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- Title
Terminalia catappa Leaf Abrogates Diabetes-induced Dyslipidaemia in Type 2 Diabetic Rats by Upregulating Lipid Metabolic Genes.
- Authors
Iheagwam, Franklyn Nonso; Iheagwam, Olawumi Toyin; Ogunlana, Olubanke Olujoke; Chinedu, Shalom Nwodo
- Abstract
Background and objectives: This study examined the abrogative role of Terminalia catappa (T. catappa) leaf aqueous extract (TCLAE) on diabetes-induced dyslipidaemia in obese diabetic rats. Methods: Diabetic animals were induced by fat-rich feed for eight weeks and intraperitoneal streptozotocin (STZ, 30 mg/kg bw) injection, while glibenclamide (10 mg/kg bw) and TCLAE-graded doses were administered for four weeks. Then, the biomarkers for diabetes, liver function, lipid profile, cardiovascular indices, and liver histology were investigated, in addition to the hepatic expression of some lipid metabolic genes. Results: TCLAE reduced the diabetes-induced fasting blood glucose, weight loss, insulin, alanine transaminase, bilirubin, cholesterol (CHOL), triglyceride (TRIG), low-density lipoprotein-CHOL and -TRIG, high-density lipoprotein-TRIG, atherogenic, coronary risk, and other studied cardiovascular indices. The increase in high-density lipoprotein-CHOL, the upregulation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPAR-a), PPAR delta (PPAR-d), and carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1a, and the downregulation of C-reactive protein hepatic gene expression, in addition to the reversal of damaged liver histology, were observed in diabetic rats treated with TCLAE. Conclusion: T. catappa leaf mitigates diabetes-induced dyslipidaemia in type 2 diabetic rats by ameliorating the altered expression of lipid metabolic genes.
- Subjects
DYSLIPIDEMIA; TERMINALIA; PEROXISOME proliferator-activated receptors; LIPIDS; CARNITINE palmitoyltransferase; INSULIN; ASPARTATE aminotransferase
- Publication
Gene Expression (1052-2166), 2023, Vol 22, Issue 3, p167
- ISSN
1052-2166
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.14218/GE.2023.00053