Effect of boric acid on oxidative stress in rats with fetal alcohol syndrome

  • Authors:
    • Ibrahim Sogut
    • Aysegul Oglakci
    • Kazim Kartkaya
    • Kevser Kusat Ol
    • Melis Savasan Sogut
    • Gungor Kanbak
    • Mine Erden Inal
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  • Published online on: December 30, 2014     https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2014.2164
  • Pages: 1023-1027
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Abstract

To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study concerning the effect of boric acid (BA) administration on fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). In this study, the aim was to investigate prenatal alcohol‑induced oxidative stress on the cerebral cortex of newborn rat pups and assess the protective and beneficial effects of BA supplementation on rats with FAS. Pregnant rats were divided into three groups, namely the control, alcohol and alcohol + boric acid groups. As markers of alcohol‑induced oxidative stress in the cerebral cortex of the newborn pups, malondialdehyde (MDA), superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT) and glutathione peroxidase (GPx) levels were measured. Although the MDA levels in the alcohol group were significantly increased compared with those in the control group (P<0.05), the MDA level in the alcohol + boric acid group was shown to be significantly decreased compared with that in the alcohol group (P<0.01). The CAT activity of the alcohol + boric acid group was significantly higher than that in the alcohol group (P<0.05). The GPx activity in the alcohol group was decreased compared with that in the control group (P<0.05). These results demonstrate that alcohol is capable of triggering damage to membranes of the cerebral cortex of rat pups and BA could be influential in antioxidant mechanisms against oxidative stress resulting from prenatal alcohol exposure.
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Sogut I, Oglakci A, Kartkaya K, Ol KK, Sogut MS, Kanbak G and Inal ME: Effect of boric acid on oxidative stress in rats with fetal alcohol syndrome. Exp Ther Med 9: 1023-1027, 2015
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Sogut, I., Oglakci, A., Kartkaya, K., Ol, K.K., Sogut, M.S., Kanbak, G., & Inal, M.E. (2015). Effect of boric acid on oxidative stress in rats with fetal alcohol syndrome. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 9, 1023-1027. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2014.2164
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Sogut, I., Oglakci, A., Kartkaya, K., Ol, K. K., Sogut, M. S., Kanbak, G., Inal, M. E."Effect of boric acid on oxidative stress in rats with fetal alcohol syndrome". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 9.3 (2015): 1023-1027.
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Sogut, I., Oglakci, A., Kartkaya, K., Ol, K. K., Sogut, M. S., Kanbak, G., Inal, M. E."Effect of boric acid on oxidative stress in rats with fetal alcohol syndrome". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 9, no. 3 (2015): 1023-1027. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2014.2164