Role of Carnosine and Melatonin in Ameliorating Cardiotoxicity of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles in the Rats

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology

Nouf Al-rasheed¹  Laila Faddah¹  Hanan Ibrahim¹  Azza M Mohamed¹  Nawal Al-rasheed¹  Nayira Abdelbaky¹ 

关键词: Titanium dioxide nanoparticles;    cardiotoxicity;    carnosine;    melatonin;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1516-8913201500014

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The aim of this work was to study the possible cardiotoxicity of two different doses of 50 nm nano titanium dioxide (n-TiO2) and the possible modulating effects of the use of two natural antioxidants carnosine and melatonin. The results showed that TiO2- NPs produced deleterious effects on rat cardiac tissue as confirmed by the increased levels of serum myoglobin, troponin-T and CK-MB. Increased levels of serum Inflammatory markers represented by the tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) and Interleukin-6 (IL-6) was also noticed. Caspase3 and IGg were elevated compared to the control group in a dose dependant manner. treatment of the rats with Carnosine or melatonin. along with TiO2- NPs administration significantly improved most of the elevated biochemical markers. It was concluded that the use of Carnosine or melatonin could play a beneficial role against deleterious effects of TiO2- NPs

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