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Effects of diet-induced hypercholesterolemia and gold nanoparticles treatment on peripheral tissues

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ACAD BRASILEIRA DE CIENCIAS
DOI: 10.1590/0001-3765202220211081

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Antioxidant molecules; gold nanoparticles; hypercholesterolemia; oxidative stress; peripheral tissues

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  1. FAPESC/CNPq [16802017 06/2016]
  2. Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq)
  3. Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior (CAPES)
  4. Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa e Inovacao do Estado de Santa Catarina (FAPESC) Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense (UNESC)
  5. INCT (Instituto Nacional de Ciencia e Tecnologia)

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High cholesterol levels can cause oxidative stress in the liver and heart tissues, which can be partially alleviated by treatment with gold nanoparticles.
Cholesterol is a lipid molecule of great biological importance to animal cells. Dysregulation of cholesterol metabolism leads to raised blood total cholesterol levels, a clinical condition called hypercholesterolemia. Evidence has shown that hypercholesterolemia is associated with the development of liver and heart disease. One of the mechanisms underlying heart and liver alterations induced by hypercholesterolemia is oxidative stress. In this regard, in several experimental studies, gold nanoparticles (AuNP) displayed antioxidant properties. We hypothesized that hypercholesterolemia causes redox system imbalance in the liver and cardiac tissues, and AuNP treatment could ameliorate it. Young adult male Swiss mice fed a regular rodent diet or a high cholesterol diet for eight weeks and concomitantly treated with AuNP (2.5 mu g/kg) or vehicle by oral gavage. Hypercholesterolemia increased the nitrite concentration and glutathione (GSH) levels and decreased the liver's superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity. Also, hypercholesterolemia significantly enhanced the reactive oxygen species (ROS) and GSH levels in cardiac tissue. Notably, AuNP promoted the redox system homeostasis, increasing the SOD activity in hepatic tissue and reducing ROS levels in cardiac tissue. Overall, our data showed that hypercholesterolemia triggered oxidative stress in mice's liver and heart, which was partially prevented by AuNP treatment.

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