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- The study explores the use of curcumin, an antioxidant found in dietary spice, combined with bone marrow transplantation to combat diabetes.
- Both treatments independently reversed the negative effects of diabetes, such as high blood sugar and pancreatic damage in mice.
- The combination of curcumin and bone marrow transplantation yielded the most significant improvements, suggesting that using natural antioxidants alongside other treatments may be an effective strategy for enhancing pancreatic regeneration in diabetes management.
Article Abstract
Therapeutic utility of bone marrow transplantation in diabetes is an attractive approach. However, the oxidative stress generated by hyperglycemia may hinder β-cell regeneration. The present study was undertaken to investigate the therapeutic potential of curcumin, a dietary spice with antioxidant activity, bone marrow transplantation, and their combined effects in the reversal of experimental diabetes. Diabetes was induced in mice by multiple low doses of streptozotocin. After the onset of diabetes, mice were treated with curcumin (10 mM; 100 μl/mouse, i.p., for 28 days) or received a single bone marrow transplantation (10(6) un-fractionated bone marrow cells), or both. Parameters of diabetes, integrity of pancreatic islets, pancreatic oxidative stress markers, and serum pro-inflammatory cytokines, were evaluated. Treatment with either curcumin or bone marrow transplantation significantly reversed streptozotocin-induced hyperglycemia/glucose intolerance, hypoinsulinemia, and damage of pancreatic islets. Interestingly, combination of curcumin and bone marrow transplantation elicited the most profound alleviation of such streptozotocin-evoked anomalies; including islet regeneration/insulin secretion. On the other hand, curcumin, either alone or combined with bone marrow transplantation, blunted the pancreatic lipid-peroxidation, up-regulated activities of the antioxidant enzymes, and suppressed serum levels of TNF-α and IL-1β. Curcumin and single bone marrow transplantation proved their therapeutic potential in reversing diabetes when used in combination. Curcumin, via its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects, evidently enhanced the ability of bone marrow transplantation to regenerate functional pancreatic islets. Hence, the use of natural antioxidants combined with other therapeutic regimens to induce pancreatic regeneration is a promising strategy in the management of diabetes.
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