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The apoptotical effect of nitric oxide on effector apoptotical caspase 3 in rats' hepatocytes was examined. The experiment was performed on 16 white Wistar female rats divided into two equal groups. The rats from the experimental group received orally L-arginine in a dose of 40 mg/kg b.w. every other day for 2 weeks. The rats from the control group received orally 2 ml of distilled water in the same manner as the experimental group. All the rats were decapitated after 3 weeks of the experiment. After decapitation, specimens from the liver were collected, fixed in 10% formalin, and then embedded in paraffin blocks. Protein caspase 3 on slides was detected using the standard three-step immunohistochemical method. The quantitative evaluation of caspase 3 expression showed that the area occupied by positive caspase 3 reaction in the liver of the experimental group (128.11 µm²±96.54) was comparable to that in the control group (212.18 µm² ±1 16.59) (P=0.25). The dose of L-arginine used was similar to that applied in pregnant women treated for gestosis. The study shows that L-arginine as a donor of exogenous nitric oxide has no an apoptotic effect on rats' hepatocytes.
The study material consisted of 32 Wistar female rats The rats were divided into four equal groups. The rats from the experimental groups received adriamycin - 5 mg/kg b.w. to induce apoptosis and were decapitated after 4 and 7 weeks. After decapitation, specimens from the liver were collected, fixed in 10% formalin, and then embedded in paraffin blocks. Caspases 1, 3, 8, 9, and 12, Bcl-2, BAX, and Apaf-1 were detected using the standard three-step immunohistochemical method. Adriamycin-induced apoptosis in the hepatocytes occurred after 4 weeks and increased after 7 weeks (an increase for executing caspase). Irrespective of the time factor, it was induced mainly via the mitochondrial pathway (statistically-significant increase in reaction for BAX, Apaf-1, and caspase 9) and reticular pathway (statistically-significant increase in reaction for caspase 12). Apoptosis via the extrinsic pathway through caspase 8 activation was comparable to that in control (insignificant caspase 8 reaction). There was no increased reaction observed for caspase 1, one of the markers of inflammation.
In the present study the quantitative and qualitative immunohistochemical examinations of rats' renal tubular epithelial cells were conducted to determine the presence of proteins involved in adriamycin-induced apoptosis, in which death signalling was produced through the mitochondrial pathway involving proteins: Bcl-2, BAX, Apaf-1, and caspases 9 and 3; the extrinsic pathway - proteins of caspase 8 and 3; and the endoplasmic reticulum pathway - caspases 12 and 3. Moreover, caspase 1 - one of the post- necrosis inflammation markers, was evaluated immunohistochemically. Adriamycin-induced apoptosis in the renal tubular cells occurred after 4 weeks and intensified after 7 weeks (an increase in reaction to the executing caspase 3). Irrespective of the time factor, it developed through the mitochondrial pathway (statistically-significant increase in reaction for, BAX, Apaf-1, caspase 9) and reticular pathway (statistically-significant increase in reaction for caspase 12). No increased reaction was observed for caspase 1.
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