Nociceptin Increases Antioxidant Expression in the Kidney, Liver and Brain of Diabetic Rats

Overview

Journal Biology (Basel)

Publisher MDPI

Specialty Biology

Date 2021 Aug 6

PMID 34356475

Citations 6

Authors

Ernest Adeghate

Crystal M DSouza

Zulqarnain Saeed

Saeeda Al Jaberi

Saeed Tariq

Huba Kalasz

Kornelia Tekes

Ernest A Adeghate

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Abstract

Nociceptin (NC) consists of 17 amino acids (aa) and takes part in the processing of learning and memory. The role of NC in the induction of endogenous antioxidants in still unclear. We examined the effect of NC on the expression of endogenous antioxidants in kidney, liver, cerebral cortex (CC), and hippocampus after the onset of diabetes mellitus, using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and immunohistochemistry. Exogenous NC (aa chain 1-17; 10 µg/kg body weight) was given intraperitoneally to normal and diabetic rats for 5 days. Our results showed that catalase (CAT) is present in the proximal (PCT) and distal (DCT) convoluted tubules of kidney, hepatocytes, and neurons of CC and hippocampus. The expression of CAT was significantly ( < 0.05) reduced in the kidney of normal and diabetic rats after treatment with NC. However, NC markedly ( < 0.001) increased the expression CAT in the liver and neurons of CC of diabetic rats. Superoxide dismutase (SOD) is widely distributed in the PCT and DCT of kidney, hepatocytes, and neurons of CC and hippocampus. NC significantly ( < 0.001) increased the expression of SOD in hepatocytes and neurons of CC and the hippocampus but not in the kidney. Glutathione reductase (GRED) was observed in kidney tubules, hepatocytes and neurons of the brain. NC markedly increased ( < 0.001) the expression of GRED in PCT and DCT cells of the kidney and hepatocytes of liver and neurons of CC. In conclusion, NC is a strong inducer of CAT, SOD, and GRED expression in the kidney, liver and brain of diabetic rats.

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