Owumi_2022_Environ.Toxicol.Pharmacol__104011

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Title : Influence of furan and lead co-exposure at environmentally relevant concentrations on neurobehavioral performance, redox-regulatory system and apoptotic responses in rats - Owumi_2022_Environ.Toxicol.Pharmacol__104011
Author(s) : Owumi SE , Adedara IA , Otunla MT , Owoeye O
Ref : Environ Toxicol Pharmacol , :104011 , 2022
Abstract :

Furan and lead are contaminants of global concern due to the potential public health threat associated with their exposure. Herein, the neurobehavioral performance, biochemical effects and histological alterations associated with co-exposure to furan (8mg/kg) and lead acetate at low, environmentally realistic concentrations (1, 10 and 100microg PbAc/L) for 28 uninterrupted days were investigated in rats. The results demonstrated that locomotor, motor and exploratory deficits associated with separate exposure to furan and lead was exacerbated in the co-exposed rats. Furan and lead co-exposure aggravated the marked decrease in acetylcholinesterase activity and antioxidant status, elevation in oxido-inflammatory stress indices and caspases activation in the cerebrum and cerebellum of exposed rats compared with control. Furan and lead co-exposure worsened neuronal degeneration as verified by histomorphometry and histochemical staining. Collectively, furan and lead acts together to exacerbate neurotoxicity via inhibition of cholinergic system, induction of oxido-inflammatory stress and caspases activation in rats.

PubMedSearch : Owumi_2022_Environ.Toxicol.Pharmacol__104011
PubMedID: 36396074

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Owumi SE, Adedara IA, Otunla MT, Owoeye O (2022)
Influence of furan and lead co-exposure at environmentally relevant concentrations on neurobehavioral performance, redox-regulatory system and apoptotic responses in rats
Environ Toxicol Pharmacol :104011

Owumi SE, Adedara IA, Otunla MT, Owoeye O (2022)
Environ Toxicol Pharmacol :104011