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Azza salaheldien Abdelhaffez
Assiut University Faculty of Medicine
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ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1567-7041
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Background
Chronic fructose consumption is associated with development of obesity, insulin resistance (IR) and metabolic syndrome (MS). Cardiovascular diseases are linked to metabolic deregulation observed in MS. N-acetylcysteine (NAC) is a sulfur containing compound of Allium plants (such as garlic and onion) that increases intracellular reduced glutathione concentrations, which is an endogenous antioxidant.
Methods
This study investigated the ability of N-acetyl cysteine (NAC) to alleviate the metabolic disorders in fructose-induced MS in male Wistar rats and to examine its protective effect on aortic and cardiac tissues via its influence on cardiotrophin-1 (CT-1) expression. NAC (20 mg/kg b.w./day) was administered to fructose (20% w/v) induced MS animals for twelve weeks.
Results
Chronic fructose consumption increased body weight gain, relative heart weight, systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), IR and associated with metabolic alterations. Histological and immunohistochemical examination revealed aortic stiffness and myocardial degeneration and fibrosis together with increased CT-1 expression. Treatment with NAC improved IR, SBP, DBP and mitigated atherogenic dyslipidaemia and oxidative stress (OS). Additionally, NAC down-regulated CT-1 expression in the heart and aorta. Furthermore, CT-1 expression in the heart and aorta was positively correlated with basal glycemia, final SBP and DBP, total cholesterol, triglycerides, low density lipoproteins and negatively correlated with high density lipoproteins levels.
Conclusion
The findings reported here demonstrated, for the first time, the protective effect of NAC against aortic and myocardial degeneration and fibrosis through down-regulation of CT-1 in fructose induced MS animal model. Also, our results revealed the infallible role of NAC to blunt the cardiometabolic deregulation observed in MS.
Keywords
metabolic syndrome, N-acetyl cysteine, cardiometabolic disorders, cardiotrophin-1, heart, aorta
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Azza salaheldien Abdelhaffez
Assiut University Faculty of Medicine
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ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1567-7041
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Background
Chronic fructose consumption is associated with development of obesity, insulin resistance (IR) and metabolic syndrome (MS). Cardiovascular diseases are linked to metabolic deregulation observed in MS. N-acetylcysteine (NAC) is a sulfur containing compound of Allium plants (such as garlic and onion) that increases intracellular reduced glutathione concentrations, which is an endogenous antioxidant.
Methods
This study investigated the ability of N-acetyl cysteine (NAC) to alleviate the metabolic disorders in fructose-induced MS in male Wistar rats and to examine its protective effect on aortic and cardiac tissues via its influence on cardiotrophin-1 (CT-1) expression. NAC (20 mg/kg b.w./day) was administered to fructose (20% w/v) induced MS animals for twelve weeks.
Results
Chronic fructose consumption increased body weight gain, relative heart weight, systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), IR and associated with metabolic alterations. Histological and immunohistochemical examination revealed aortic stiffness and myocardial degeneration and fibrosis together with increased CT-1 expression. Treatment with NAC improved IR, SBP, DBP and mitigated atherogenic dyslipidaemia and oxidative stress (OS). Additionally, NAC down-regulated CT-1 expression in the heart and aorta. Furthermore, CT-1 expression in the heart and aorta was positively correlated with basal glycemia, final SBP and DBP, total cholesterol, triglycerides, low density lipoproteins and negatively correlated with high density lipoproteins levels.
Conclusion
The findings reported here demonstrated, for the first time, the protective effect of NAC against aortic and myocardial degeneration and fibrosis through down-regulation of CT-1 in fructose induced MS animal model. Also, our results revealed the infallible role of NAC to blunt the cardiometabolic deregulation observed in MS.
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