摘要
Previous studies have demonstrated that sericin effectively reduces blood glucose, and protects islet cells, as well as the gonads and kidneys. However, whether sericin improves diabetes mellitus-induced structural and functional problems in the central nervous system remains poorly understood. Rat models of type 2 diabetes mellitus were established by intraperitoneal injection of streptozotocin. The present study observed histological changes in the hippocampus and cerebral cortex, as well as heme oxygenase-1 expression, and explored sericin effects on the central nervous system in diabetic rats. Pathological damage to neural cells in the rat hippocampus and cerebral cortex was relieved following intragastric administration of sericin at a dose of 2.4 g/kg for 35 consecutive days. Heme oxygenase-1 protein and mRNA expressions were decreased in the hippocampus and cerebral cortex of diabetes mellitus rats after sericin treatment. The results suggest that sericin plays a protective effect on the nervous system by decreasing the high expression of heme oxygenase-1 following diabetes mellitus.
Previous studies have demonstrated that sericin effectively reduces blood glucose, and protects islet cells, as well as the gonads and kidneys. However, whether sericin improves diabetes mellitus-induced structural and functional problems in the central nervous system remains poorly understood. Rat models of type 2 diabetes mellitus were established by intraperitoneal injection of streptozotocin. The present study observed histological changes in the hippocampus and cerebral cortex, as well as heme oxygenase-1 expression, and explored sericin effects on the central nervous system in diabetic rats. Pathological damage to neural cells in the rat hippocampus and cerebral cortex was relieved following intragastric administration of sericin at a dose of 2.4 g/kg for 35 consecutive days. Heme oxygenase-1 protein and mRNA expressions were decreased in the hippocampus and cerebral cortex of diabetes mellitus rats after sericin treatment. The results suggest that sericin plays a protective effect on the nervous system by decreasing the high expression of heme oxygenase-1 following diabetes mellitus.
基金
supported by the Grant of Department of Education of Hebei Province (GH/IGF-1 action mechanism in diabetes mellitus-induced gonadal axis injury and protective effects of sericin),No.2006301
the Grant of the Department of Technology of Hebei Province (Protective effects of sericin on testicular dysfunction following diabetes mellitus),No.08276101D-19
