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REPRODUCTIVE TOXICOLOGY
Volume 106, Issue -, Pages 69-81Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2021.10.008
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HDAC; Hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis; Metabolic disease; Short chain fatty acids; Type 2 diabetes mellitus
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- Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria
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Type 2 diabetes mellitus is primarily characterized by insulin resistance and accounts for the majority of global diabetes cases. The progression of this chronic metabolic disease has been linked to female reproductive abnormalities, including ovarian dysfunction leading to infertility. Epigenetic modifications have been suggested as a potential connection to metabolic comorbidities, and the study hypothesized that acetate, a histone deacetylase inhibitor, could ameliorate hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian dysfunction in T2DM.
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) accounts for 90-95 % of worldwide diabetes cases and is primarily characterized by insulin resistance. Its progression as a chronic metabolic disease has been largely associated with female reproductive abnormalities, including ovarian dysfunction with consequent infertility. Epigenetic modifications have been suggested as a possible link to metabolic comorbidities. We therefore hypothesized that short chain fatty acids, acetate (ACA), a potential histone deacetylase inhibitor (HDAC) ameliorates hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian (HPO) dysfunction in T2DM. Female Wistar rats weighing 160-190 g were allotted into three groups (n = 6/group): Control (vehicle; po), T2D and T2D ACA (200 mg/kg; po). T2DM was induced by fructose administration (10 %; w/v) for 6 weeks and single dose of streptozotocin (35 mg/kg; ip). The present data showed that in addition to insulin resistance, increased fasting blood glucose and insulin, T2DM induced elevated plasma, hypothalamic and ovarian triglyceride, lipid peroxidation, TNF-alpha and glutathione depletion. Aside, T2DM also led to increased plasma lactate production and gamma-Glutamyl transferase as well as decreased gonadotropins/17 beta-estradiol. Histologically, hypothalamus, pituitary and ovaries revealed disrupted neuronal cells/moderate hemorrhage, altered morphology/vascular congestions, and degenerated antral follicle/graafian follicle with mild fibrosis and infiltrated inflammatory cells respectively in T2D animals. Interestingly, these alterations were accompanied by elevated plasma/hypothalamic HDAC5 and attenuated when treated with acetate. The present results demonstrate that T2DM induces HPO dysfunction, which is accompanied by elevated circulating/hypothalamic HDAC5. The results in addition suggest that acetate restores HPO function in T2DM by suppression of HDAC5 and enhancement of insulin sensitivity.
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