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Morphological alteration in mitochondria following diclofenac and ibuprofen administration.


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Moorthy, Mohanambal and Fakurazi, Sharida and Ithnin, Hairuszah (2008) Morphological alteration in mitochondria following diclofenac and ibuprofen administration. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 11 (15). pp. 1901-1908. ISSN 1028-8880; ESSN: 1812-5735

Abstract

This study was conducted to identify and to compare the mitochondrial morphological alterations in livers of rats treated with various doses of diclofenac and ibuprofen. Hundred and forty-four male Sprague Dawley rats were dosed with 3, 5 and 10 mg kg-1 diclofenac and ibuprofen in saline via intraperitoneal injection for 15 days. The control group was administered with saline in a similar manner. Four rats were euthanised every 3 days until day 15. While 200 mg kg-1 diclofenac and ibuprofen-treated rats (n = 4) were euthanized 10 h post-treatment. The livers were removed, cleaned and a section across the right lobe was taken and fixed in 4% (v/v) glutaraldehyde for electron microscopy analysis and the remaining samples were kept at -80°C for Western blot analysis. Five milligram per kilogram and 10 mg kg-1 diclofenac-administered rats for 15 days revealed the presence of enlarged mitochondria, irregular and ruptured mitochondrial membranes. While rats administered with 10 mg kg-1 ibuprofen also showed the presence of mitochondria with irregular membrane structure and ruptured membranes. Western blotting analysis of mitochondrial fractions revealed the expression of cytochrome c in all samples and complete absence of cytochrome c expression in the cytosolic fraction of all samples after day 15. Analysis in 200 mg kg -1 diclofenac and ibuprofen-treated groups, revealed expression of cytochrome c in both mitochondrial and cytosolic fractions. This observation indicates that both diclofenac and ibuprofen may alter the morphology of mitochondria, leading to cytochrome c release into the cytosol. Further studies needs to be conducted to investigate on the activity of the mitochondria following both treatments.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.3923/pjbs.2008.1901.1908
Publisher: Asian Network for Scientific Information
Keywords: Cytochrome c; Hepatotoxicity; Mitochondria; Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
Depositing User: Raja Norazlinda Raja Azenam
Date Deposited: 03 Jul 2013 05:15
Last Modified: 26 Oct 2015 00:03
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URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15731
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