Rotimi, Oluwakemi A and Rotimi, Solomon O and Oluwafemi, Flora and Ademuyiwa, Oladipo and Balogun, Elizabeth A (2016) Coexistence of Aflatoxicosis with Protein Malnutrition Worsens Hepatic Oxidative Damage in Rats. Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology. (In Press)
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Abstract
To investigate the effects of the coexistence of aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) and protein malnutrition in rat liver, weanling rats were fed either normal protein diet (20% protein), low-protein (PEM) diet (5%), normal protein diet + 40 ppb AFB1, or low-protein diet + 40 ppb AFB1. After 8 weeks, biomarkers of hepatic functions and oxidative stress, caspase-3 activity, and tumor suppressor protein 53 (p53) were determined spectrophotometrically. Randomly amplified polymorphic DNA polymerase chain reaction (RAPD-PCR) was employed to determine genomic alterations among the groups. Coexistence of aflatoxicosis and PEM significantly decreased glutathione, glutathione-S-transferase, glutathione peroxidase, and superoxide dismutase, while it increased peroxidase and catalase. RAPD-PCR showed genomic alterations that were associated with significant increases in p53 level and caspase-3 activity in rats fed PEM diet + AFB1. In conclusion, the coexistence of aflatoxicosis and protein malnutrition induced oxidative stress with concomitant genomic alterations in the liver of weanling rats.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | Q Science > Q Science (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences > School of Biological Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Solomon Rotimi |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Feb 2016 15:39 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Feb 2016 15:39 |
| URI: | http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/5903 |
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