Beta
166601

ASSESSMENT OF ADENOSINE DEAMINASE (ADA) LEVEL IN PREGNANT EWES IN RELATION TO LIVER FUNCTION TEST AND SOME OXIDANT INDICATOR

Article

Last updated: 05 Jan 2025

Subjects

-

Tags

-

Abstract

Pregnancy represents a major challenge to animal based on the analysis of immunological and metabolic responses. Thus, the aim of this study to assess the potential changes in adenosine deaminase (ADA) enzyme activity level, representative indicators of liver function, and some markers of oxidative stress. This study was conducted on 36 Saidi ewes divided into four equal groups (n=9). The first group (non pregnant) was kept as control, while the other three groups were classified according to the time intervals of pregnancy (4-5, 11-12 and 16-17 weeks). The study showed that ADA level exhibited a bimodal pattern with highly significant increase in early pregnancy, decline in mid pregnancy, and further increase in late pregnancy. A significant increase in total protein (TP) was observed at early pregnancy, and returned to the basal level followed by further significant decrease at the late stage of pregnancy. Albumin (ALB) and triglyceride (TG) undergone significant decreased at the late stage. Mean while, total bilrubin (TB), total cholesterol (TC) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) remained significantly lower than the pre-pregnancy values. The maximum level of gamma-glutamyl-transferase (GGT) appeared at early pregnancy, and the minimum level was observed at the late period. Malondialdhyde (MDA) has undergone a significant reduction along all time intervals in comparison to its non pregnant value. At the mid and late periods, significant reductions in nitric oxide (NO) levels were observed relative to the non pregnant values. Using Pearson correlation, ADA correlated positively with TP, globulin (GLOB) and GGT, and negatively with TB. In conclusion, the pregnancy in Saidi ewes is marked with biphasic modulation in ADA, impairment in liver functionality and adaptation in the face of oxidative stress at least on the level of lipid peroxidation. In addition, monitoring of the biochemical measurements in the blood of ewes in the different stages of pregnancy gives the basis for carrying out the treatment more effectively, and implementation of preventive measures against the metabolic disorders of ewes in order to reduce the economic losses.

DOI

10.21608/avmj.2017.166601

Keywords

Pregnancy, saidi ewes, Adenosine deaminase, liver function, oxidant markers

Authors

First Name

GHADA

Last Name

MOHAMED

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Biochemistry and Nutritional Deficiency Diseases Unit, Animal Health Research Institute, Assiut Branch Agriculture Research Center, Egypt.

Email

dr_kada2012@yahoo.com

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

NASSER

Last Name

ABOU-KHALI

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Department of Medical Physiology

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

Volume

63

Article Issue

154

Related Issue

24314

Issue Date

2017-07-01

Receive Date

2017-03-30

Publish Date

2017-07-30

Page Start

1

Page End

9

Print ISSN

1012-5973

Online ISSN

2314-5226

Link

https://avmj.journals.ekb.eg/article_166601.html

Detail API

https://avmj.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=166601

Order

1

Type

Research article

Type Code

1,840

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Assiut Veterinary Medical Journal

Publication Link

https://avmj.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

ASSESSMENT OF ADENOSINE DEAMINASE (ADA) LEVEL IN PREGNANT EWES IN RELATION TO LIVER FUNCTION TEST AND SOME OXIDANT INDICATOR

Details

Type

Article

Created At

23 Jan 2023