The role of vitamin A in preventing fetal injuries caused by injection of Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharide in the rat
Subject Areas : Veterinary Clinical PathologyAref Delkhosh 1 , Masoud Delashoub 2 , Mansoor Khakpour 3
1 - - D.V.M. Graduate, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran.
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Basic Sciences , Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran.
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran.
Keywords: Antioxidant, Vitamin A, Lipopolysaccharide, Escherichia coli, Fetal injury,
Abstract :
Lipopolysaccharides (LPS) induce adverse fetal development including intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR), intrauterine fetal death (IUFD), embryonic resorption and preterm delivery which are all related to LPS-induced oxidative stress. This study aimed to investigate the protective role of vitamin A against LPS induced fetal defects in the rat. In this study, 48 pregnant female rats were divided into 4 groups. On days 15 to 17 of pregnancy, 75 mg/kg of E. coli LPS was injected intraperitoneally in groups 1 and 2 the second and third groups received 100 mg/kg of vitamin A intramuscularly a week before injection of LPS. The fourth group was the control group and placebo was injected to simulate injection stress. On the 18th day, all rats were euthanized. The number of live and dead fetuses and resorption sites was counted. Live fetuses in each litter were weighed, crown-rump and tail lengths measured and skeletal development was evaluated. In addition, maternal liver, placenta, and fetal liver samples were excised for measurement of MDA and GSH contents. The results showed that administration of LPS significantly increased fetal mortality, decreased fetal weight and crown-rump and tail lengths of live fetuses and retarded skeletal ossification in caudal vertebrae, anterior and posterior phalanges and supraoccipital bone. Our study showed that co-treatment of vitamin A and LPS could decrease LPS induced defects and improve injuries indicating the preventive effects of vitamin A against LPS induced injuries during fetal development.
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Thébaud, B., Tibboel, D., Rambaud, C., Mercier, J.C., Bourbon, J.R., Dinh-Xuan, A.T., et al. (1999). Vitamin A decreases the incidence and severity of nitrofen-induced congenital diaphragmatic hernia in rats. American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, 277(2): L423-L429.
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Zobali, F., Avci, A., Canbolat, O. and Karasu, Ç. (2002). Effects of vitamin A and insulin on the antioxidative state of diabetic rat heart: A comparison study with combination treatment. Cell Biochemistry and Function, 20(2): 75-80.
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Altavilla, D., Squadrito, G., Minutoli, L., Deodato, B., Bova, A., Sardella, A., et al. (2002). Inhibition of nuclear factor-κb Activation by Irfi 042, protects against endotoxin-induced shock. Cardiovascular Research, 54(3): 684-693.
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Bautista, A.P., Meszaros, K., Bojta, J. and Spitzer, J.J. (1990). Superoxide anion generation in the liver during the early stage of endotoxemia in rats. Journal of Leukocyte Biology, 48(2): 123-128.
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Block, G., Jensen, C.D., Morrow, J.D., Holland, N., Norkus, E.P., Milne, G.L., et al. (2008). The effect of vitamins C and E on biomarkers of oxidative stress depends on baseline level. Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 45(4): 377-384.
Buhimschi, I.A., Buhimschi, C.S. and Weiner, C.P. (2003). Protective effect of N-acetylcysteine against fetal death and preterm labor induced by maternal inflammation. American Journal of Obstetrics And Gynecology, 188(1): 203-208.
Cadenas, E. and Packer, L. (1996): Handbook of Antioxidants. Marcel Dekker Inc, 3(6): 205-284.
Carey, L.C., Berbée, P.L., Coyle, P., Philcox, J.C. and Rofe, A.M. (2003). Zinc treatment prevents lipopolysaccharide-induced teratogenicity in mice. Birth Defects Research Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology, 67(4): 240-245.
Chaouat, G., Menu, E., Clark, D., Dy, M., Minkowski, M. and Wegmann, T. (1990). Control of fetal survival in Cba× Dba/2 mice by lymphokine therapy. Journal of Reproduction and Fertility, 89(2): 447-458.
Chen, Y.H., Wang, J.P., Wang, H., Sun, M.F., Wei, L.Z., Wei, W., et al. (2005). Lipopolysaccharide treatment downregulates the expression of the pregnane X receptor, Cyp3a11 and Mdr1a genes in mouse placenta. Toxicology, 211(3): 242-252.
Coe, C.L., Kramer, M., Kirschbaum, C., Netter, P. and Fuchs, E. (2002). Prenatal stress diminishes the cytokine response of leukocytes to endotoxin stimulation in juvenile rhesus monkeys. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 87(2): 675-681.
Coid, C. (1976). Bacterial endotoxin and impaired fetal development. Experientia, 32(6): 735-736.
Collins, J., Smith, M., Arnold, R.R. and Offenbacher, S. (1994). Effects of Escherichia coli and Porphyromonas gingivalis lipopolysaccharide on pregnancy outcome in the golden hamster. Infection and Immunity, 62(10): 4652-4655.
Cottrell, E.C. and Seckl, J. (2009). Prenatal Stress, glucocorticoids and the programming of adult disease. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 3: 19.
Coyle, P., Tran, N., Fung, J.N., Summers, B.L. and Rofe, A.M. (2009). Maternal dietary zinc supplementation prevents aberrant behaviour in an object recognition task in mice offspring exposed to LPS in early pregnancy. Behavioural brain research, 197(1): 210-218.
Delashoub, M. and Khojasteh, S.M.B. (2012). An Investigation on protective effects of vitamin E against Lipopolysaccharide-induced fetal injuries in rat. Advances in Environmental Biology, 6(8): 2274-2279.
Fukui, H., Brauner, B., Bode, J.C. and Bode, C. (1991). Plasma endotoxin concentrations in patients with alcoholic and non-alcoholic liver disease: reevaluation with an improved chromogenic assay. Journal of Hepatology, 12(2): 162-169.
Gendron, R., Nestel, F., Lapp, W. and Baines, M. (1990). Lipopolysaccharide-Induced fetal resorption in mice is associated with the intrauterine production of tumour necrosis factor-alpha. Journal of Reproduction and Fertility, 90(2): 395-402.
Gibbs, R.S. and Duff, P. (1991). Progress in Pathogenesis and management of clinical intraamniotic infection. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 164(5): 1317-1326.
Gonzalez-Reyes, S., Martinez, L., Martinez-Calonge, W., Fernandez-Dumont, V. and Tovar, J.A. (2006). Effects of antioxidant vitamins on molecular regulators involved in lung hypoplasia induced by nitrofen. Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 41(8): 1446-1452.
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Haddad, E., Duclos, A. and Baines, M. (1995). Early embryo loss is associated with local production of nitric oxide by decidual mononuclear cells. The Journal of experimental Medicine, 182(4): 1143-1151.
Hillier, S., Martius, J., Krohn, M., Kiviat, N., Holmes, K. and Eschenbach, D. (1989). A case-control study of chorioamnionic infection and histologic chorioamnionitis in prematurity. International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 29(1): 96-97.
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Kaya, H., Sezik, M., Ozkaya, O., Dittrich, R., Siebzehnrubl, E. and Wildt, L. (2004). Lipid peroxidation at various estradiol concentrations in human circulation during ovarian stimulation with exogenous gonadotropins. Hormone and Metabolic Research, 36(10): 693-695.
Lanning, J., Hilbelink, D. and Chen, L. (1983). Teratogeneic effects of endotoxin on the golden hamster. Teratogenesis, Carcinogenesis and Mutagenesis, 3(2): 145-149.
Li, X.J., Zhang, G.X., Sun, N., Sun, Y., Yang, L.Z. and Du, Y.J. (2013). Protective effects of erythropoietin on endotoxin-related organ injury in rats. Journal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 33(5): 680-686.
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Ogando, D.G., Paz, M. and Franchi, A.M. (2003). The functional role of increased production of nitric oxide in lipopolysaccharide induced embryonic resorption in mice. Reproduction, 125(1): 95-110.
O'sullivan, A., Dore, C., Boyle, S., Coid, C. and Johnson, A. (1988). The effect of campylobacter lipopolysaccharide on fetal development in the mouse. Journal of Medical Microbiology, 26(2): 101-105.
Parra, T., de Arriba, G., Conejo, J.R., Cantero, M., Arribas, I., Rodríguez-Puyol, D., et al. (1998). Effect of vitamin E on cyclosporine nephrotoxicity. Transplantation, 66(10): 1325-1329.
Parant, M. and Chedid, L. (1964). Protective Effect of Chlorpromazine against endotoxin-induced abortion. Experimental Biology and Medicine, 116(4): 906-909.
Raetz, C.R., Ulevitch, R.J., Wright, S., Sibley, C., Ding, A. and Nathan, C. (1991). Gram-negative endotoxin: An extraordinary lipid with profound effects on eukaryotic signal transduction. The FASEB Journal, 5(12): 2652-2660.
Rauscher, F.M., Sanders, R.A. and Watkins, J.B. (2001). Effects of coenzyme Q10 treatment on antioxidant pathways in normal and streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology, 15(1): 41-46.
Rietschel, E.T., Kirikae, T., Schade, F.U., Mamat, U., Schmidt, G., Loppnow, H., et al. (1994). Bacterial endotoxin: Molecular relationships of structure to activity and function. The FASEB Journal, 8(2): 217-225.
Rivera, D., Olister, S., Liu, X., Thompson, J., Zhang, X., Pennline, K., et al. (1998). Interleukin-10 attenuates experimental fetal growth restriction and demise. The FASEB Journal, 12(2): 189-197.
Rizzardini, M., Carelli, M., Porras, M.C. and Cantoni, L. (1994). Mechanisms of endotoxin-induced haem oxygenase M-RNA accumulation in mouse liver: Synergism by glutathione depletion and protection by N-acetylcysteine. Biochemical Journal, 304(2): 477-483.
Rizzardini, M., Zappone, M., Villa, P., Gnocchi, P., Sironi, M., Diomede, L., et al. (1998). Kupffer cell depletion partially prevents hepatic heme oxygenase 1 messenger RNA accumulation in systemic inflammation in mice: Role of interleukin 1β. Hepatology, 27(3): 703-710.
Romero, R., Roslansky, P., Oyarzun, E., Wan, M., Emamian, M., Novitsky, T.J., et al. (1988). Labor and infection. II. Bacterial endotoxin in amniotic fluid and its relationship to the onset of preterm labor. Labor and Infection, 158(5): 1044-1049.
Rondo, P., Ferreira, R., Nogueira, F., Ribeiro, M., Lobert, H. and Artes, R. (2003). Maternal psychological stress and distress as predictors of low birth weight, prematurity and intrauterine growth retardation. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 57(2): 266-272.
Savitha, S., Tamilselvan, J., Anusuyadevi, M. and Panneerselvam, C. (2005). Oxidative stress on mitochondrial antioxidant defense system in the aging process: role of DL-alpha-lipoic acid and L-carnitine. Internationla Journal of Clinical Chemistry, 355(1-2): 173-180.
Silver, R.M., Edwin, S.S., Trautman, M.S., Simmons, D.L., Branch, D.W., Dudley, D.J., et al. (1995). Production of a newly recognized form of inducible cyclooxygenase (COX-2) in murine decidua in response to lipopolysaccharide. Journal of Clinical Investigation, 95(2): 725-731.
Silver, R.M., Edwin, S.S., Umar, F., Dudley, D.J., Branch, D.W. and Mitchell, M.D. (1997). Bacterial lipopolysaccharide-mediated murine fetal death: The role of interleukin-1. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 176(3): 544-549.
Talge, N.M., Neal, C. and Glover, V. (2007). Antenatal maternal stress and long-term effects on child neurodevelopment: How and why? Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 48(3-4): 245-261.
Thébaud, B., Tibboel, D., Rambaud, C., Mercier, J.C., Bourbon, J.R., Dinh-Xuan, A.T., et al. (1999). Vitamin A decreases the incidence and severity of nitrofen-induced congenital diaphragmatic hernia in rats. American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, 277(2): L423-L429.
Welberg, L.A. and Seckl, J.R. (2001). Prenatal Stress, Glucocorticoids and the programming of the brain. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 13(2): 113-128.
Xu, D.X., Chen, Y.H., Wang, H., Zhao, L., Wang, J.P. and Wei, W. (2006). Tumor necrosis factor alpha partially contributes to lipopolysaccharide-induced intra-uterine fetal growth restriction and skeletal development retardation in mice. Toxicology Letters, 163(1): 20-29.
Xu, D.X., Chen, Y.H., Zhao, L., Wang, H. and Wei, W. (2006). Reactive oxygen species are involved in lipopolysaccharide-induced intrauterine growth restriction and skeletal development retardation in mice. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 196(6): 1714-1707.
Yuan-Hua, C.H., De-Xiang, X., Lei, Z.H., Hua, W., Jian-Ping, W., Wei, W., et al. (2006). Ascorbic acid protects against lipopolysaccharide-induced intra-uterine fetal death and intra-uterine growth retardation in mice. Toxicology, 217(1): 39-45.
Zobali, F., Avci, A., Canbolat, O. and Karasu, Ç. (2002). Effects of vitamin A and insulin on the antioxidative state of diabetic rat heart: A comparison study with combination treatment. Cell Biochemistry and Function, 20(2): 75-80.
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