
Giorgia IntiliDepartment of Biomedicine, Neuroscience and Advanced Diagnostics (BIND), University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy.
Roelof Maarten van DijkStaburo GmbH, 81549 München, Germany.
Daniele GalloDepartment of Biomedicine, Neuroscience and Advanced Diagnostics (BIND), University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy.
Giuseppe FerraroDepartment of Biomedicine, Neuroscience and Advanced Diagnostics (BIND), University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy.
Giuditta GambinoDepartment of Biomedicine, Neuroscience and Advanced Diagnostics (BIND), University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8155-2808
University of Palermo · ITIstituto Euro Mediterraneo di Scienza e Tecnologia · IT

Funding

PSR Sicilia (2014-2020) - 16.1. G66D20000170009
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) is an extremely complex disease. A non-balanced diet such as high-fat diet (HFD) induces metabolic dysfunction that could modify redox homeostasis. We here aimed at exploring redox homeostasis in male Wistar rats, following 8 weeks of HFD, correlating the eventual modification of selected biomarkers that could be associated with the clinical manifestations of MetS. Therefore, we selected parameters relative to both the glucose tolerance and lipid altered metabolism, but also oxidative pattern. We assessed some biomarkers of oxidative stress i.e., thiols balance, lipid peroxidation and antioxidant barriers, via the use of specific biochemical assays, individuating eventual cross correlation with parameters relative to MetS through a Principal Component Analysis (PCA). The present study shows that 8 weeks of HFD induce MetS in rats, altering glucose and lipid homeostasis and increasing visceral adipose tissue, but also impairing the physiological antioxidant responses that could not counteract the oxidative stress condition. Crucially, cross-correlation analysis suggested that the assessment of specific oxidative stress parameters reported here can provide information comparable to the more widely acquired biomarkers of Mets such as glucose tolerance. Lastly, hepatic steatosis in association with the oxidative stress condition was also highlighted by histological analysis. This research will elucidate the fundamental impact of these oxidative stress parameters on MetS induced in the HFD rat model, tracing paths for developing prevention approaches.

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adipose tissue distributionanti-oxidant barriersglucose tolerancelipid metabolismnon-alcoholic fatty liver diseaseoxidative stress

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PMID36670955
PMCPMC9854509
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