Beneficial effects of TQRF and TQ nano- and conventional emulsions on memory deficit, lipid peroxidation, total antioxidant status, antioxidants genes expression and soluble Ab levels in high fat-cholesterol diet-induced rats

The study determined the effect of thymoquinone rich fraction (TQRF) and thymoquinone (TQ) in the forms of nano- and conventional emulsions on learning and memory, lipid peroxidation, total antioxidant status, antioxidants genes expression and soluble β-amyloid (Aβ) levels in rats fed with a high fa...

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Main Authors: Ismail, Norsharina, Ismail, Maznah, Azmi, Nur Hanisah, Abu Bakar, Muhammad Firdaus, Yida, Zhang, Stanslas, Johnson, Sani, Dahiru, Basri, Hamidon
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier Ireland Ltd 2017
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/60990/1/Beneficial%20effects%20of%20TQRF%20and%20TQ%20nano-%20and%20conventional%20emulsions%20on%20memory%20deficit%2C%20lipid%20peroxidation%2C%20total%20antioxidant%20status%2C%20antioxidants%20genes%20expression%20and%20soluble%20Ab%20levels%20in%20high%20fat-cholesterol%20diet-induced%20rats.pdf
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author Ismail, Norsharina
Ismail, Maznah
Azmi, Nur Hanisah
Abu Bakar, Muhammad Firdaus
Yida, Zhang
Stanslas, Johnson
Sani, Dahiru
Basri, Hamidon
author_facet Ismail, Norsharina
Ismail, Maznah
Azmi, Nur Hanisah
Abu Bakar, Muhammad Firdaus
Yida, Zhang
Stanslas, Johnson
Sani, Dahiru
Basri, Hamidon
author_sort Ismail, Norsharina
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description The study determined the effect of thymoquinone rich fraction (TQRF) and thymoquinone (TQ) in the forms of nano- and conventional emulsions on learning and memory, lipid peroxidation, total antioxidant status, antioxidants genes expression and soluble β-amyloid (Aβ) levels in rats fed with a high fat-cholesterol diet (HFCD). The TQRF was extracted from Nigella sativa seeds using a supercritical fluid extraction system and prepared into nanoemulsion, which later named as TQRF nanoemulsion (TQRFNE). Meanwhile, TQ was acquired commercially and prepared into thymoquinone nanoemulsion (TQNE). The TQRF and TQ conventional emulsions (CE), named as TQRFCE and TQCE, respectively were studied for comparison. Statin (simvastatin) and non-statin (probucol) cholesterol-lowering agents, and a mild-to-severe Alzheimer's disease drug (donepezil) were served as control drugs. The Sprague Dawley rats were fed with HFCD for 6 months, and treated with the intervention groups via oral gavage daily for the last 3 months. As a result, HFCD-fed rats exhibited hypercholesterolaemia, accompanied by memory deficit, increment of lipid peroxidation and soluble Aβ levels, decrement of total antioxidant status and down-regulation of antioxidants genes expression levels. TQRFNE demonstrated comparable effects to the other intervention groups and control drugs in serum biomarkers as well as in the learning and memory test. Somehow, TQRFNE was more prominent than those intervention groups and control drugs in brain biomarkers concomitant to gene and protein expression levels. Supplementation of TQRFNE into an HFCD thus could ameliorate memory deficit, lipid peroxidation and soluble Aβ levels as well as improving the total antioxidant status and antioxidants genes expression levels.
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spelling upm.eprints-609902019-01-31T06:36:13Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/60990/ Beneficial effects of TQRF and TQ nano- and conventional emulsions on memory deficit, lipid peroxidation, total antioxidant status, antioxidants genes expression and soluble Ab levels in high fat-cholesterol diet-induced rats Ismail, Norsharina Ismail, Maznah Azmi, Nur Hanisah Abu Bakar, Muhammad Firdaus Yida, Zhang Stanslas, Johnson Sani, Dahiru Basri, Hamidon The study determined the effect of thymoquinone rich fraction (TQRF) and thymoquinone (TQ) in the forms of nano- and conventional emulsions on learning and memory, lipid peroxidation, total antioxidant status, antioxidants genes expression and soluble β-amyloid (Aβ) levels in rats fed with a high fat-cholesterol diet (HFCD). The TQRF was extracted from Nigella sativa seeds using a supercritical fluid extraction system and prepared into nanoemulsion, which later named as TQRF nanoemulsion (TQRFNE). Meanwhile, TQ was acquired commercially and prepared into thymoquinone nanoemulsion (TQNE). The TQRF and TQ conventional emulsions (CE), named as TQRFCE and TQCE, respectively were studied for comparison. Statin (simvastatin) and non-statin (probucol) cholesterol-lowering agents, and a mild-to-severe Alzheimer's disease drug (donepezil) were served as control drugs. The Sprague Dawley rats were fed with HFCD for 6 months, and treated with the intervention groups via oral gavage daily for the last 3 months. As a result, HFCD-fed rats exhibited hypercholesterolaemia, accompanied by memory deficit, increment of lipid peroxidation and soluble Aβ levels, decrement of total antioxidant status and down-regulation of antioxidants genes expression levels. TQRFNE demonstrated comparable effects to the other intervention groups and control drugs in serum biomarkers as well as in the learning and memory test. Somehow, TQRFNE was more prominent than those intervention groups and control drugs in brain biomarkers concomitant to gene and protein expression levels. Supplementation of TQRFNE into an HFCD thus could ameliorate memory deficit, lipid peroxidation and soluble Aβ levels as well as improving the total antioxidant status and antioxidants genes expression levels. Elsevier Ireland Ltd 2017 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/60990/1/Beneficial%20effects%20of%20TQRF%20and%20TQ%20nano-%20and%20conventional%20emulsions%20on%20memory%20deficit%2C%20lipid%20peroxidation%2C%20total%20antioxidant%20status%2C%20antioxidants%20genes%20expression%20and%20soluble%20Ab%20levels%20in%20high%20fat-cholesterol%20diet-induced%20rats.pdf Ismail, Norsharina and Ismail, Maznah and Azmi, Nur Hanisah and Abu Bakar, Muhammad Firdaus and Yida, Zhang and Stanslas, Johnson and Sani, Dahiru and Basri, Hamidon (2017) Beneficial effects of TQRF and TQ nano- and conventional emulsions on memory deficit, lipid peroxidation, total antioxidant status, antioxidants genes expression and soluble Ab levels in high fat-cholesterol diet-induced rats. Chemico-Biological Interactions, 275. 61 - 73. ISSN 0009-2797 10.1016/j.cbi.2017.07.014
spellingShingle Ismail, Norsharina
Ismail, Maznah
Azmi, Nur Hanisah
Abu Bakar, Muhammad Firdaus
Yida, Zhang
Stanslas, Johnson
Sani, Dahiru
Basri, Hamidon
Beneficial effects of TQRF and TQ nano- and conventional emulsions on memory deficit, lipid peroxidation, total antioxidant status, antioxidants genes expression and soluble Ab levels in high fat-cholesterol diet-induced rats
title Beneficial effects of TQRF and TQ nano- and conventional emulsions on memory deficit, lipid peroxidation, total antioxidant status, antioxidants genes expression and soluble Ab levels in high fat-cholesterol diet-induced rats
title_full Beneficial effects of TQRF and TQ nano- and conventional emulsions on memory deficit, lipid peroxidation, total antioxidant status, antioxidants genes expression and soluble Ab levels in high fat-cholesterol diet-induced rats
title_fullStr Beneficial effects of TQRF and TQ nano- and conventional emulsions on memory deficit, lipid peroxidation, total antioxidant status, antioxidants genes expression and soluble Ab levels in high fat-cholesterol diet-induced rats
title_full_unstemmed Beneficial effects of TQRF and TQ nano- and conventional emulsions on memory deficit, lipid peroxidation, total antioxidant status, antioxidants genes expression and soluble Ab levels in high fat-cholesterol diet-induced rats
title_short Beneficial effects of TQRF and TQ nano- and conventional emulsions on memory deficit, lipid peroxidation, total antioxidant status, antioxidants genes expression and soluble Ab levels in high fat-cholesterol diet-induced rats
title_sort beneficial effects of tqrf and tq nano and conventional emulsions on memory deficit lipid peroxidation total antioxidant status antioxidants genes expression and soluble ab levels in high fat cholesterol diet induced rats
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/60990/1/Beneficial%20effects%20of%20TQRF%20and%20TQ%20nano-%20and%20conventional%20emulsions%20on%20memory%20deficit%2C%20lipid%20peroxidation%2C%20total%20antioxidant%20status%2C%20antioxidants%20genes%20expression%20and%20soluble%20Ab%20levels%20in%20high%20fat-cholesterol%20diet-induced%20rats.pdf
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