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Quercetin Attenuates Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Apoptosis in TNBS-Induced Colitis by Inhibiting the Glucose Regulatory Protein 78 Activation

Y. Topçu-Tarladaçalışır, M. Sapmaz-Metin, Zeynep Mercan, D. Erçetin

Balkan Medical Journal, 2024

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Abstract

Background: The inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are significantly influenced by apoptosis and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress. Aims: To investigate the effects of quercetin on ER stress-mediated apoptosis in a trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid (TNBS) induced experimental IBD model. Study Design: In vivo animal experimental study. Methods: To demonstrate the effect of quercetin in an experimental colitis model, Control, TNBS, and TNBS+quercetin groups were created with 24 Wistar Albino rats. Colitis was induced by intrarectal administration of 25 mg TNBS. In the TNBS+quercetin group, intragastrically 100 mg/kg quercetin was given for 7 days, immediately after colitis induction. In the TNBS-induced experimental IBD model, we evaluated the effects of quercetin on colonic epithelial cell apoptosis, oxidative stress, ER stress, the mitogen-activated protein kinase c-Jun N-terminal kinase, and the nuclear factor kappa B immunoreactivities, the levels of myeloperoxidase and tumor necrosis factor-α, the disease activity index with colonic histopathologic changes. Results: TNBS administration induced an elevated level of disease activity and oxidative stress indices, inflammation markers, and an increase in the immunoreactivities of nuclear factor kappa B and the mitogen-activated protein kinase c-Jun N-terminal kinase in the colon of the colitis group. Glucose regulatory protein 78, caspase-12 immunoreactivities, and epithelial cell apoptosis also were shown in the colon. However,…

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