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ArticleMolecular biology reports2023

Antiapoptotic and chemotaxis-stimulating effects of poly (D, L-lactide-co-glycolide)-chitosan and whey proteins against aflatoxicosis-induced splenic and thymic atrophy.

Ghada M Ezzat, Abdel-Raheim M A Meki, Fatma Y Meligy, Hend Omar, Ahmed Y Nassar

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Article in Molecular biology reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Ghada M EzzatDepartment of Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, 71515, Egypt. ghadaezzat20@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8328-6339
Abdel-Raheim M A MekiDepartment of Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, 71515, Egypt.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0963-7783
Fatma Y MeligyDepartment of Restorative Dentistry and Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Petra, Amman, 11196, Jordan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6372-8731
Hend OmarAnimal Health Research Institute, Assiut, Egypt.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0002-5393-8687
Ahmed Y NassarDepartment of Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, 71515, Egypt.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8791-4619
Assiut University · EGPetra University · JOSphinx University · EG

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Abstract

backgroundAflatoxin B (AFB) induces toxicological effects on the liver and immune organs. The whey proteins can modulate the immune response during aflatoxicosis. Our work evaluates the novel polylactic acid-glycolic acid-chitosan-encapsulated bovine and camel whey proteins against AFB-induced thymic and splenic atrophy in rats. METHODS AND

resultsSeventy adult male Wister albino rats were divided into a control healthy group (G1) and six AFB1-intoxicated groups (G2-G7). One of the following supplements: distilled water, camel whey proteins (CWP), bovine whey proteins, poly (D, L-lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA)- chitosan-loaded with camel whey protein microparticles (CMP), PLGA-chitosan loaded with bovine whey protein microparticles (BMP), and PLGA-chitosan nanoparticles were administered as prophylactic supplements to AFB1-intoxicated groups. The AFB-treated group showed significantly higher hepatic levels of oxidative stress and lower levels of antioxidants. In the aflatoxicated group, atrophy of the splenic lymphatic nodules and disfigurement in the organisation with an apparent decrease in the thickness of the cortex in the thymus were observed, as well as a decrease in splenic and thymic CD4+T and CD8+T lymphocytes. Moreover, CXCL12 levels were downregulated, whereas tumour necrosis factor-alpha, nuclear factor kappa B, and cleaved caspase-3 levels were upregulated. CWP, BMP, and CMP supplements markedly decreased oxidative stress, inflammation, and apoptosis, as well as significantly raised CXCL12, CD4+T, and CD8+T cells.

conclusionsThe CWP, BMP, and CMP supplements rescue the liver and immune tissues from the toxic effects of AFB through their antioxidant, antiapoptotic, anti-inflammatory, and chemotaxis-enhancing roles.

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ChitosanAnimalsAntioxidantsCamelusCattleChemotaxisDioxanesMaleRatsRats, WistarWhey ProteinsAntioxidantsChitosandilactideDioxanesWhey ProteinsAflatoxicosisCamel whey protein microparticlesChemokinesCleaved caspase-3LymphocytesNF-κB

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