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Ameliorative effects of melatonin on the liver of pregnant albino rats
and their offspring induced by monosodium glutamate
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Abd El-Fattah BM El-Beltagy |
Zoology Department, Faculty of
Science, Damanhour University, Damanhour, Egypt
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Abstract |
Monosodium glutamate
(MSG)
is one of the most widely used food additives as a
flavour enhancer
but its high dose can induce toxic effects on the
liver. Melatonin is a potent antioxidant, could ameliorate acute and
chronic hepatic injury. The present work was essentially designed to
evaluate the ameliorating role of melatonin on the liver of pregnant
female Albino rats and their pups induced by MSG. In
the present research, twenty
four pregnant Albino rats were divided into four groups (n=6). The
control group received saline solution, the melatonin group received 100
mg/kg b.wt, MSG treated group received 400 mg/kg b.wt and ameliorative
group received MSG 400 mg/kg b.wt simultaneously with melatonin 100
mg/kg b.wt. All groups were received their corresponding dose from the 4th
day of gestation till the end of weaning period. The histological study
of the current work revealed that MSG could induce damage of hepatocytes
with cytoplasmic vacuolation, dilation of central vein and blood
sinusoids, prominent Kupffer cells, infiltration cells around the portal
area, variable degree of fibrosis, and scattered fatty cells.
Furthermore, MSG consumption is also associated with ultrastructural
alterations that varied considerably from mild structural changes to
cytoplasmic lysis and degradation of some cellular organelles. Such
alterations were represented by undifferentiated cytoplasm with
dispersed vacuoles, nuclear pyknosis, swollen and vacuolated
mitochondria, manifested dilated rough endoplasmic reticulum, remarkable
aggregation of glycogen granules and fat droplets and obvious dispersion
of collagenous fibers. Supplementation of melatonin ameliorated
MSG-induced histopathological and ultrastrucural changes in liver cells.
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Keywords:
MSG, Liver, Melatonin,
Histopathlology, Fibrosis, TEM, Hepatocytes |
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To cite this article:
Abd El-Fattah BM El-Beltagy, 2016.
Ameliorative effects of melatonin on the liver of pregnant albino rats and
their offspring induced by monosodium glutamate.
Res.
Opin. Anim. Vet. Sci.,
6(2): 59-68. |
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