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Histopathological assessment of protective effects of selenium nanoparticles ‎on rat hepatocytes exposed to Gamma radiation

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Aria Sohrabi 1
Ali-Asghar Tehrani 1
Siamak Asri-Rezaei 2
Ahad Zeinali 3
Mehdi Norouzi 4

1 Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran

2 Department of Clinical Pathology and Internal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, ‎Urmia University, Urmia, Iran‎

3 Department of Medical Physics, Faculty of Medicine, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, ‎Urmia, Iran‎

4 Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, ‎Tehran, Iran‎

https://doi.org/10.30466/vrf.2018.93499.2260
Abstract
Gamma radiation are used in many medical and technical applications, however, it is one of the most dangerous kinds of radiation and can be harmful to the body. The present study was designed to clarify the protective effects of the selenium supplementation as selenium nanoparticle and selenite selenium in rat liver against Gamma irradiation with different intensities of 2.00 and 8.00 Gy. A total number of 45 healthy male Wistar rats were randomly divided into nine groups of five each. The radiation procedure was carried out in the Cobalt 60 equipment in Omid hospital, Urmia. The animals were simultaneously immobilized in a transparent acrylic plate and exposed to different intensities of 2.00 and 8.00 Gy radiations on day 7th and 14th of the experiment. After 72 hr after the last radiation, the animals were euthanized, and blood and liver tissue were collected. Histological analyses revealed the radiation-induced hepatic injury in rats, which included vacuolated cytoplasm, liver necrosis, fibrosis, and vascular lesions followed by a significant increase in alanine transaminase, alanine transaminase, alkaline phosphatase, and Gamma-glutamyl transferase. Selenium nanoparticles bear a more potent antioxidant effect in comparison with selenium selenite and can effectively protect the liver cell against Gamma radiation at a dose of 8.00 Gy.

Keywords

Gamma radiation
Hepatocyte
Selenium nanoparticles
Selenite selenium ‎
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Veterinary Research Forum
Volume 11, Issue 4
Autumn 2020
Pages 347-353

  • Receive Date 13 September 2018
  • Revise Date 15 December 2018
  • Accept Date 26 December 2018

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