Effects of Vitamin E, C and D Supplementation on Inflammation and Oxidative Stress in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Mice

2013 ◽  
Vol 83 (3) ◽  
pp. 168-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Greń

Background: The main objective of the study was to analyze the potential ability of vitamins E, C, and D, used as nutritional supplements, in averting inflammation and oxidative stress in the course of diabetes mellitus. Methods: Male mice were divided into eight groups. Diabetes was induced (groups II, VI, VII, and VIII) by an intraperitoneal injection of streptozotocin (STZ). The third and sixth groups were given vitamin C (50 mg/kg) 3 times per week, the fourth and seventh groups were given vitamin E (300 mg/kg) 3 times per week, and the fifth and eight groups were given vitamin D (2000 IU/day). Interleukin-6 levels were measured in serum. Glutathione (GSH) levels and glutathione peroxidase (GPx), superoxide dismutase (SOD), and catalase (CAT) activity were measured in the liver tissue. Results: STZ resulted in a significant decrease in all tested enzymes and glutathione levels, and an increase in IL-6 level in comparison to control animals (p < 0.05). Mice treated with vitamins had a significantly (p < 0.05) higher content of enzymes and glutathione in liver than diabetic mice, however IL-6 concentration showed a significant decrease. Concurrent administration of STZ and vitamins caused a significant increase (compared to the diabetes group) in SOD, CAT, GPx, GSH content, and a decrease in IL-6 levels (p < 0.05). Conclusion: These results indicate the preventive role of vitamin C, E, and D against STZ-induced diabetic oxidative stress and inflammation. Hence these vitamins could be used as an adjuvant therapy for the prevention and/or management of diabetes.

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (SPL4) ◽  
pp. 2807-2813
Author(s):  
Resmi C R ◽  
Kedari G S R ◽  
Deepa P K

CAD is recognized as a multifactorial disease that is influenced by environmental and genetic factors. This study aimed to evaluate the levels of lipid parameters, oxidative stress and antioxidant markers in subjects with CAD compared to their age & sex matched controls and to analyze the relationship between atherogenic Index and oxidative stress among them 62 clinically proved CAD patients and 62 healthy age and sex matched subjects without CAD were selected for this study. 5 ml of fasting venous blood was collected from all the subjects and investigations such as FPG, lipid profile, oxidative markers Malondialdehyde (MDA), F2 isoprostanes (F2iso) and antioxidants glutathione S-transferase (GST), superoxide dismutase (SOD), vitamin-C, vitamin-E were performed. This study showed that levels of lipid parameters total cholesterol (TC), triglycerides (TG), low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-c) and AI were significantly higher whereas high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-c) were significantly low in CAD patients compared to normal controls. Oxidative stress markers MDA and F2 Isoprostanes level were significantly high, whereas enzymatic antioxidants GST and SOD and non-enzymatic antioxidants Vitamin-C and Vitamin-E levels were significantly low in CAD patients. Oxidative stress markers were found to significantly influence the AI. Results of this study showed that oxidative stress markers F2iso and MDA and antioxidants GST, VIT-C and VIT-E are found to influence the atherogenic index significantly.


Nutrition ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 17 (10) ◽  
pp. 809-814 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer M. Sacheck ◽  
Jeffrey B. Blumberg

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-57
Author(s):  
Amit Kumar ◽  
Sudha Agrawal ◽  
Tapan Kumar Dhali ◽  
Shankar Kumr Majhi

Introduction: The role of free radicals and oxidative damage in the pathophysiology of vitiligo has been documented in recent studies. Antioxidant supplementation has been reported to be useful in the treatment of vitiligo. Objective: To evaluate the role of oral antioxidants supplementation therapy in the treatment of vitiligo by assessing the onset of repigmentation and oxidative stress. Materials and Methods: A total of 80 cases of vitiligo randomized into two groups: antioxidant and placebo comprising 40 patients each and were followed up for 8 weeks for the assessment of onset of repigmentation of vitiliginous lesions as primary outcome.  The activities of Malondialdehyde (MDA), Vitamin C, and Vitamin E in serum and of Catalase (CAT) in erythrocytes of patients at baseline and at end of eight weeks were also assessed by using the spectrophotometric assay. Results: The onset of repigmentation was noted significantly earlier among the anti-oxidant group as compared to the placebo group (p=0.015). At the baseline, between the two groups, no significant difference was found in the different biochemical parameters. However, at the end of 2 months the level of MDA (p<0.001) was found to be significantly lower and that of Vitamin E (p<0.001) and CAT (p=0.005) was significantly higher among the anti-oxidants group as compared to the placebo group. Conclusion: Antioxidant supplementation carried a better response in terms of early onset of repigmentation and significant decrease in the oxidative stress, in the short follow up of two months.


2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 132-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Agrawal ◽  
A Kumar ◽  
TK Dhali ◽  
SK Majhi

Background Vitiligo is a well-recognized pigmentary disorder of the skin and /or mucous membrane characterized by circumscribed ivory or chalky white macules devoid of identifiable melanocytes. The pathogenesis of vitiligo is complex and still not well understood. According to autocytotoxic hypothesis, oxidative stress has been suggested to be the initial pathogenic event in melanocyte degeneration. The role of free radicals and oxidative damage in the pathophysiology of vitiligo has been documented in recent studies.Objective To evaluate the role of oxidative stress in patients with vitiligo and of healthy controls by measuring levels of the oxidant malondialdehyde (MDA) and antioxidants vitamin C and vitamin E in serum and catalase (CAT) in erythrocytes.Method A total of 80 clinically diagnosed cases of vitiligo and 80 control subjects were included in the study to assess the activity of MDA, vitamin C and vitamin E in serum and CAT in erythrocytes of patients and controls by using the spectrophotometric assay.Result There was statistically significant increase in the levels of MDA in patients with vitiligo compared to the control group (p<0.001). No significant difference was found in the levels of vitamin C (p=0.411) and vitamin E (p=0.771) between the patients with vitiligo and control group. The levels of CAT in the vitiligo patients were found to be significantly lower than those of controls (p<0.001).Conclusion Increased oxidative stress and decreased catalase have been observed in vitiligo patients and the data suggesting that the free radicals may be involved in the destruction of melanocytes or dysregulation of melanogenesis.Kathmandu University Medical Journal Vol.12(2) 2014: 132-136


2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khadijeh Mirzaei Khorramabadi ◽  
Ali Reza Talebi ◽  
Abolghasem Abbasi Sarcheshmeh ◽  
Aghdas Mirjalili

Background: Generation of free radicals and oxidative stress are a major contributorto diabetes. These factors lead to the development of diabetic testicles disorders.Objective: In this study, the protective effect of vitamin E on functional disordersassociated with diabetes induced oxidative stress in male reproductive systems hasbeen investigated.Materials and Methods: Thirty-three adult male Mice were divided into control,diabetic, and untreated diabetic groups. Streptozotocin was used to induce diabetes.In the treated group, vitamin E was given to the Mice intraperitoneally for 30 days.Then, animals were anesthetized and sacrificed. Animal testicles were isolated andhomogenized in phosphate buffer and used for measuring sperm count, motility andsurvival of sperm, MDA concentration and antioxidant capacity (TAC). Apoptosis wasalso performed with the TUNEL test.Results: The results of reduction (12.03±98.11) TAC, MDA concentration (–28.5±2.58),sperm motility (unstable sperma= 86.4±7.48), sperm count (171.51), Sperm morphology(natural morphology= 49.69±31.93) and abnormal morphology (9.77±49.7)with increased oxidative damage. These changes were statistically significant incomparison with the control group for all variables other than MDA (p= 0.05). Treatmentof vitamin E diabetic Mice improved the ability of antioxidants to prevent oxidativedamage in the testicles, restore the sperm movement, and increase the number ofnormal sperm as well as TAC. The level of apoptosis in the treated group has decreasedcompared to the untreated group.Conclusion: Vitamin E protects the reproductive system against diabetes mellitus.Therefore, it was concluded that vitamin E may be a suitable agent for protecting thesperm and testicular parameters against undesirable effects of diabetes.


2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayobami Oladele Afolabi ◽  
Olaolu Opeyemi Olotu ◽  
Isiaka Abdullateef Alagbonsi

The antioxidant effects of vitamins C and E on cryptorchidism-induced oxidative stress were investigated in male Sprague-Dawley rats. Forty rats (200–250 g) were randomly divided in a blinded fashion into five groups (). Group 1 was sham operated and treated with vehicle (corn-oil, 10 mL/kg). Groups 2, 3, 4, and 5 were rendered unilaterally cryptorchid and treated with vehicle (10 mL/kg), vitamin E solution (75 mg/kg), vitamin C solution (1.25 g/kg), and combination of vitamin E (75 mg/kg) and vitamin C (1.25 g/kg) solutions, respectively. Germ cell count, superoxide dismutase (SOD), total protein (TP), and testicular weight (TW) were lower, but malondialdhyde (MDA) was higher in the cryptorchid rats than the sham-operated rats. When administered separately, vitamins C and E increased germ cell count, SOD, TP, and TW but did not reduce MDA in the cryptorchid rats when compared to the vehicle-treated cryptorchid rats. However, there was no significant difference in these parameters between vehicle-treated and combined vitamins C- and E-treated rats. This suggests that vitamins E and C alleviate the germ cell loss and oxidative stress in cryptorchidism when administered separately but not when combined in rats.


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