title: Caloric restriction inhibits up-regulation of inflammatory cytokines and TNF-alpha, and activates IL-10 and haptoglobin in the plasma of streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats.
abstract: Diabetes mellitus is a significant risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, and low-grade systemic inflammation, mediated by oxidative stress, may play a central role. Caloric restriction (CR) has been reported to be effective in reducing oxidative stress during diabetes and moderating the expression of some markers of inflammation that are up-regulated during aging. Forty male Wistar rats were randomly divided into four groups: nondiabetic feeding ad libitum and under CR, and diabetic feeding ad libitum and under CR. The animals were subjected to 30% CR and ad libitum feeding for 9 weeks before the induction of diabetes by intraperitoneal injection with 35 mg/kg body weight streptozotocin. The inflammatory cytokines [interleukin (IL)-1beta, IL-4 and IL-6] and tumor necrosis factor alpha up-regulated in diabetes were found to be significantly depressed by CR, whereas the antiinflammatory mediators, haptoglobin and IL-10 levels, were increased. These results indicated that CR could prevent diabetic complications through suppression of inflammatory responses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL 32307, USA. ngozi.ugochukwu@famu.edu
authors.forename: Ngozi H
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Ugochukwu
authors.forename: Cynthia L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Figgers
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D001835:Body Weight; D031204:Caloric Restriction; D016207:Cytokines / Q000097:blood*; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000097:blood*; D006242:Haptoglobins / Q000032:analysis*; D007249:Inflammation / Q000097:blood*; D016753:Interleukin-10 / Q000097:blood; D053583:Interleukin-1beta / Q000097:blood; D015847:Interleukin-4 / Q000097:blood; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D016207:Cytokines; D006242:Haptoglobins; D053583:Interleukin-1beta; D015850:Interleukin-6; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D016753:Interleukin-10; D015847:Interleukin-4