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EFFECT OF PIOGLITAZONE ON HEPATIC ULTRA-STRUCTURE AND METABOLIC CHANGES INDUCED BY A HIGH SUCROSE DIET IN RATS

Mohamed D. Morsy1, Ahmed S. Khashaba2, Ahmed I. Agamy3 and Refaat A. Eid4
  • 1 Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia and Menoufiya University, Egypt
  • 2 Physiology Medicine Riyadh Colleges of Dentistry and Pharmacy, Saudi Arabia
  • 3 Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Benha University, Egypt
  • 4 Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia

Abstract

Pioglitazone (Pio) is a PPAR-γ agonist insulin sensitizer has anti-inflammatory activity. Our novel aspect was to investigate its hepatic anti-inflammatory activity at the level of ultra-structure and enzymatic changes in a high sucrose diet animal model. Forty male Sprague Dawley rats were divided into four equal groups: Control; control Pio; high sucrose diet; high sucrose diet Pio treated groups. Fourteen weeks later, serum glucose, insulin, lipogram, gamma glutamyle transferase, alanine transaminase, aspartate transaminase, alkaline phosphatase, fetuin-A and adiponectin levels were measured. Hepatic tissue homogenate levels of tumor necrosis factor-α, interleukin-6 and myeloperoxidase activity were determined. Microscopic and ultra-structure hepatic changes were conducted in all animal groups. Administration of Pio in HS+Pio group reduced significantly the hepatic inflammatory markers and the hepatic enzymes compared with HS group. Both light and electron microscopic examination revealed a great improvement of the hepatic tissue with Pio treatment. This study suggested that Pio treatment in obesity; in addition to insulin sensitizing activity; could protect the liver from the development of hepatic inflammation induced by a high sucrose diet not only at the enzymatic but also at ultra-structure levels.

American Journal of Applied Sciences
Volume 11 No. 7, 2014, 1087-1098

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3844/ajassp.2014.1087.1098

Submitted On: 15 February 2014 Published On: 23 April 2014

How to Cite: Morsy, M. D., Khashaba, A. S., Agamy, A. I. & Eid, R. A. (2014). EFFECT OF PIOGLITAZONE ON HEPATIC ULTRA-STRUCTURE AND METABOLIC CHANGES INDUCED BY A HIGH SUCROSE DIET IN RATS. American Journal of Applied Sciences, 11(7), 1087-1098. https://doi.org/10.3844/ajassp.2014.1087.1098

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Keywords

  • Chronic Hepatic Inflammation
  • High Sucrose Diet
  • Pioglitazone
  • Hepatic Ultra-Structure Changes