PCOS model: Apoptotic changes and role of vitamin D

Arfa Azhar; Zehra Naseem; Ghulam Haider; Nida Farooqui; Sabah Farhat; Rehana Rehman

doi:10.29333/ejgm/12275

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Arfa Azhar ¹ , Zehra Naseem ¹ , Ghulam Haider ¹ , Nida Farooqui ¹ , Sabah Farhat ¹ , Rehana Rehman ¹ ^*

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¹ Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi, PAKISTAN^* Corresponding Author

Abstract

Aim: This research was aimed to observe apoptotic marker (caspase 3) levels in different groups after treatment with vitamin D in an animal model after inducing polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) with dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA).
Materials and Methods: 30 pre-pubertal female sprague dawley dams were recruited. The animals were distributed 10 each in control, PCOS and vitamin D treated groups. In control group, 0.2 ml of sesame oil was given. PCOS group was administered DHEA by the daily dose of 6 mg/kg for 30 days. In vitamin D treated group, animals were injected 6 mg/ kg/day DHEA daily and 120 ng 1, 25(OH) 2D3/100 g subcutaneously once a week. The occurrence of programmed cell death in PCOS by apoptotic marker (caspase 3) levels.
Results: The results of this study showed significant weight gain, obesity, changes in caspase 3 levels in PCOS group as compared to control and vitamin D treated group.
Conclusion: Administration of vitamin D (120 ng 1, 25(OH) 2D3/100) reduced body weight as well as improved the caspase 3 levels in PCOS induced animals. The results support the effect of vitamin D treatment for metabolic and reproductive characteristic features in PCOS females.

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animal model
DHEA
polycystic ovary syndrome
vitamin D
caspase 3

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ELECTRON J GEN MED, Volume 19, Issue 5, October 2022, Article No: em398

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Azhar A, Naseem Z, Haider G, Farooqui N, Farhat S, Rehman R. PCOS model: Apoptotic changes and role of vitamin D. ELECTRON J GEN MED. 2022;19(5), em398. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejgm/12275

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