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L.carnitine can attenuate cadmium induced hepatotoxicity in rat: emphasis on TLR4-NFκB axis

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Last updated: 27 Dec 2024

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Pharmacology and toxicology

Abstract

Cadmium (Cd), an environmental health hazard, is a causative agent of many pathological conditions especially liver diseases. The possible ameliorative role of L. Carnitine on cadmium- provoked liver injury was discussed in this study. Twenty-four male rats were daily challenged for 30 days with CdCl2 (cadmium chloride) 5mg/kg/day and/or L. Carnitine 100 mg/kg/day. L. Carnitine administration halted the alteration of liver function biomarkers induced by cadmium which appeared as decreased AST, ALT and ALP levels . L. Carnitine prohibited CdCl2-generated oxidative stress via Nrf2/HO.1 pathway by increasing TAC and decreasing MDA and NO. L. Carnitine also restrained inflammatory insult created by CdCl2 by suppressing TLR4/NFκB pathway through reducing the inflammatory mediators including TNF-α, IL-1β and IL-18. Finally, our biochemical data were confirmed by the improvement of the liver histology by L. Carnitine . These results revealed that TLR4/NFκB axis implicated in L. Carnitine protection against CdCl2-triggered hepatotoxicity accompanied by inhibition of oxidative stress and this may provide new ideas in order to treat cadmium-related diseases

DOI

10.21608/aijpms.2024.221508.1224

Keywords

L. Carnitine, Cadmium chloride, Liver damage, Oxidative Stress, Inflammation

Authors

First Name

Alzahraa

Last Name

Elhemiely

MiddleName

Ahmed

Affiliation

Department of Pharmacology, Egyptian Drug Authority, EDA, Formerly NODCAR, Giza, Egypt

Email

zahraa_elhimeily123@yahoo.com

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Orcid

0000-0003-1835-5806

Volume

4

Article Issue

2

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48196

Issue Date

2024-06-01

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2023-07-06

Publish Date

2024-06-01

Page Start

141

Page End

153

Print ISSN

2735-4598

Online ISSN

2735-4601

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366,027

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1,562

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Azhar International Journal of Pharmaceutical and Medical Sciences

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

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L.carnitine can attenuate cadmium induced hepatotoxicity in rat: emphasis on TLR4-NFκB axis

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27 Dec 2024