Journal
BIOLOGICAL TRACE ELEMENT RESEARCH
Volume 181, Issue 2, Pages 199-206Publisher
HUMANA PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-017-1045-8
Keywords
Selenium; Gene expression; Inflammation; Gestational diabetes
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- AUMS
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Selenium is known to exert multiple beneficial effects including anti-inflammatory actions. The aim of the study was to evaluate the effects of selenium supplementation on gene expression levels of inflammatory cytokines and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in women with gestational diabetes (GDM). This randomized double-blind, placebo-controlled trial was carried out among 40 subjects diagnosed with GDM aged 18-40 years old. Subjects were randomly allocated into two groups to receive either 200 mu g/day selenium supplements (n = 20) or placebo (n = 20) for 6 weeks. Gene expression of inflammatory cytokines and VEGF were assessed in lymphocytes of GDM women with RT-PCR method. Results of RT-PCR indicated that after the 6-week intervention, compared with the placebo, selenium supplementation downregulated gene expression of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) (P = 0.02) and transforming growth factor beta (TGF-ss) (P = 0.01), and upregulated gene expression of VEGF (P = 0.03) in lymphocytes of patients with GDM. There was no statistically significant change following supplementation with selenium on gene expression of interleukin (IL)-1 ss and IL-8 in lymphocytes of subjects with GDM. Selenium supplementation for 6 weeks in women with GDM significantly decreased gene expression of TNF-alpha and TGF-ss, and significantly increased gene expression of VEGF, but did not affect gene expression of IL-1 ss and IL-8.
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