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Braz. J. Pharm. Sci. (Online) ; 56: e18772, 2020. tab, graf
Article in English | LILACS | ID: biblio-1285509

ABSTRACT

There is emerging evidence for a dysregulation of insulin signaling in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) with overlapping molecular features to Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM). In addition, T2DM is a known risk factor of AD. The goal of this study was to investigate the neurogenic and neuroprotective potential of rosmarinic acid (RA) in a streptozotocin (STZ)-induced combined with high fat diet (HFD) mouse model of diabetes. Animals were divided into four experimental groups (control, diabetic, diabetic + RA, RA only). Behavioral analysis was performed to assess spatial learning and anxiety levels of animals, whereas quantitative real time PCR was carried out to assess the gene expression levels of neuronal markers of neurogenesis (Ki67, DCX and NeuN). A significant decrease in memory and spatial learning was observed in the diabetic mice, which was substantially improved by RA treatment. RA also increased the gene expression of NeuN, DCX and Ki67, which were dysregulated in the diabetic model. This study proposes RA as a potential therapeutic agent to mitigate neuronal dysfunction associated with T2DM by promoting adult hippocampal neurogenesis.


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Animals , Male , Mice , Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/diagnosis , Alzheimer Disease/diagnosis , Risk Factors , Streptozocin/pharmacokinetics , Neurogenesis/genetics , Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods
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Rev. chil. anat ; 14(2): 139-45, 1996. ilus, tab
Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-195199

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Estudiamos el efecto de la diabetes mellitus crónica, inducida por estreptozotocina, en cuanto a los aspectos cuantitativos de las neuronas del plexo mientérico del colon proximal de ratas. Utilizamos cuatro grupos de animales: dos grupos de animales diabéticos (D2 y D8). En dos grupos D2 y D8, sacrificamos animales de dos y ocho meses, respectivamente, después de la inducción de diabetes; y los otros dos grupos C2 y C8, fueron mantenidos como control de los grupos anteriores. Retiramos el colon de las ratas y lo sometimos a cortes histológicos que fueron teñidos con Hematoxilina-Eosina. Se obtuvieron preparados de membrana teñidos con el método Giemsa y NADH-diaphorasa. Constatamos que la mayoría de las neuronas, tanto de animales diabéticos como no diabéticos, poseen núcleo excéntrico y que, por lo tanto, este hallazgo no es indicativo de proceso degenerativo. Verificamos que animales sacrificados dos meses después de la inducción de diabetes, no sufrieron reducción significativa en el número de neuronas por área, mientras que en animales sacrificados ocho meses después de la inducción de diabetes, presentaron reducción significativa en el número de neuronas por área, comparados con el grupo control


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Animals , Rats , Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/physiopathology , Streptozocin/pharmacokinetics , Colon/physiopathology , Neurons/ultrastructure , Myenteric Plexus , Myenteric Plexus/physiopathology , Myenteric Plexus/ultrastructure
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