Beta
210566

Comparative Study between the Effect of Stem Cells and Placental Extract on Streptozotocin Damaged Liver in Diabetic Rats

Article

Last updated: 27 Dec 2024

Subjects

-

Tags

Biochemistry

Abstract

Streptozotocin (STZ) is a pancreatic beta cells specific cytotoxin that causes direct organ toxicity and diabetes. Organ toxicity caused by streptozotocin can affect a variety of organs, including the liver. The present study discusses the impact of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and placental extract (PE) on the streptozotocin damaged liver in rats. The animals in this study were divided into five groups, each with ten rats: group I (negative controls) and the other forty rats were given 50 mg/kg STZ for diabetes induction and then divided into; group II (positive controls), group III (MSCs treated), group IV (PE treated), and group V (MSCs/PE combination treated). Animals were slaughtered after four weeks of therapy, and serum was isolated for ALT, AST, and ALP determination. For histopathological analysis, liver tissues were sliced, washed in normal saline, and fixed in 10% formalin. When compared to positive controls, the three treated groups showed a major improvement in liver function parameters (P<0.05). Histopathological examination showed great improvement in the three treated groups where group V revealed the best picture. The present study points to the possible effects of PE and MSCs in treatment of liver damage. This action could be ascribed to MSCs homing in the liver and the restoration of liver tissues by PE contents of growth factors. These actions give a hope for diabetic patients suffering from a variety of complications since the regeneration effects of MSCs and PE have been expanded to include other damaged tissues.

DOI

10.21608/aijpms.2021.210566

Keywords

Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSCs), Streptozotocin (STZ), placental extract (PE), Liver diseases, diabetes

Authors

First Name

Nehal

Last Name

Eisa

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, Faculty of Pharmacy (Girls), Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.

Email

nehaleisa@gmail.com

City

Giza

Orcid

0000-0001-9288-1826

First Name

Noha

Last Name

Eldesoky

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, Faculty of Pharmacy (Girls), Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.

Email

noha-bio@azhar.edu.eg

City

-

Orcid

0000-0002-0680-454x

First Name

Shereen

Last Name

Elshaer

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy (Girls), Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt , Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Heliopolis University, Cairo, Egypt.

Email

dr.shereen.elshaer@gmail.com

City

-

Orcid

0000-0001-9835-8913

Volume

2

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

30579

Issue Date

2022-01-01

Receive Date

2021-04-01

Publish Date

2022-01-01

Page Start

58

Page End

65

Print ISSN

2735-4598

Online ISSN

2735-4601

Link

https://aijpms.journals.ekb.eg/article_210566.html

Detail API

https://aijpms.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=210566

Order

6

Type

Original research articles

Type Code

1,562

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Azhar International Journal of Pharmaceutical and Medical Sciences

Publication Link

https://aijpms.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

Comparative Study between the Effect of Stem Cells and Placental Extract on Streptozotocin Damaged Liver in Diabetic Rats

Details

Type

Article

Created At

23 Jan 2023