Background: Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder causing dysfunctional regulation of carbohydrate metabolism and contributing to multiple serious health challenges worldwide. Aims: This research explores the effect caraway hydroalcoholic extract (S)-(+)-carvone on transcription genes coding for key glycolytic enzymes in liver diabetic rat treated with streptozotocin (STZ). Methods: In this...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Liver X receptors (LXRα and LXRβ) are ligand-activated transcription factors that regulate expression of genes involved in lipid and cholesterol metabolism. LXR expression has been identified in the heart, and enhanced LXR activity in the streptozotocin (STZ) diabetic myocardium was reported recently. The aim of this study was to investigate effect of in vivo LXR activation on m...

The isolation and characterization of streptozotocin (STZ)-induced mutations in the phage P22 mnt repressor gene is described. Cells carrying the plasmid-borne mnt gene were exposed to STZ to give 10-20 percent survival and at least an eleven-fold increase in mutation frequency. DNA sequence analysis showed that 50 of 51 STZ-induced mutations were GC to AT transitions, and one was an AT to GC t...

The antioxidant activities of fermented red ginseng (FRG) were investigated in vitro and in vivo. The contents of total polyphenol and total flavonoid in FRG extracts were 17.01±2.00 μg/mg and 18.42±3.97 μg/mg, respectively. These extracts were capable of directly scavenging α, α-diphenyl-picrylhydrazyl free radicals. The antioxidative effects of the FRG extracts in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced...

Xu J, Zhang L, Chou A, Allaby T, Bélanger G, Radziuk J, Jasmin BJ, Miki T, Seino S, Renaud J-M. KATP channel-deficient pancreatic -cells are streptozotocin resistant because of lower GLUT2 activity. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 294: E326–E335, 2008. First published November 27, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpendo.00296.2007.—In wild-type mice, a single injection of streptozotocin (STZ, 200 mg/kg body wt...

Abstract Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a set of metabolic diseases defined by persistently high blood sugar level. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are novel potential therapeutic intervention in treatments various diseases, which also referred to as regenerative medicine. We aimed compare the pro-inflammatory cytokines’ levels during bone marrow mesenchymal (BM-MSCs) transplantation rats with induced...

Background: Experimental diabetes can be induced using chemical agents such as streptozotocin Objective: This study aimed to investigate the effect of streptozotocin (STZ) which is most important agent to produce experimental diabetic model at two different doses on serum protein fractions in rat models. Materials and Methods: Twenty-four male rats that weighed an average of 250 g and were 3–4 ...

The present study aimed to evaluate the therapeutic effects of polysaccharides from Inonotus obliquus (PIO) on streptozotocin- (STZ-) induced diabetic symptoms and their potential mechanisms. The effect of PIO on body weight, blood glucose, damaged pancreatic β-cells, oxidative stresses, proinflammatory cytokines, and glucose metabolizing enzymes in liver was studied. The results show that admi...

Diabetes-mellitus was induced in rats by single intravenous injection of (45 mg/kg) streptozotocin (STZ). STZ diabetic rats showed hypertension, decreased cardiac functions, cardiomyopathy and hypercholesterolemia observed at the end of six weeks. Chronic treatment with atenolol (10 mg/kg) for six weeks in the diabetic rats reduced the elevated blood pressure, but failed to prevent STZ induced ...

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the protective effect CAPE on oxidative stress and apoptosis against streptozotocin (STZ)-induced damage in rat testis after diabetes. Materials methods: rats were randomly divided into 4 groups: Control animals, animals given CAPE, STZ-induced diabetic CAPE. Diabetes induced by a single intraperitoneal injection STZ (55 mg/kg). Testicular exa...