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Fırat Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Veteriner Dergisi
2024, Cilt 38, Sayı 1, Sayfa(lar) 008-013
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The Protective Role of Enalapril on Kidney Functions in Fructose Induced Metabolic Syndrome in Rats
Bedrettin ORHAN1, Hasan GENÇOĞLU2, Özlem ÜÇER3, Necip İLHAN4, Kazım ŞAHİN5, Ayhan DOĞUKAN6
1Uludag University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology Bursa, TÜRKİYE
2Firat University, Faculty of Science, Department of Molecular Biology, Elazığ, TÜRKİYE
3Fırat University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Elazığ, TÜRKİYE
4Firat University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry, Elazığ, TÜRKİYE
5Firat University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Animal Nutrition Elazığ, TÜRKİYE
6Firat University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology Elazığ, TÜRKİYE
Keywords: Fruktoz, enalapril, sıçan

Metabolic syndrome is an entity characterized by insulin resistance, hyperinsulinemia, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and obesity. In experimental models of fructose-induced metabolic syndrome, hypertension, hypertriglyceridemia, and insulin resistance were seen in rats. Enalapril, an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor, inhibits the enzyme dipeptidyl carboxypeptidase, which hydrolyes angiotensin-I. This study aims to determine the potential protective roles of enalapril on kidney functions, plasma lipid levels, and some intracellular pathway markers in an experimental model of metabolic syndrome induced by fructose in rats. 28 Wistar albino male rats (8 weeks old) were included in this study, and they were divided into four equal groups. Rats were sacrificed after eight weeks. Blood samples were taken for kidney and liver function tests and lipid levels; kidney tissue samples were collected for Western blot analysis. Transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB), interleukin-6 (IL-6), and mothers against decapentaplegic-3 (SMAD-3) protein levels were quantified by Western blotting. Administration of enalapril on high fructose-fed rats showed significant improvement in serum glucose, total cholesterol (TC), low density lipoprotien (LDL), triglyceride, aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), and creatinine levels but did not affect high density lipoprotein (HDL) and blood urea nitrogen (BUN) parameters. Administration of enalapril on high fructose-fed rats caused a decrease in TGF-β, IL-6, and SMAD-3 protein levels but did not affect NF-κB, TNF-α. In conclusion, feeding with high fructose causes aggravative and destructive effects on kidney and liver function tests, but enalapril administration showed significant improvement in these parameters.

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