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Blueberry treatment decreased D-galactose-induced oxidative stress and brain damage in rats

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D-galactose (GAL) causes aging-related changes and oxidative stress in the organism. We investigated the effect of whole fresh blueberry (BB) (Vaccinium corymbosum L.) treatment on oxidative stress in age-related brain damage model. Rats received GAL (300 mg/kg; s.c.; 5 days per week) alone or together with 5 % (BB1) and 10 % (BB2) BB containing chow for two months. Malondialdehyde (MDA),protein carbonyl (PC) and glutathione (GSH) levels, and Cu Zn-superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) and glutathione transferase (GST) activities as well as acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activities were determined. Expressions of B cell lymphoma-2 (Bcl-2), Bax and caspase-3 were also evaluated in the brain by immunohistochemistry. MDA and PC levels and AChE activity increased, but GSH levels, SOD and GSH-Px activities decreased together with histopathological structural damage in the brain of GAL-treated rats. BB treatments, especially BB2 reduced MDA and PC levels and AChE activity and elevated GSH levels and GSH-Px activity. BB1 and BB2 treatments diminished apoptosis and ameliorated histopathological findings in the brain of GAL-treated rats. These results indicate that BB partially prevented the shift towards an imbalanced prooxidative status and apoptosis together with histopathological amelioration by acting as an antioxidant (radical scavenger) itself in GAL-treated rats.

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The present work was supported by Research Fund of Istanbul University (Project No: 16727 and 31335).

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  1. Department of Biochemistry, Yeditepe University Medical Faculty, Kayışdağı, Istanbul, Turkey

    Jale Çoban

  2. Department of Pathology, Yeditepe University Medical Faculty, Kayışdağı, Istanbul, Turkey

    Işın Doğan-Ekici

  3. Department of Biochemistry, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

    A. Fatih Aydın, Esra Betül-Kalaz, Semra Doğru-Abbasoğlu & Müjdat Uysal

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Çoban, J., Doğan-Ekici, I., Aydın, A.F. et al. Blueberry treatment decreased D-galactose-induced oxidative stress and brain damage in rats. Metab Brain Dis 30, 793–802 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11011-014-9643-z

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