El-Sayyad Hassan I, Abou-El-Naga Amoura M, Gadallah Abdelalim A, Bakr Iman H
Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University Egypt.
Int J Clin Exp Med. 2010 Jun 10;3(2):152-63.
Sixty fertile female and male albino rats of Wistar strain (I male/ 3 females) were used in the present study. The females were divided into four groups of ten rats each. Group 1 received water and standard feeds for thirty-four days. Group 2 was fed with a cholesterol-containing diet (1%) for two weeks prior to onset of gestation and maintained administration till parturition, produce atherosclerosis (34 days). Group 3 received intragastric administration of 100mg homogenate of garlic (Allium sativum)/kg body weight for three weeks prior to onset of gestation as well as throughout the gestation period. Group 4 intragastrically administered garlic for one week of group B and maintained with combined garlic-treatment for the mentioned period. At parturition, the pregnant were sacrificed and serum total cholesterol (TCL), triglycerides (TG), HDL, LDL and creatine kinase activity (CK) were determined. The total numbers of offspring were recorded and examined morphological for congenital abnormalities. Biopsies of heart and dorsal aorta of both pregnant and their offspring (1 day-age) were processed for investigation at light and transmission electron microscopy. The skeleton of the newborn of different experimental groups were stained with alizarin red s and mor-phometric assessment of mandibular and appendicular bone length. The study revealed that the myocardium of atherosclerotic mother exhibited leuhkocytic inflammatory cell infiltration associated with necrosis, eosinophilia of myocardiai fibers, and edema of blood vessels. Ultrastructural studies revealed swelling of mitochondria, disruption of cristae in the myocardiai muscle fibers. The dorsal aorta possessed accumulation of extra-cellular lipid in intima lining of endothelium. The collagenous fibrils in the tunica adventitia became fragile and loosely separated from each other. Numerous foamy lipid loaden cells were detected within the tunica intima causing deterioration of the elastic fibers, resulting in fibrinoid necrosis. Oral supplementation with Allium sativum (100 mg/ kg) ameliorated these effects in myocardium muscle of mothers and offspring; however the dorsal aorta of mothers showed partial amelioration. Hypercholesterolemic mothers exhibited marked alterations in serum TCL, TG, LDL and CK activity. Supplementation with Allium sativum ameliorated the drastic biochemical alterations. Concerning pregnancy, hypercholesterolemia increased the incidence of abortion and abnormalities of the newborn including decreased body weight, reduced ossification of axial (mandible) and appendicular bones. All these effects were markedly ameliorated by supplementation with Allium sativum. The author finally concluded that hypercholesterolemia exhibits pathological alterations of myocardiai muscles reducing its optimal capacity for pumping blood to different body organs along with atherosclerosis of dorsal aorta which intern affect the progress of gestation and development of both morphological and skeletal abnormalities. Allium sativum-supplementation leads to amelioration of both mother and their offspring investigated parameters as a result of its antioxidant activity.
本研究使用了60只Wistar品系的育龄白化病雌雄大鼠(1只雄性/3只雌性)。雌性大鼠被分为四组,每组10只。第1组在34天内给予水和标准饲料。第2组在妊娠开始前两周喂食含胆固醇的饮食(1%),并持续给药至分娩,引发动脉粥样硬化(34天)。第3组在妊娠开始前3周以及整个妊娠期内,通过胃内给药给予100mg大蒜(大蒜)匀浆/kg体重。第4组在第2组的基础上胃内给予大蒜1周,并在上述期间维持联合大蒜治疗。分娩时,处死怀孕大鼠,测定血清总胆固醇(TCL)、甘油三酯(TG)、高密度脂蛋白(HDL)、低密度脂蛋白(LDL)和肌酸激酶活性(CK)。记录后代总数,并对先天性异常进行形态学检查。对怀孕大鼠及其后代(1日龄)的心脏和背主动脉进行活检,用于光镜和透射电镜检查。用茜素红S对不同实验组新生大鼠的骨骼进行染色,并对下颌骨和附属骨长度进行形态计量学评估。研究表明,动脉粥样硬化母亲的心肌表现出白细胞炎性细胞浸润,伴有坏死、心肌纤维嗜酸性变和血管水肿。超微结构研究显示线粒体肿胀,心肌肌纤维嵴断裂。背主动脉在内皮内膜有细胞外脂质积聚。外膜中的胶原纤维变得脆弱,彼此松散分离。在内膜中检测到大量充满泡沫脂质的细胞,导致弹性纤维退化,从而导致纤维蛋白样坏死。口服补充大蒜(100mg/kg)可改善母亲和后代心肌的这些影响;然而,母亲的背主动脉仅部分改善。高胆固醇血症母亲的血清TCL、TG、LDL和CK活性有明显改变。补充大蒜可改善这些剧烈的生化改变。关于妊娠,高胆固醇血症增加了流产和新生儿异常的发生率,包括体重减轻、轴向(下颌骨)和附属骨骨化减少。补充大蒜可明显改善所有这些影响。作者最后得出结论,高胆固醇血症表现为心肌的病理改变,降低了其向不同身体器官泵血的最佳能力,同时伴有背主动脉粥样硬化,这反过来又影响妊娠进程以及形态和骨骼异常的发育。补充大蒜由于其抗氧化活性,可改善母亲及其后代的各项研究参数。