Abstract
Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are noble metal nanoparticles, due to their good physicochemical properties, which have been exploited in biological applications. Nanotechnological applications advance very quickly while few literatures assessed the effects of natural products on the risks of nanoparticles in vivo. Thirty male adult rats were enrolled equally into: control, AgNPs (50 mg/kg b.w i.p 3 times/week) and GBE (100 mg/kg b.w daily per os)+AgNPs. After 30 days, the assessment of liver function, antioxidative status, mitochondrial biogenesis, and histopathological analyses were performed. AgNP exposure enhanced the hepatic lipid peroxidation (+ 281.7%) along with a decline in the reduced glutathione (− 58.3%) levels. The apparent hepatic oxidative damage was associated with obvious hepatic dysfunction that was ascertained by alteration of serum liver enzymatic biomarkers, lipid profile, and pathological hepatic lesions. Following AgNP exposure, hepatic silver and calcium contents were increased without changes in the trace element concentrations. Finally, the mRNA transcripts of hepatic PGC-1α, mtTFA, and Nrf2 were downregulated after AgNP exposure. Interestingly, GBE has the ability to alleviate AgNP-induced hepatic damage assessed by augmentation of reduced glutathione level and mitochondrial biogenesis. This study explored the potential protective role of GBE on AgNPs-induced hepatotoxicity via attenuation of oxidative stress, substantial enhancement of cell viability with concomitant mitigating DNA damage, and mitochondrial dysfunction.
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Abbreviations
- AgNPs:
-
silver nanoparticles
- Akt:
-
protein kinase B pathway
- ALT:
-
alanine aminotransferase
- ALP:
-
alkaline phosphatase
- ANOVA:
-
analysis of variance
- ARE:
-
antioxidant response element
- AST:
-
aspartate aminotransferase
- ATP:
-
adenosine triphosphate
- CCl4:
-
carbon tetrachloride
- ER:
-
endoplasmic reticulum
- GBE:
-
Ginkgo biloba L. extract
- GSH:
-
reduced glutathione
- GSSG:
-
oxidized glutathione
- HCl:
-
hydrochloric acid
- HDL-c:
-
high-density lipoprotein cholesterol
- HE:
-
hematoxylin and eosin
- HNO3:
-
nitric acid
- ICP-MS:
-
inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry
- LDL-c:
-
low-density lipoprotein cholesterol
- MDA:
-
malondialdehyde
- mtTFA:
-
mitochondrial transcription factor A
- Nrf2:
-
nuclear factor erythroid 2 like factor
- PGC-1α:
-
peroxisome proliferative activated receptor gamma coactivators 1 alpha
- ROS:
-
reactive oxygen species
- SE:
-
standard error
- TAG:
-
Triacylglycerol
- TEM :
-
transmission electron microscope
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Abd El-Maksoud, E.M., Lebda, M.A., Hashem, A.E. et al. Ginkgo biloba mitigates silver nanoparticles-induced hepatotoxicity in Wistar rats via improvement of mitochondrial biogenesis and antioxidant status. Environ Sci Pollut Res 26, 25844–25854 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-019-05835-2
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