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. 2022 Sep;27(5):545-560.
doi: 10.1007/s12192-022-01291-z. Epub 2022 Aug 11.

Prophylactic role of olive fruit extract against cigarette smoke-induced oxidative stress in Sprague-Dawley rats

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Prophylactic role of olive fruit extract against cigarette smoke-induced oxidative stress in Sprague-Dawley rats

Urwa Tariq et al. Cell Stress Chaperones. 2022 Sep.

Abstract

Cigarette smoke exposure increases the production of free radicals leading to initiation of several pathological conditions by triggering the oxidative stress and inflammatory cascade. Olive fruit owing to its unique phytochemical composition possesses antioxidant, immune modulatory, and anti-inflammatory potential. Considering the compositional alterations in olive fruits during ripening, the current experimental trail was designed to investigate the prophylactic role of green and black olives against the oxidative stress induced by cigarette smoke exposure in rats. Purposely, rats were divided into five different groups: NC (negative control; normal diet), PC [positive control; normal diet + smoke exposure (SE)], drug (normal diet + SE + citalopram), GO (normal diet + SE + green olive extract), and BO (normal diet + SE + black olive extract). Rats of all groups were exposed to cigarette smoke except "NC" and were sacrificed for collection of blood and organs after 28 days of experimental trial. The percent reduction in total oxidative stress by citalopram and green and black olive extracts in serum was 29.72, 58.69, and 57.97%, respectively, while the total antioxidant capacity increased by 30.78, 53.94, and 43.98%, accordingly in comparison to PC. Moreover, malondialdehyde (MDA) was reduced by 29.63, 42.59, and 45.70% in drug, GO, and BO groups, respectively. Likewise, green and black olive extracts reduced the leakage of hepatic enzymes in sera, alkaline phosphatase (ALP) by 23.44 and 25.80% and 35.62 and 37.61%, alanine transaminase (ALT) by 42.68 and 24.39% and 51.04 and 35.41%, and aspartate transaminase (AST) by 31.51 and 16.07% and 40.50 and 27.09% from PC and drug group, respectively. Additionally, olive extracts also maintained the antioxidant pool, i.e., superoxide dismutase, catalase, and glutathione in serum. Furthermore, histological examination revealed that olive extracts prevented the cigarette smoke-induced necrosis, pyknotic alterations, and congestion in the lung, hepatic, and renal parenchyma. Besides, gene expression analysis revealed that olive extracts and citalopram decreased the brain and lung damage caused by stress-induced upregulation of NRF-2 and MAPK signaling pathways. Hence, it can be concluded that olives (both green and black) can act as promising antioxidant in alleviating the cigarette smoke-induced oxidative stress.

Keywords: Antioxidants; Cigarette smoke; Extract; Olives; Oxidative stress; Prophylactic.

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a Experimental model, b set-up for cigarette smoke
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Hepatic stress biomarkers of experimental rats. Bars with different letters varied significantly. a Alanine transaminase, b aspartate transaminase, c alkaline phosphatase, d bilirubin
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a, b Total antioxidant capacity and total oxidative stress of experimental rats, a TAC, b TOS; c, d renal stress biomarkers of experimental rats, c urea, d creatinine; bars with different letters varied significantly
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Serum-specific oxidative stress markers of experimental rats. Bars with different letters varied significantly. a Superoxide dismutase, b catalase, c glutathione, d MDA
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Histopathological indications of lung parenchyma (H&E 10 ×). (NC) Negative control, (PC) positive control, (drug) standard drug, (GO) green olive, (BO) black olive
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Histopathological indications of hepatic parenchyma (H&E 40 ×). (NC) Negative control, (PC) positive control, (drug) standard drug, (GO) green olive, (BO) black olive
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Histopathological indications of renal parenchyma (H&E 40 ×). (NC) Negative control, (PC) positive control, (drug) standard drug, (GO) green olive, (BO) black olive
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Expression of Nrf-2 pathway genes, a brain tissue and b lung tissues; (NC) negative control, (PC) positive control, (drug) standard drug, (GO) green olive, (BO) black olive
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Expression of MAPK downstream JNK pathway genes, a brain tissue and b lung tissues; (NC) negative control, (PC) positive control, (drug) standard drug, (GO) green olive, (BO) black olive

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