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The deterrent effect of acetylcysteine against hepatic and renal damage in thiamethoxam exposed rats

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Biochemistry

Abstract

The biochemical, oxidative DNA damage, and the histological alterations associated with thiamethoxam (MX) exposure, a second-generation neonicotinoid broadly used in Egyptian agriculture, were assessed. Also, the role of N- acetylcysteine (NAC), (150 mg/kg/day) on the adverse effect of MX was investigated. Rats were orally preserved with a sub-lethal dose (1/50 LD50) of MX at 31.26 mg/kg/day, five doses/week for 28 days. The MX exposure resulted in a significant decrease in rats' body weight, protein concentration of both serum and urine, sera superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), and glutathione peroxidase (GPx) activities compared to control. In addition increase in sera creatinine, urea, bilirubin, alkaline phosphatase (ALP), and malondialdehyde (MDA) levels were observed. While the assessment of DNA damage revealed significant elevation in 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-OH-2DG) levels in both serum (428.9%) and urine (234.6 %) samples. The present findings were supported by microscopic observation of liver and kidney tissues. Evidently, thiamethoxam can damage liver and kidney functions impaired the DNA, and caused histoarchitecture lesions in rats at the tested sublethal dose. In addition, NAC supplementation significantly attenuated the MX DNA damaging effect to be 49.1% and 50.18% for serum and urine, respectively compared to the control which reflects its protective properties against MX-induced hepatic-nephrotoxicity.

DOI

10.21608/ejchem.2022.114622.5209

Keywords

DNA damage, Thiamethoxam, Hepatotoxicity, Histopathological analysis, Lipid peroxidation, Nephrotoxicity, Oxidative Stress

Authors

First Name

Reda

Last Name

Abdel-Razik

MiddleName

Khamis

Affiliation

ammalian & Aquatic Toxicology Department, Central Agricultural Pesticide Laboratory, Agricultural Research Center, 21616 -El-Sabahia, Alexandria, Egypt

Email

redarazik216@gmail.com

City

Alexandria, Egypt

Orcid

0000-0002-0003-744X

First Name

Eman

Last Name

Mosallam

MiddleName

Mohammad

Affiliation

Mammalia & Aquatic Toxicology Department, Central Agricultural Pesticide Laboratory, Agricultural Research Center, 21616 -El-Sabahia, Alexandria, Egypt

Email

eman_mosallem2006@yahoo.com

City

Alexandria, Egypt

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First Name

Nadia

Last Name

Hamed

MiddleName

Ali

Affiliation

Mammalia & Aquatic Toxicology Department, Central Agricultural Pesticide Laboratory, Agricultural Research Center, 21616 -El-Sabahia, Alexandria, Egypt

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nadia010560@gmail.com

City

Alexandria, Egypt

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Volume

65

Article Issue

9

Related Issue

31876

Issue Date

2022-09-01

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2022-01-04

Publish Date

2022-09-01

Page Start

251

Page End

266

Print ISSN

0449-2285

Online ISSN

2357-0245

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297

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Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Chemistry

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/

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The deterrent effect of acetylcysteine against hepatic and renal damage in thiamethoxam exposed rats

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22 Jan 2023