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Modulatory effects of melatonin and vitamin  C on oxidative stress-mediated haemolytic anaemia and associated cardiovascular dysfunctions in rats

  • Temitayo Olabisi Ajibade , Ademola Adetokunbo Oyagbemi EMAIL logo , Ladoke A. Durotoye , Temidayo Olutayo Omóbòwálé , Ebunoluwa Racheal Asenuga and Funsho Olakitike Olayemi

Abstract

Background

Phenylhydrazine (PHE) in experimental animal models has been widely reported to cause haemolytic anaemia, via the induction of oxidative stress and thus causing deleterious cardiovascular complications. Hence, this study was designed to evaluate the possible modulatory role of melatonin (MLT) or vitamin C when co-administered with PHE.

Methods

Anaemia was established with PHE administration. MLT or vitamin C was co-administered with PHE. Haematological parameters, markers of oxidative stress, enzymic and non-enzymic antioxidants, blood pressure and electrocardiograms were assessed.

Results

PHE administration led to a significant (p<0.05) increase in malondialdehyde (MDA), and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) generated in cardiac, renal and red blood cell (RBC) lysates. PHE also significantly reduced the activity of glutathione peroxidase (GPx), superoxide dismutase (SOD) and reduced glutathione (GSH) contents, respectively. The RBC counts, haemoglobin (Hb) concentration and packed cell volume (PCV) were also significantly reduced following the administration of PHE. Furthermore, the systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP) and mean arterial blood pressure (MABP) increased significantly in rats administered PHE alone. Similarly, PHE administration led to a significant drop in heart rate but prolonged QRS, QT and QTc interval. Pathology of the heart and kidney was also observed in PHE treated group. However, treatment with MLT and vitamin C improved enzymic and non-enzymic antioxidant system together with the restoration of SBP, DBP and MABP to near normal. The architectural anarchy observed in the heart and kidney of PHE administered rats was reversed to some extent.

Conclusions

Hence, MLT and vitamin C could be employed as therapeutic targets in various cardiovascular diseases and its complications.

  1. Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.

  2. Research funding: The study was supported by Tehran University of Medical Sciences; grant number: 10509.

  3. Employment or leadership: None declared.

  4. Honorarium: The authors received no honorarium.

  5. Competing interests: The funding organization(s) played no role in the study design; in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; in the writing of the report; or in the decision to submit the report for publication.

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Received: 2015-9-25
Accepted: 2016-8-15
Published Online: 2017-2-25

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