kian, kosar and Khalatbary, Ali Reza and Ahmadvand, Hassan and Karimpour Malekshah, Abbasali and Shams, zahra (2018) Neuroprotective effects of (-)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) against peripheral nerve transection-induced apoptosis. Nutr Neurosci.
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OBJECTIVES: Recent studies revealed the neuroprotective effects of epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) on a variety of neural injury models. The purpose of this study was to determine the neuroprotective effects of EGCG following sciatic nerve transection (SNT). METHODS: Rats were randomly divided into four groups each as follows: Sham-operated group, SNT group, and Pre-EGCG (50-mg/kg, i.p., 30 minutes before nerve transection and followed for 3 days) and Post-EGCG (50-mg/kg, i.p., 1 hour after nerve transection and followed for 3 days) groups. Spinal cord segments of the sciatic nerve and related dorsal root ganglions were removed four weeks after nerve transection for the assessment of malondialdehyde (MDA) levels, superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) activities, immunohistochemistry of caspase-3, cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), S100beta (S100B), and terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL). RESULTS: MDA levels were significantly decreased, and SOD and CAT activities were significantly increased in EGCG-treated rats after nerve transection. Attenuated caspase-3 and COX-2 expression, and TUNEL reaction could be significantly detected in the EGCG-treated rats after nerve transection. Also, EGCG significantly increased S100B expression. DISCUSSION: We propose that EGCG may be effective in the protection of neuronal cells against retrograde apoptosis and may enhance neuronal survival time following nerve transection. KEYWORDS: Apoptosis; Epigallocatechin-3-gallate; Inflammation; Nerve transection
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > RZ Other systems of medicine |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences > School of Medicine |
| Depositing User: | samira sepahvandy |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Jan 2018 15:22 |
| Last Modified: | 28 Jan 2018 15:22 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lums.ac.ir/id/eprint/1150 |
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