Effects of Ozone Therapy on Chronic Arsenic Poisoning in Rats

Abstract Arsenic (As) is a toxic metalloid that affects many organs through drinking water. This study aims to examine the efficacy of ozone therapy on chronic arsenic toxicity. Twenty-four male Wistar albino rats were housed in individual cages and grouped as control, As, $ O_{3} $, and As + $ O_{3.} $ As was applied by adding 5 mg/kg/day in drinking water for 60 days. Ozone therapy was applied at 0.5 mg/kg/day (i.p.) $ O_{3} $ in the last 5 days of the experimental period. Tissues were harvested and analyzed for histopathological injury and apoptotic markers. There was no significant difference between the As + $ O_{3} $ and $ O_{3} $ groups (p = 0.186 and p = 0.599) for light microscopic criteria: inflammatory cell infiltration and hydropic degeneration in liver tissue. In TUNEL assessments, similar outcomes were obtained in the control and As + $ O_{3} $ groups. A statistically significant increase was observed in p53 and Caspase 3 (Casp-3) expression levels in the As group compared to the $ O_{3} $ and As + $ O_{3} $ groups. There was no significant difference between the As + $ O_{3} $ and $ O_{3} $ groups on peritubular hemorrhage and desquamation parameters in kidneys (p = 0.147 and p = 0.094). The KIM-1 expression level was significantly increased in the As group compared to the As + $ O_{3} $ group (p = 0.01), and the Casp-3 expression level was not significantly changed in the $ O_{3} $ group compared to the As + $ O_{3} $ group (p = 0.59). In conclusion, it is determined that ozone therapy has ameliorative effects on the microscopic injury of liver and kidney tissues. In addition to microscopic improvement, KIM-1 gene expression levels were ameliorated in the kidneys. The apoptotic cell counts and the Casp-3 and p53 gene expression levels were decreased by $ O_{3} $ administration. Thus, ozone therapy can be a treatment choice for As toxicity..

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2022

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2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:201

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Biological trace element research - 201(2022), 8 vom: 28. Nov., Seite 3951-3960

Sprache:

Englisch

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Büyük, Başak [VerfasserIn]
Aydeğer, Cemre [VerfasserIn]
Öztopuz, Özlem [VerfasserIn]
Ovalı, Mehmet Akif [VerfasserIn]
Makav, Mustafa [VerfasserIn]
Eroğlu, Hüseyin Avni [VerfasserIn]

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Arsenic poisoning
Experimental
KIM-1
Liver injury
Ozone
Renal injury

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10.1007/s12011-022-03486-y

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OLC2143961502