期刊
NEUROCHEMISTRY INTERNATIONAL
卷 104, 期 -, 页码 11-26出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2016.12.010
关键词
Nonylphenol; Melatonin; Neurobehavioral toxicity; Rats; Hippocampus; Brain; Cortex
资金
- Department of Science and Technology, Government of India [SR/CSI/PDF-76/2012]
- Indian Council of Medical Research for a Research Associateship [82/2011 PHA/BMS]
- University Grants Commission, New Delhi, Government of India [30-1/2013(SA-II)/RA-2012-14GE-WES-2400]
Nonylphenol (NP), an environmental endocrine disruptor mimics estrogen and is a potential toxicant both under in vitro and in vivo conditions. In this study, the effect of melatonin on NP-induced neuro-toxicity and cognitive alteration was investigated in adult male Wistar rats. Melatonin supplementation has been known to protect cells from neurotoxic injury. The animals were divided into three groups namely, control (vehicle) which received olive oil orally and treated rats received NP (25 mg/kg, per os) thrice a week for 45 days while the third group i.e., NP + melatonin, animals were co-administered melatonin (10 mg/kg, i.p.) along with NP. On the 46th day, rats were assessed for anxiety, motor coordination, grip strength and cognitive performance using Morris water maze test and then sacrificed for biochemical and histopathological assays in brain tissues. Melatonin improved the behavioral performance in NP exposed group. The results showed that NP significantly decreased the activity of acetylcholine esterase (AchE), monoamine oxidase (MAO) and Na+/K+-ATPase, in rat brain tissue along with other enzymes of antioxidant milieu. The outcome of the study shows that NP, like other persistent endocrine disrupting pollutants, creates a potential risk of cognitive, neurochemical and histopathological perturbations as a result of environmental exposure. Taken together, our study demonstrates that melatonin is protective against NP-induced neurotoxicity. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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