PMID- 32227291 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210101 LR - 20210101 IS - 1432-119X (Electronic) IS - 0948-6143 (Linking) VI - 154 IP - 2 DP - 2020 Aug TI - Nano-curcumin versus curcumin in amelioration of deltamethrin-induced hippocampal damage. PG - 157-175 LID - 10.1007/s00418-020-01871-z [doi] AB - We aimed to prove that oxidative stress is the main mechanism responsible for hippocampal neurotoxicity induced by deltamethrin (DLM). The protective role of curcumin (CMN) and nano-curcumin (NCMN) over this toxicity was studied. The rats were categorized into four groups: control, DLM, CMN and NCMN. The study continued for 30 days. Hippocampus was processed for histological, biochemical and immunohistochemical studies. Caspase-3, glial fibrillar acidic protein (GFAP), acetylcholinesterase (AChE), malondialdehyde (MDA), glutathione (GSH), catalase (CAT) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) were measured for DLM-induced oxidative stress (increased MDA by 354%/decreased GSH by 61%, SOD by 61%, CAT 57%). Oxidative stress induced apoptosis of hippocampal neurons through increasing Nrf2, gamma-glutamyl cysteine synthetase heavy subunit (GCS-HS) and light subunit (GCS-LS) and decreasing AChE. It increases the activity of astrocytes through increasing GFAP. Finally, oxidative stress has a bad impaction on cognitive function. Improvement of oxidative stress was observed with use of CMN and NCMN (decrease of MDA/increase of GSH, SOD, CAT). The level of Nrf2, GCS-HS and GCS-LS decreased, while AChE, GFAP increased. Improvement of cognitive function was observed in both groups. In conclusion, oxidative stress is the common mechanism responsible for DLM-induced hippocampal neurotoxicity. It exerts apoptosis of hippocampal neurons through increasing Nrf2, HS-GCS, LS-GCS and decreasing AChE. In addition, it activates astrocytes through increasing expression of GFAP. The protective role of CMN and CMMN is related to their potent antioxidant effect. Much improvement has been detected with NCMN as compared to CMN. FAU - Zaki, Sherif Mohamed AU - Zaki SM AD - Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt. zakysherif1@gmail.com. AD - Fakeeh College for Medical Sciences, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. zakysherif1@gmail.com. FAU - Algaleel, Waleed Ahmed Abd AU - Algaleel WAA AD - Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt. AD - Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt. FAU - Imam, Reda Abdelnasser AU - Imam RA AD - Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt. AD - Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt. FAU - Soliman, Ghada F AU - Soliman GF AD - Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt. AD - Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt. FAU - Ghoneim, Fatma M AU - Ghoneim FM AD - Department of Histology and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt. AD - Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20200329 PL - Germany TA - Histochem Cell Biol JT - Histochemistry and cell biology JID - 9506663 RN - 0 (Antioxidants) RN - 0 (Insecticides) RN - 0 (Nitriles) RN - 0 (Protective Agents) RN - 0 (Pyrethrins) RN - 2JTS8R821G (decamethrin) RN - IT942ZTH98 (Curcumin) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antioxidants/chemistry/*pharmacology MH - Apoptosis/drug effects MH - Curcumin/chemistry/*pharmacology MH - Hippocampus/*drug effects/metabolism/pathology MH - Insecticides/antagonists & inhibitors/pharmacology MH - Maze Learning/drug effects MH - Nanoparticles/*chemistry MH - Neurons/drug effects/metabolism/pathology MH - Nitriles/antagonists & inhibitors/pharmacology MH - Oxidative Stress/drug effects MH - Protective Agents/chemistry/*pharmacology MH - Pyrethrins/antagonists & inhibitors/pharmacology MH - Rats MH - Rats, Wistar OTO - NOTNLM OT - Curcumin OT - Deltamethrin OT - Hippocampus OT - Nano-curcumin EDAT- 2020/04/01 06:00 MHDA- 2021/01/02 06:00 CRDT- 2020/04/01 06:00 PHST- 2020/03/10 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/04/01 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/01/02 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/04/01 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s00418-020-01871-z [pii] AID - 10.1007/s00418-020-01871-z [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Histochem Cell Biol. 2020 Aug;154(2):157-175. doi: 10.1007/s00418-020-01871-z. Epub 2020 Mar 29.