Open AccessInvestigation of the protective and therapeutic effects of β-aminoisobutyric acid (BAIBA) and Thymoquinone in the diabetic nephropathy
Author(s) -
İbrahim Aktaş,
Fatih Mehmet Gür
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
boletín latinoamericano y del caribe de plantas medicinales y aromáticas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.218
H-Index - 21
ISSN - 0717-7917
DOI - 10.37360/blacpma.21.20.3.22
Subject(s) - thymoquinone , streptozotocin , vacuolization , medicine , endocrinology , diabetic nephropathy , creatinine , malondialdehyde , blood urea nitrogen , kidney , chemistry , diabetes mellitus , glutathione , oxidative stress , biochemistry , antioxidant , enzyme
In this study, against streptozotocin (STZ) induced diapetic nephropathy (DN); it is aimed to investigate the use of thymoquinone (TQ) and β-aminoisobutyric acid (BAIBA) and to compare the effects of these agents. With randomselection of 35 male rats, five groups (seven rats in each group) were constituted as follows: Control, STZ, STZ + TQ, STZ + BAIBA, STZ + TQ + BAIBA. In the STZ group; body weight, glutathione (GSH) and insulin levels decreased, relative kidney weight, malondialdehyde (MDA), glucose, blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and creatinine (Cr) levels were increased. Also, in kidney tissue; histopathological changes (such as thickening of the capsular, glomerular and tubular basement membranes, increased mesangial matrix amount, increased cytoplasmic vacuolization in some of the tubular epithelial cells, increased tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) expression, and inflammatory cell infiltrations in interstitial tissue) were detected. It was observed that these changes occurring after diabetes mellitus (DM) reversed significantly in TQ, BAIBA and TQ + BAIBA groups.