PMID- 27677544 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170309 LR - 20200225 IS - 1744-5116 (Electronic) IS - 1388-0209 (Print) IS - 1388-0209 (Linking) VI - 55 IP - 1 DP - 2017 Dec TI - Hesperidin, a citrus flavonoid, protects against l-methionine-induced hyperhomocysteinemia by abrogation of oxidative stress, endothelial dysfunction and neurotoxicity in Wistar rats. PG - 146-155 AB - CONTEXT: Hesperidin (HSP), a flavanoglycone found in citrus fruits, has antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective properties. OBJECTIVE: This study evaluates the protective effect of HSP on l-methionine-induced hyperhomocysteinemia (HHcy) in rats. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Male Wistar rats were randomly divided into seven groups as DMSO, l-methionine, HSP (25, 50 and 100 mg/kg), HSP-per se (100 mg/kg) and donepezil (0.1 mg/kg). HHcy was induced by oral administration of l-methionine (1.7 g/kg) for 32 days. From the 14(th) day of study HSP (25, 50 and 100 mg/kg) and donepezil was administered orally to l-methionine-treated rats. Cognitive impairment induced by HHcy was determined using the Morris water maze (MWM) and Y-maze on video tracking system (28(th)-32(nd) day). Different biomarkers of HHcy in serum and brain and vascular reactivity were evaluated and histopathology (thoracic aorta and brain) was done. RESULTS: HSP (100 mg/kg) treatment in l-methionine-treated rats exhibited significant (p < 0.001) dose-dependent activity and reduced behavioural deficits, brain acetylcholinesterase (25.99 +/- 2.36 versus 10.73 +/- 1.26 mumoles/mg), brain lipid peroxidation (15.25 +/- 1.65 versus 6.18 +/- 0.74 nM/mg), serum homocysteine (Hcy) (22.37 +/- 0.30 versus 11.01 +/- 1.01 mug/mL) and serum cholesterol (182.7 +/- 2.15 versus 101.5 +/- 2.76 mg/dL) and increased brain antioxidant levels. HSP significantly (p < 0.001) reduced endothelial dysfunction (ED) by abolishing the effect of l-methionine on acetylcholine-induced endothelial-dependent relaxation and increased serum nitrite and vascular nitric oxide bioavailability along with the restoration of histological aberrations. CONCLUSION: HSP exerts a protective effect on HHcy by abrogating oxidative stress, ED and neurotoxicity. FAU - Hemanth Kumar, B AU - Hemanth Kumar B AD - a Department of Pharmacology, Pharmacology , Anurag Group of Institutions (Formerly Lalitha College of Pharmacy) , Hyderabad , Telangana , India. AD - b Pharmaceutical Sciences, Research and Development cell , Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University , Kukatpally, Hyderabad , Telangana , India. FAU - Dinesh Kumar, B AU - Dinesh Kumar B AD - c Food and Drug Toxicology Research Centre (FDTRC), National Institute of Nutrition (ICMR) , Hyderabad , Telangana , India. FAU - Diwan, Prakash V AU - Diwan PV AD - a Department of Pharmacology, Pharmacology , Anurag Group of Institutions (Formerly Lalitha College of Pharmacy) , Hyderabad , Telangana , India. AD - d Maratha Mandal Research Center , Belgaum , Karnataka , India. LA - eng PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article DEP - 20160927 PL - England TA - Pharm Biol JT - Pharmaceutical biology JID - 9812552 RN - 0 (Antioxidants) RN - 0 (GPI-Linked Proteins) RN - 0 (Indans) RN - 0 (Neuroprotective Agents) RN - 0 (Nitrites) RN - 0 (Piperidines) RN - 0LVT1QZ0BA (Homocysteine) RN - 31C4KY9ESH (Nitric Oxide) RN - 8SSC91326P (Donepezil) RN - 97C5T2UQ7J (Cholesterol) RN - AE28F7PNPL (Methionine) RN - E750O06Y6O (Hesperidin) RN - EC 3.1.1.7 (Acetylcholinesterase) RN - EC 3.1.1.7 (Ache protein, rat) SB - IM MH - Acetylcholinesterase/metabolism MH - Animals MH - Antioxidants/*pharmacology MH - Behavior, Animal/*drug effects MH - Brain/*drug effects/metabolism/physiopathology MH - Cholesterol/blood MH - Cognition/drug effects MH - Cytoprotection MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Donepezil MH - Dose-Response Relationship, Drug MH - Endothelium, Vascular/*drug effects/metabolism/physiopathology MH - GPI-Linked Proteins/metabolism MH - Hesperidin/*pharmacology MH - Homocysteine/blood MH - Hyperhomocysteinemia/blood/chemically induced/*drug therapy/physiopathology MH - Indans/pharmacology MH - Lipid Peroxidation/drug effects MH - Male MH - Maze Learning/drug effects MH - *Methionine MH - Neuroprotective Agents/*pharmacology MH - Neurotoxicity Syndromes/blood/physiopathology/*prevention & control/psychology MH - Nitric Oxide/metabolism MH - Nitrites/blood MH - Oxidative Stress/*drug effects MH - Piperidines/pharmacology MH - Rats, Wistar MH - Time Factors MH - Vasodilation/drug effects PMC - PMC7011910 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Acetylcholinesterase OT - L-NAME OT - Morris water maze OT - donepezil OT - hippocampus OT - thoracic aorta OT - video tracking system EDAT- 2016/09/30 06:00 MHDA- 2017/03/10 06:00 PMCR- 2016/09/27 CRDT- 2016/09/29 06:00 PHST- 2016/09/30 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/03/10 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/09/29 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/09/27 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 1231695 [pii] AID - 10.1080/13880209.2016.1231695 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Pharm Biol. 2017 Dec;55(1):146-155. doi: 10.1080/13880209.2016.1231695. Epub 2016 Sep 27.