Effect of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Agonists on Serum Inflammatory Markers in Diabetic Rats

Document Type : Original Article(s)

Authors

1 Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

2 Assistant professor, Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran

3 Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

Abstract

Background: Inflammation had a key role in several pathological conditions including atherosclerosis. Previous studies indicated that the proxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPAR) are involved in numerous physiological and pathological conditions. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of PPAR agonists including PPARα (fenofibrate), PPARβ/δ (GW0742), PPARγ (rosiglitazone) and pan PPAR (bezafibrate) administration on serum high-sensitive C-reactive protein (hsCRP) and interleukine-6 (IL-6) in male diabetic rats.Methods: The male Wistar rats were received streptozotocin for induction of type I diabetes. Then, they were randomly divided into five groups: diabetic, diabetic + fenofibrate (100 mg/kg/day; gavage), diabetic + GW0742 (1 mg/kg/day, subcutaneous), diabetic + rosiglitazone (8 mg/kg/day; gavage) and diabetic + bezafibrate (400mg/kg/day; gavage). After 21 days, the serum levels of hsCRP and IL-6 were measured using the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) kits.Findings: Administration of different PPAR agonists did not alter serum hsCRP and IL-6 concentrations in diabetic animals.Conclusion: It seems that changes of serum inflammatory markers are not responsible for effects of PPARs agonist in atherosclerosis process and other mechanisms should be studied.

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