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Investigating the effect of ethanolic extract of Commiphora myrrha (Nees) Engl. gum-resin against hepatorenal injury in diabetic rats

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Abstract

Purpose

Management of hepatorenal complications in diabetic patients is still a challenge for clinicians. The study aimed to investigate the impacts of ethanolic extract of Commiphora myrrha (Nees) Engl.oleo-gum-resin (EEM) against hepatorenal injury in diabetic rats.

Methods

Diabetes was induced by an intraperitoneal (i.p.) injection of streptozotocin (55 mg/kg) in adult male Wistar rats (n = 40); whereas, normal control rats (NC, n = 8) were treated with vehicle solution (citrate buffer, i.p.). Diabetic animals were gavaged with 500 mg/kg of metformin (MET500) and different doses of EEM (100, 300, and 500 mg/kg) once daily for 28 days. Diabetic model (DM) and NC groups were treated with normal saline. Various parameters like fasting blood glucose (FBG), plasma insulin, aspartate transaminase (AST), alanine transaminase (ALT), creatinine (Cr), urea, 24-h urine total protein (UTP), urine volume, and hepatorenal histopathology were assessed at the end of the study.

Results

Compared to the NC group, diabetic rats showed marked elevations in FBG, AST, ALT, urea, Cr, UTP, urine volume, and a significant reduction in insulin. Diabetic animals also exhibited severe histopathological alterations in liver and kidney tissues. The EEM treatment could not influence the biochemical and pathological alterations. Treatment with EEM at the dose of 300 mg/kg could slightly ameliorate some pathological alterations (fatty changes and tubular congestion) in hepatic and renal tissues.

Conclusions

These findings demonstrated that EEM treatment at doses up to 500 mg/kg could not effectively slow down the pathological process of hepatorenal damage in diabetic rats.

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The datasets used and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

Abbreviations

Myrrh:

Commiphora myrrha oleo-gum

EEM:

Ethanolic extract of myrrh

AST:

Aspartate transaminase

ALT:

Alanine transaminase

UTP:

Urine total protein

STZ:

Streptozotocin

i.p.:

Intraperitoneal.

FBG:

fasting blood flucose

NC:

normal control

DMSO:

Dimethylsulfoxide

MET:

Metformin

DM:

Diabetic model

Cr:

Creatinine

PAS:

Periodic acid-Schiff

B.wt:

Body weight

TGF-β1:

Transforming growth factor-Beta1

EGF:

Epidermal growth factor

VEGF:

Vascular endothelial growth factor

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We thank Dr. Farrokhfall for helping us in insulin assay test.

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This work was partially supported by Birjand University of Medical Sciences (Grants No.:455159).

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    Mohammadmehdi Hassanzadeh-Taheri, Mojtaba Salimi & Mehran Hosseini

  2. Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Department of Biochemistry, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran

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  3. Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran

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M.HT and M.H conceived the idea of research and designed the study. M.S performed the animal experiments. K.V-D and M.M performed biochemical and pathological tests. M.H analyzed the data and wrote the manuscript draft. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Hassanzadeh-Taheri, M., Salimi, M., Vazifeshenas-Darmiyan, K. et al. Investigating the effect of ethanolic extract of Commiphora myrrha (Nees) Engl. gum-resin against hepatorenal injury in diabetic rats. J Diabetes Metab Disord 20, 1573–1581 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40200-021-00904-1

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