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    Angiotensin IV improves spatial memory in streptozotocin?induced diabetic rats by reducing oxidative stress and altering BDNF levels
    (NCI CPTAC, 2021) Kılıç, Aysu; Üstunova, Savaş; Elibol, Birsen; Bulut, Huri; Meral, İsmail; Şahin, Gülderen
    In this study, we investigated the protective effects of angiotensin IV (Ang IV) on cognitive function in streptozotocin (STZ)?induced diabetic rats. Male Wistar albino rats, were randomly divided into four groups; control (C), diabetes (Dia, 60 mg/kg, STZ, i.p.), Ang IV (5 ?g/kg, s.c.) and Dia+Ang IV. The passive avoidance and Morris water maze (MWM) tests were used to evaluate learning and memory performance. Behavioral tests were carried out between 21 and 30 days after the initial Ang IV injection. Hippocampi were dissected and retained for biochemical and Western blot analysis. The Dia group exhibited the poorest behavioral results, while the Dia+Ang IV group performed highest on the MWM task. Superoxide dismutase, glutathione peroxidase, and malondialdehyde levels increased significantly in the Dia group compared to Dia+Ang IV. Brain?derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and N?methyl?D?aspartate levels were significantly elevated, while levels of GABAA significantly decreased, in the Dia+Ang IV group compared to the Dia group. These findings suggest that peripheral administration of Ang IV ameliorated spatial memory in diabetic rats by decreasing hippocampal oxidative stress and BDNF levels.
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    Beneficial effects of adipose-derived stromal vascular fraction on testicular injury caused by busulfan
    (Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2024) Hekimoglu, E. Rumeysa; Esrefoglu, Mukaddes; Karakaya Cimen, Fatma Bedia; Elibol, Birsen; Dedeakayogullari, Huri; Pasin, Ozge
    The use of stem cells can attenuate testicular injury and promote sperm production. The adipose-derived stromal vascular fraction (SVF) has become an attractive cell source for cell-based therapies. In this study, we aimed to investigate the therapeutic efficacy of SVF on busulfan-induced testicular damage in rats. Twenty-four male rats were randomly divided into control, busulfan, SVF, and busulfan + SVF groups. Testicular damage was induced by intraperitoneal administration of busulfan (35 mg/kg). SVF obtained from human adipose tissue using Lipocube SVF (TM) was injected into rats 5 weeks after busulfan administration. At the end of the 8th week, rats were sacrificed, and histopathological, biochemical, and western blotting analyses were performed. No harmful effects of SVF on healthy testis tissue and sperm parameters were detected. SVF improved busulfan-induced oxidative stress in both testis tissue and serum. SVF injection to damaged testicular tissue resulted in increases in the healthy spermatozoon numbers and decreases in the abnormal tail numbers. Additionally, SVF increased bax/Bcl, DAZL, and TGF-beta 1 levels whereas decreased ATG5 and NF-kB levels. According to the results we obtained in this study, we suggest that SVF is beneficial in restoring damaged tissue by primarily being a multipotent cell source, by inhibiting oxidative stress and converting necrotic cell death to apoptotic cell death. In the future, clinical applications should bring higher benefits. Since SVF is the patient's own tissue, being harmless, it will offer an advantageous supportive treatment option for patients already weakened by cancer and anticancer therapy.
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    Effects of Melatonin and Memantine Administration on The Learning and Memory Performances of Hypoxic Juvenile Rat Pups
    (YERKURE TANITIM & YAYINCILIK HIZMETLERI A S, 2020) Elibol, Birsen; Şahbaz, Çiğdem; Eyüboğlu, Siğnem; Çevreli, Burcu; Kılıç, Ulkan; Kılıç, Ertuğrul
    Objective: Herein, we aimed to investigate the long-term effects of neonatal hypoxia and the potential protective role of melatonin and memantine on the learning and memory. Methods: Seven-day-old rat underwent right carotid ligation, followed by hypoxia. Rat received Melatonin (MLT) (4 mg/kg), Memantine (MEM) (20 mg/kg), and MLT+MEM combination after hypoxia. We tested these rats for anxiety by elevated O-maze and for spatial learning and memory by Morris water maze (MWM) at postnatal day 45. Results: Hypoxia increased the level of anxiety compared to the control group (p=0.05) while treatment of MLT, MEM, and MLT+MEM ameliorated this effect. In addition, hypoxia produced significant decrease in spatial learning of the rats on the fourth day of training (P=0.05) and the percent time spent in the platform quadrant and the entrance frequencies to the platform quadrant compared to the control group (P=0.049 and P=0.023). Treatment of MLT, MEM, and MLT+MEM after hypoxia improved the performance of the rats at the third (P=0.686, P=0.876, P=0.977, respectively) and fourth day (P=0.738, P=0.553, P=0.789, respectively) of MWM training. The decrease in the percent time spent was ameliorated by the treatment of MLT (P=0.239), MEM (P=0.289), and MLT+MEM (P=0.567) compared to the control group. In addition, MLT treatment significantly increased the entrance frequency to the platform quadrant compared to the hypoxia group (P=0.020). Conclusion: Our data suggested that the MLT was more effective in the release of memory deficits from hypoxia-related damage. MLT might have a therapeutic value in improving hypoxic damage in the developing brain.
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    Exploring epigenetic modification of the stress-related FKBP5 gene in mice exposed to alcohol during early postnatal development
    (Elsevier inc., 2025) Dursun, İlknur; Korkmaz, Nur Damla; Fırtına, Sinem; Erkoyuncu, Muhammed Salih; Akbaş, Fahri; Elibol, Birsen
    Early developmental exposure to alcohol has been implicated in adverse effects on the brain, often associated with the onset of neurodevelopmental disorders. Moreover, maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy has been linked to the manifestation of mental health disorders, such as depression and anxiety, in subsequent generations. These mood disturbances may be attributed to alterations in protein expressions related to depression and anxiety within the hippocampus. While the precise mechanisms remain elusive, it is likely that pre- and postnatal exposure to alcohol induces changes in hippocampus, potentially through epigenetic modifications. The FKBP5 gene, known to modulate the stress response, is particularly relevant in this context. We postulate that alcohol-induced methylation of the FKBP5 gene disrupts HPA axis function, thereby prompting individuals to anxiety-like and depressive-like behaviors. To investigate this hypothesis, female C57BL/6 pups were subjected to early alcohol exposure via intubation with ethanol mixed in artificial milk from Postnatal Day 3 to Day 20. The intubation control pups were subjected to the same procedures without ethanol or milk, and a nonintubated control group included. Anxiety-like and depressive-like behaviors were assessed using the open field test, plus maze test, forced swim test, and tail suspension test when the pups reached 3 months of age. For epigenetic analysis of the FKBP5 gene, genomic DNA was isolated from hippocampal tissues and subjected to bisulfite conversion to distinguish methylated and unmethylated cytosines. Then, methylation-specific PCR was performed to assess methylation levels. Pups exposed to early postnatal alcohol exhibited increased levels of depression-like behavior and susceptibility to anxiety-like behavior during adolescence, as verified by behavioral assessments. Methylation profiling revealed higher rates of methylation within the stress-associated gene FKBP5 in both the early postnatal alcoholexposed cohort (13.82%) and the intubation control group (3.93%), in contrast to the control cohort devoid of stress or alcohol exposure. These findings suggest a potential epigenetic mechanism underlying the observed behavioral alterations, implicating FKBP5 methylation as a candidate mediator of the increased vulnerability to mood disorders following early postnatal alcohol exposure. (c) 2024 Elsevier Inc. All rights are reserved, including those for text and data mining, AI training, and similar technologies.
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    A low direct electrical signal attenuates oxidative stress and inflammation in septic rats
    (PMC, 2021) Üstünova, Savaş; Hacıosmanoğlu, Ebru; Bulut, Huri; Elibol, Birsen; Kılıç, Aysu; Hekimoğlu, Rümeysa
    Electrical stimulation is proposed to exert an antimicrobial effect according to studies performed using bacterial and cell cultures. Therefore, we investigated the effects of electrification on inflammation in septic rats. Twenty-eight male Wistar albino rats were divided into 4 groups: healthy control (C), electrified healthy (E), sepsis (S), and electrified sepsis (SE) groups. Staphylococcus aureus (1 x 109 colonies) in 1 ml of medium was intraperitoneally injected into rats to produce a sepsis model. The rats in the E and SE groups were exposed to a low direct electrical signal (300 Hz and 2.5 volts) for 40 min and 1 and 6 h after bacterial infection. Immediately after the second electrical signal application, blood and tissue samples of the heart, lung, and liver were collected. An antibacterial effect of a low direct electrical signal was observed in the blood of rats. The effects of electrical signals on ameliorating changes in the histological structure of tissues, blood pH, gases, viscosity and cell count, activities of some important enzymes, oxidative stress parameters, inflammation and tissue apoptosis were observed in the SE group compared to the S group. Low direct electrical signal application exerts antibacterial, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and antiapoptotic effects on septic rats due to the induction of electrolysis in body fluids without producing any tissue damage.
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    The structural effects of vitamin a deficiency on biological macromolecules due to ethanol consumption and withdrawal: An FTIR study with chemometrics
    (2022) Elibol, Birsen; Severcan, Mete; Jakubowska-Doğru, Ewa; Dursun, İlknur; Severcan, Feride
    The structural effects of vitamin A-deficiency were examined on the molecular profiles of biomolecules of male rat hippocampus during prolonged ethanol intake/withdrawal using FT-IR spectroscopy coupled with chemometrics. Liquid ethanol diet with/without vitamin A was maintained to adult rats for 3-months. The rats were decapitated at different ethanol withdrawal times and FT-IR spectra were obtained. Ethanol consumption/withdrawal produced significant changes in proteins' conformations, whilst having insignificant structural effects on lipids. In vitamin A deficiency, ethanol produced structural changes in lipids by lipid ordering especially in the early-ethanol withdrawal. Furthermore, an increase in lipid and protein content, saturated/unsaturated lipid ratio, a decrease in nucleic acids content and decrease in membrane fluidity were observed. These changes were less severe in the presence of Vitamin A. This study is clinically important for individuals with vitamin A deficiency because they have to be more cautious when consuming alcohol to protect themselves from cognitive dysfunctions.