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AL-AZHAR ASSIUT MEDICAL JOURNAL
كلية طب ازهر اسيوط
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Background and study aim: Metabolic disorders are the result of an abnormal production of certain
proteins which are essential for the metabolic homeostasis like osteocalcin (OCN) which is vital for bone
formation. Although OCN is strongly linked to metabolic dysfunctions, its neurovascular protective effect
and its metabolic effect on glucose and lipid are still unclear.
Material and Methods: 40 adult male albino rats were randomly assigned to one of four equal groups:
These groups are normal control, OCN treated, diabetic, and OCN treated diabetic groups. At the end of
the experiment, serum glucose and insulin, HOMA IR, serum total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG),
low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-c), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-c), atherogenic
index (AI), systolic and diastolic blood pressure (bp), malondialdehyde (MDA), interleukins 1 and IL10
were assessed. Nerves conduction (NC) velocities of the dissected sciatic nerves were measured; in
addition to histological examination of aortic and the sciatic nerve specimens.
Results: The sciatic nerve and aorta of the diabetic rats demonstrated structural changes correlated with the
significantly higher insulin resistance, MDA, IL1 serum TC, TG, LDL-c, AI, systolic and diastolic bp
and the significantly lower IL10 and HDL-c than other groups. The OCN treated group showed
improvement in NC velocities; metabolic, oxidative stress inflammatory markers and histological
appearance of of sciatic and aortic specimens.
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