Metabolic disorders induced the changes in the expressions of TNFα, E-cadherin and ultrastructural alteration of liver cells in a typical animal model of type 2 diabetes: Psammomys obesus.

By using a unique animal model of type 2 diabetes mellitus, Psammomys obesus induced by a high-calorie diet (HCD) for nine months, we showed for the first time, in the liver, the impact of inflammation on the remodeling of intercellular junction molecules E-cadherins during the progression of steatohepatitis. Under the effect of HCD, the expressions of immunohistochemical markers, Tumor Necrosis Factor alpha (TNFα) and E-cadherins were inversely correlated. Ultrastructural examination revealed the involvement of destabilization and loss of E-cadherins in the process of hepatic pathogenesis.

The effects of 20-hydroxyecdysone on nuclear shape, heterochromatin quantity and gray-level co-occurrence matrix texture analysis of adrenal zona fasciculata cells in an obese gerbil (Gerbillus tarabuli) model for metabolic syndrome: a correlational study.

The aim of this study was to reveal the effects of obesity and phytotherapy with 20-hydroxyecdysone (20E) on the nuclei of adrenal zona fasciculata (ZF) in the gerbil Gerbillus tarabuli by analyzing nuclear shape and gray-level co-occurrence matrix (GLCM) texture characteristics and by quantifying heterochromatin. Twelve gerbils were divided into three groups: control (C), HC and HC-20E (animals receiving a high-calorie-diet without or with a supplement of 20E, respectively). The adrenals were removed and fixed for histological and statistical analysis.

A hypercaloric diet induces hepatic oxidative stress, infiltration of lymphocytes, and mitochondrial reshuffle in Psammomys obesus, a murine model of insulin resistance.

The aim of this study was to show, for the first time, the effect of a hypercaloric diet on the mitochondrial reshuffle of hepatocytes during the progression from steatosis to steatohepatitis to cirrhosis in Psammomys obesus, a typical animal model of the metabolic syndrome. Metabolic and oxidative stresses were induced by feeding the animal through a standard laboratory diet (SD) for nine months. Metabolic parameters, liver malondialdehyde (MDA) and glutathione (GSH), were evaluated.

Psammomys obesus, a unique model of metabolic syndrome, inflammation and autophagy in the pathologic development of hepatic steatosis.

The aim of our transmission electron microscope study was to show, for the first time, the alteration of liver cells involved in the evolution of steatosis to steatohepatitis on a murine model of the diet-induced metabolic syndrome, Psammomys obesus. This pathologic evolution was induced by using the standard laboratory diet during 10 months, and analyzed with metabolic studies and the immunohistochemistry technique. Four months later, hepatocytes charged with lipid vacuoles were involved in autophagy.