Influences of olive leaf extract in the kidney of diabetic pregnant mice and their offspring
https://doi.org/10.1186/s41936-018-0024-8
© The Author(s) 2018
Received: 28 July 2017
Accepted: 5 January 2018
Published: 19 January 2018
Abstract
Background
Phytotherapeutic treatment is used in the treatment of diabetes and its complications. The current study aims to evaluate the significant effect of supplementation of aqueous olive leaf extract (OLE) (Olea europaea) in the kidney of diabetic pregnant mice and their fetuses. Forty pregnant mice were divided into four groups contained 10 mice each after mating. The first group was the control (G1). The second group (GII) was intraperitoneally injected by a single dose of (240 mg/kg body weight) of streptozotocin (STZ). The third group (GIII) was administrated with a daily oral dose of extract of olive leaf extract (100 mg/kg) from days 1 to 18 of gestation. The fourth group (GIV) was injected intraperitoneally by a single dose of (240 mg/kg body weight) of STZ and post-treatment with oral dose of extract of olive leaves from days 1 to day 18 of gestation.
Results
Both mothers and their fetuses of STZ-induced diabetic group showed a decrease in weight compared to control and diabetic group supplemented OLE extract. According to the biochemical and histopathological observations, the STZ-induced diabetic group showed a significant (P < 0.05) increase in serum urea and creatinine levels parallel with detectable histopathological changes in kidney tissues of pregnant mice and their fetuses. Moreover, there was a significant decrease in serum urea and creatinine (P < 0.05) of diabetic mother group under treatment with OLE as compared to diabetic mice. Also, histological findings showed improved renal architecture as reflected by reduced glomerular and tubular necrosis in pregnant mice and their fetuses when compared with control group. Also, there was an increase in the anti-angiotensin II (Ang II) immunoreactivity in renal tubules, intra-glomerular, and interstitial cells in the kidney tissue of STZ-induced diabetic group which was markedly improved by treatment with OLE.
Conclusion
Oral administration of aqueous olive leaf extract to diabetic pregnant mice and their fetuses has ameliorative effect on weight gain as well as kidney functions and has the ability to minimize the damage in the kidney and placental tissue caused by hyperglycemia, and this effect may be attributed to its antioxidant activity.
Keywords
Background
Diabetes mellitus is a disease resulting from a variable interaction of genetic and environmental factors. It is caused by relative lack of insulin and/or malfunction of insulin action (Rasineni, Bellamkonda, Singareddy, & Desireddy, 2010). It is characterized by hyperglycemia, disturbances in carbohydrate, protein, and fat metabolisms, in addition to long-term complications affecting the eyes, kidneys, nerves, heart, and blood vessels (Gupta, Bajpai, Johri, & Saxena, 2008). However, the kidney disease is a known complication of diabetes where the diabetic kidney disease occurs in 20–40% of patients with diabetes and is the leading cause of end-stage renal disease (Rossing, Rossing, Jacobsen, & Parving, 1995). The end stages of kidney disease are nephropathy, renal failure, peripheral neuropathy with risk of foot ulcers, amputations, and damaging the nerves of the bladder (Genuth, Alberti, Bennett, Buse, Defronzo, et al., 2003). In addition, kidney failure often leads to death in diabetes (Prakash, Lodha, Singh, Vohra, & Raja, 2007).
Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a syndrome often manifests in mid to late pregnancy and characterized by a physiological state of magnified insulin resistance. Furthermore, pregnant women with GDM have many features of the metabolic syndrome (Clark, Qiu, Amerman, Porter, Fineberg, et al., 1997), and about 20 to 50% of women with gestational diabetes have a high risk of developing type 2 diabetes later in life (Kenneth, 2006). It is temporary and fully treatable but, if untreated, may leads to reproductive abnormalities in the offspring, altered fetal growth, congenital abnormalities, central nervous system and skeletal malformations, and spontaneous abortion (Yang, Cummings, O'Connell, & Jangaard, 2006). Castori 2013 reported that diabetes during pregnancy disorganized placental and fetal development. In addition, diabetes mellitus is one of the factors that induced congenital abnormalities of the kidney and urinary tract, during gestation in both human and experimental animal models (Simeoni, Ligi, Buffat, & Boubred, 2011). When normal kidney formation is subjected in both humans and experimental animal models to a high glucose level in utero, abnormal kidney with a low total nephron number may be appeared, either in isolation or as part of multiple malformation syndromes. These changes depend on the degree of maternal hyperglycemia (Tran, Chen, Chenier, Chan, Quaggin, et al., 2008). Also, the maternal hyperglycemia accompanied with neonate future risks such as insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes mellitus, obesity, and metabolic syndrome (Calkins & Devaskar, 2011).
Phytotherapeutic treatment has been used for the treatment of many diseases for a long time, including olive tree (Olea europaea), which is highly distributed in the Mediterranean zone (Eidi, Eidi, & Darzi, 2009). The olive tree has antioxidant properties in its oil, fruits, and leaves, which are due to the presence of some antioxidant and phenolic components (Omar, 2010). Furthermore, olive leaves are considered to be the source of a very efficient antioxidants, including oleuropein, 3,4-dihydroxy-phenylethanol, verbascoside, oleuropeinaglycone, and tyrosol (Jemai, Bouaziz, Fki, El Feki, & Sayadi, 2008), and contain the greatest concentration of olive plant polyphenols more than the fruit or fruit oil (de Bock, Derraik, Brennan, Biggs, Morgan, et al., 2013). The olive leaves have a rich history of medicinal uses where a number of biological activities of olive leaves like the antioxidant, hypoglycemic, anti-hypertensive, antimicrobial, and antiatherosclerotic have been reported in various studies (Wang, Geng, Jiang, Gong, Liu, et al., 2008). Recently, the olive leaves have been used in traditional medicine to treat diabetes (Hamden, Allouche, Jouadi, El-Fazaa, Gharbi, et al., 2010). Also, the administration of oleuropein may be helpful in the prevention of diabetic complications associated with oxidative stress (Al-Attar & Alsalmi, 2017; Jemai & Sayadi, 2015).
From the previous literatures, it is clear that the strong combination between diabetes and renal dysfunctions and the diabetes impair the placental function and structure. So, the present work was designed to evaluate the antidiabetic effect of olive leaf extract in the kidney of diabetic pregnant mice and their fetuses.
Methods
Preparation of aqueous olive leaf extract and polyphenol content determination
The olive leaves were purchased from a commercial market. The leaves were thoroughly washed and dried at room temperature. The dried olive leaves (50 g) were powdered and added to 2 L of hot water in a flask. After 6 h, the mixture was slowly boiled for 1 h and then cooled at room temperature. The solution of olive leaves was filtered, and finally, the filtrates were evaporated in an oven at 40 °C to produce dried residues (active principles). Furthermore, these extracts were prepared every 2 weeks and stored in a refrigerator for experimentation (Al-Attar & Abu Zeid, 2013). The polyphenol compounds of olive leaf extract were established by using chromatographic analysis using GC-MS in center lab of Ain Shams University, Faculty of science.
Experimental animals
The present experimental study was carried out on CD-1 mice, with an average body weight of 25–30 g. Virgin females and males were housed separately. All animal experimental protocols were approved by Committee of Scientific Ethics at University of Hail and were carried out in accordance with its guidelines for animal use.
The pregnant experimental animals were divided into four groups: control (GI), diabetic group (GII), olive group (GIII), and diabetic + olive group (GIV).
The hyperglycemia were induced by intraperitoneal injection of a single dose of streptozotocin (STZ, 240 mg/kg body weight, from Sigma chemical Co., St. Louis, Mo) diluted in phosphate-buffered saline pH 7.2 (Oyama, Sugimura, Murase, Uchida, Hayasaka, et al., 2009). After 7 days of injection, the plasma glucose concentration was measured from the tail vein. The mice are defined as diabetic if the blood glucose value exceeds 250 mg/dl. The diabetic female was mated with non-diabetic male overnight. If the vaginal plug appeared in the morning, this day is defined as 0 day of gestation (GD0) and the pregnant females are divided into the diabetic group (GII) and diabetic + olive group (GIV). The pregnant mice of the olive group (GIII) and diabetic + olive group (GIV) were given daily oral dose of 1 ml/100 g of b. wt. of olive leaf extract equivalent to therapeutic human dose (100 mg/kg) from day 1 to 18 of gestation.
Fetus examination
At day 18 of gestation, the uteri were removed and dissected in normal saline solution and the fetuses were taken out for morphological and histological studies. Living fetuses were distinguished from dead ones by their spontaneous movement. The average body weights of fetuses were recorded. The fetuses were carefully examined externally for any morphological malformations in the limbs, digits, head, eyes, ears, jaws, and palate using a binocular microscope.
Biochemical analysis
At the end of the experimental period, the animals were anesthetized with chloroform, the blood was drawn from the heart and collected in vacuum tube clot activator after that, and the blood samples were centrifuged at 3500 rpm for 10 min in a centrifuge to separate serum samples. Urea and creatinine in the serum were measured using commercial kits from Reflotron and Liquicolor Analyticals. All assessment assays and kits were performed in accordance with the manufacturers’ instructions and protocols.
Histological examination
The placenta, fetus’s kidney, and kidney of mothers for both control and experimental groups were fixed in 10% formalin for 48 h, after which they were kept in 70% alcohol. The specimens were dehydrated in ascending series of alcohol, 1 h each; cleared in terpineol for 3 days; and embedded in three changes of pure paraffin wax, 1 h each. Serial longitudinal and transverse sections, 5 μm thick, were cut and mounted on clean glass slides. The paraffin sections were stained with Harris’ hematoxylin and eosin, cleared in xylol, and mounted in neutral Canada balsam (Bancroft & Gamble, 2008). Sections of placenta and kidney of the different groups were carefully examined, and photomicrographs were made as requested.
Immunohistochemical examination
Five-micron sections of kidneys fixed with Bouin’s fixative were immunostained using anti-angiotensin II (Ang II) primary antibody (Labvision, Neomarkers, USA) for 90 min. This was followed by the secondary antibody application using the immunoperoxidase technique (Vectastain ABC kit; Vector Laboratories, Burlingame, CA). Sections were counterstained with hematoxylin.
Statistical analysis
The values were articulated as mean ± SEM. Moreover, the statistical analyses were performed by using Student’s t test, and P values < 0.05 were measured a significant values.
Results
Polyphenols in olive leaf extract
The olive leaves are one of main sources of olive polyphenols and contain the highest amount of antioxidant among the all parts of olive tree. There are five groups of phenolic compounds present in olive leaves: oleuropein, flavones, rutin, and substituted phenols (tyrosol, hydroxytyrosol, vanillin, vanillic acid, and caffeic acid). The identification of OLE major polyphenol compounds were achieved by GC-MS showed that the oleuropein (14.25%), mannitol (3.7%), rutin (1.22%), hydroxytyrosol (3.3%), and caffeic acid (0.013%) are among the phenolic derivatives present in the olive leaf extract.
Morphology results
Pregnant mothers
Effects of olive leaf extract and/or STZ administration on the average increase in maternal body weight (g) during pregnancy
0 day of gestation | 18th day of gestation | ||||
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GI | GII | GIII | GIV | ||
Mean body weight (g) Mean ± SD | 31.35 ± 1.82 | 63.55 ± 13.65 | 42.6 ± 8.66* | 55.9 ± 2.86 ns | 49.4 ± 4.36 ns |
Histogram showing the maternal body weight for control and treated groups
The fetus examination
Effects of olive leaf extract and/or STZ administration on the fetal length, fetal weight, placental weight, and the ratio of placental/fetus weight at gestation day 18
Groups | Fetus length (cm) | Fetus weight (g) | Placental weight (g) | Ratio of mean (placental w./fetus w.)%100 |
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GI | 2.35 ± 0.111 | 1.19 ± 0.107 | 0.224 ± 0.01 | 18.82 |
GII | 1.44 ± 0.28* | 0.454 ± 0.22* | 0.058 ± 0.014* | 12.77 |
GIII | 2.12 ± 0.22 | 1.08 ± 0.081 | 0.208 ± 0.01 | 18.51 |
GVI | 1.7 ± 0.207* | 0.79 ± 0.07* | 0.132 ± 0.03* | 14.68 |
Effects of olive leaf extract and/or STZ administration on the reproductive outcome
Groups | No. of fetuses (mean ± SD) | Alive fetuses (mean ± SD) | Dead fetuses (mean ± SD) | Resorption sits (mean ± SD) |
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GI | 13.2 ± 2.9 | 13.2 ± 2.9 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 |
GII | 9.2 ± 1.6* | 8.8 ± 1.9 | 0.4 ± 0.24 | 1.4 ± 1.1* |
GIII | 12.2 ± 2.2 | 12.2 ± 2.2 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.2 ± 0.4 |
GIV | 11.2 ± 1.6 | 11 ± 1.8 | 0.2 ± 0.4 | 0.4 ± 0.5 |
Histogram showing the fetus weight, fetus length, and placental weight at day 18 of gestation for all experimental groups
Photomicrograph of 18-day-old fetuses of different groups showing the effect of diabetes and/or olive leaves extract on fetus/placental growth
Biochemical results
Effects of olive leaf extract (OLE) and/or STZ administration on some biochemical parameters on pregnant mice serum
Parameters | GI | GII | GII | GIV | |
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Urea (mg/dl) | Mean ± SD %change to con. | 39.2 ± 2.4 | 73.5 ± 11.7* 87.5% | 41.8 ± 0.288 06.6% | 44.06 ± 0.66 12.3. % |
Creatinine (mg/dl) | Mean ± SD %change to con. | 0.346 ± 0.045 | 0.550 ± 0.028* 58.95% | 0.4 ± 0.07 15.6% | 0.455 ± 0.06 28.6% |
Effects of olive leaf extract (OLE) and/or STZ administration on urea level (a) and creatinine level (b) in pregnant mice serum
Histological results
The placenta
Photomicrographs from placenta collected from mice of control and treated groups stained with H&E stain. The control placenta showing average decidua basalis (db), labyrinth zone (Lz), and glycogen cells (gc). The area of labyrinth zone showing fetal blood vessels (Fbv) and trophoblastic cells (Tc) (a–c) (H&E ×4, ×10, and ×40 respectively). d G II showing decreased area of decidua basalis (db), excess glycogen cells (gc) (H&E ×4) and labyrinth zone showing markedly congested blood vessels (arrows) with excess fibrin deposition (blue arrow) (e) (H&E ×10). f G II showing excess glycogen cells (gc) and dilated fetal blood vessels (arrows) (H&E ×40). The high power showing markedly congested fetal blood vessels (star) and some of trophoblastic cells showing pyknotic nuclei (arrows) (g) (H&E ×100). The placenta of GIII showing average decidua basalis (db), labyrinth zone (Lz), and glycogen cells (gc). The area of labyrinth zone showing fetal blood vessels (Fbv) (h, i) (H&E ×4 and ×10 respectively). The placenta of GIV (j) showing decidua basalis (db) with mild glycogen cells (gc) and markedly congested labyrinth zone (star) (H&E ×10). The area of labyrinth zone with some apoptotic cells (black arrows) (k) (H&E ×40), the higher power showing mild congested fetal blood vessels in labyrinth zone (star), with trophoblastic giant cell (arrow) (l) (H&E ×100)
Histology of mother’s kidney
Photomicrographs from the kidney tissues collected from mice of control and treated groups stained with H&E stain. The kidney of control group (GI) showing kidney cortex with Malpighian corpuscle where the parietal layer of Bowman’s capsule (arrow) and the glomerulus (G) is formed of lobulated tuft of capillaries being separated from the capsule by Bowman’s space (short arrow). Normal proximal (P) and distal tubules (D) are also seen (a) (×10). The renal tissue of diabetic group (GII) (b, c) showing highly shrinked glomeruli (G) with wide renal space and dilatation in the blood vessels with erythrocytic congestion (arrow) (b) (×10). c High magnification (×40) showed renal tubules with necrotic nuclei (arrows). Section of the kidney of (GIII) showing normal architecture (d). e, f GIV showing obvious return to nearly normal renal appearance with nearly normal glomeruli (G) and renal tubules (×10)
Histology of fetuses’ kidney
Photomicrographs from the kidney tissues of 18-day-old fetuses in control and treated groups stained with H&E stain. The kidney tissue of control (GI) showing Malpighian corpuscles (G), the proximal (P), and distal convoluted tubules (D) (a) (×40). For the kidney of diabetic group (GII) showing venous congestion (asterisk), shrinkage glomerulus (thick arrow), hydropic degeneration (arrow) (b) (×20) and necrosis of the epithelial cells lining numerous tubules (black and white arrows) (c, d) (×40), in addition of hyaline casts (stars) (c) (×40). The kidney section from GIII revealed somewhat normal tissue characteristics (e) (×40). GIV showing signs of tissue repair (f–h) (×40) but some renal tubules have degenerative cells (white and black arrows) some blood congestion
Immunohistochemistry results
Photomicrographs of immunohistochemistry expression of Ang II from the kidney tissues (×10). Low level of Ang II observed in the control group mainly in the tubular cells (arrow) (a). Ang II expression was elevated in glomerulus, tubular cells, interstitial cells, and blood vessels (arrows) in group II (b). c, d For GIII and GIV respectively revealed normal Ang II content in renal tissue
Discussion
In the present study, we estimated the antidiabetic role of olive leaf extract (OLE) against the nephrotoxicity induced by diabetes in pregnant mice and their fetuses. Kiss et al. (2009) stated that DM in pregnancy can be divided into gestational diabetes and clinical diabetes. In the present study, we induced clinical diabetes in animal model (mice) with STZ administration (240 mg/kg) during their adult life before pregnancy. This model mimics women with uncontrolled clinical diabetes during pregnancy. In the present investigation, the STZ-induced diabetic pregnant mice showed a significant decrease in maternal body weight gain after 18 days of gestation compared with control group. Similar observations were detected in many experimental studies (Al-Attar & Alsalmi, 2017; Jayaprasad, Sharavanan, & Sivaraj, 2015; Zhang, Feng, Chen, Li, & Shen, 2016; Rudge, Damasceno, Volpato, Almeida, Calderon, et al., 2007; Salahuddin & Jalalpure, 2010). The observed reduced body weights may be due to the metabolic alterations caused by hyperglycemia (Damasceno, Volpato, Calderon, Aguilar, & Rudge, 2004). However, the watery OLE treatment of diabetic group inhibited maternal body weight loss when compared to the STZ-treated group but could not maintain at the same level as that of the control group. This may be due to the improvement of serum glucose levels and metabolism; these results are compatible with those of Al-Azzawie and Alhamdani (2006).
Also, the maternal hyperglycemia has an impact on fetal body size, where the reduced maternal body weight of diabetic mothers could be the reason for reduced body mass of the fetuses in this group compared with the control fetuses. Maternal diabetes constitutes an unfavorable environment for fetal-placental and embryonic development (Rudge, Piculo, Marini, Damasceno, Calderon, et al., 2013). The fetal/placental ratio is an important indicator of fetus later life. In the present study, a decrease in the fetal/placental ratio was observed in diabetic group compared with the control and OLE groups. The placental weight reflects the placental structure and function which, in turn, has a relation to the fetus weight (Sanin, López, Olivares, Terrazas, Silva, et al., 2001).
However, gestational diabetes cause greater insulin resistance (Setji, Brown, & Feinglos, 2005), which leads to increase levels of glucose transported across the placenta to the fetus and cause fetal hyperglycemia (Lampl & Jeanty, 2004). The reduced body weight fetuses in STZ-induced diabetic group may be due to fetal hypoinsulinemia which causes the growth restriction in fetuses (Aerts & Van Assche, 2006). The altered maternal-fetal metabolic fuel relationship resulting from diabetes in pregnancy modulates fetal growth where the mechanisms are a brutal destruction of the mother and fetus’ pancreas and intrauterine growth restriction is due to lack of insulin (Schaffer & Mozaffari, 1999). The diabetes in pregnant rats lead to variable changes in fetus body weight ranging from developing microsomia (Eid, Shoman, & Abu Elnaga, 2014), to no change in the fetal or newborn body weight (Gerber, Holemans, Brien-Coker, Mallet, van Breed, et al., 2000), or to macrosomia of fetuses (Merzouk, Madani, Sari, Prost, Bouchenak, et al., 2000). Furthermore, severely diabetic mothers are insulin deficient and hyperglycemic with low body weight and give birth to microsomic and malformed fetuses (Vambergue & Fajardy, 2011). There is evidence that the intrauterine hyperglycemia stimulates the fetal endocrine pancreas to hyperinsulinemia and accelerated anabolism, resulting in fetal and neonatal macrosomia. In contrast, our results and other results also did not obtain macrosomic fetuses when studying the effect of hyperglycemia on offspring. Kervran et al. (1978) concluded that the differences between the human’s clinical findings and the experimental results using rats are due to the short pregnancy time in the rat and differences in the percentages of adipose tissue in rat fetuses (1%) and human offspring (16%) and the greater weight gain in the human species. The present study indicates the ameliorative effect of OLE treatment on body weight gain of fetuses of STZ-diabetic mothers; this is in agreement with those of Eid, Shoman, and Abu Elnaga (2014). Saad et al. (2016) concluded that maternal diabetes increase the oxidative stress in placenta, which activates apoptosis, as well as disorganized the endothelial and vascular placental functions. The present study showed a statistically significant increase in placental weight after treatment of diabetic pregnant mice by OLE (GIV) which leads to an increase in placenta/fetal ratio. Moreover, Omar (2010) reported that olive leaf extract has significant role in controlling blood glucose level and reducing high blood pressure in diabetic animals and may improve the development processes of fetuses inside the uteri. According to El-Nabarawy (2014), the olive leaves water extract improved the oxidative and DNA damage in both embryos and placentas of the diabetic mothers.
Removal of metabolic wastes such as urea and creatinine in the kidneys maintains optimum chemical composition of body fluids where serum levels of urea and creatinine are useful tools in diagnosis as they pick any disturbances to the renal system. However, the obtained results in this study revealed that STZ induced significant increases in the level of urea and creatinine which indicate kidney dysfunction in diabetic group. The present elevations of these parameters are generally in accordance with the findings of several studies in experimental diabetes animals (Salahuddin, Jalalpure, & Gadge, 2010). However, the increased urea and creatinine production in diabetic animals may be due to accelerated catabolism of both liver and plasma proteins and the body failure to excrete the proteins metabolic products (Hassan, El-Agmy, Gaur, Fernando, Raj, et al., 2009). On the other hand, the treatment of pregnant mice subjected to STZ exposure with OLE showed reduction in the serum urea and creatinine levels compared to diabetic group. Our results are in agreement with those of Eid et al. (2014) who reported that the reduction of serum urea and creatinine levels may be due to regeneration of kidney glomeruli that improved the kidney filtration process. Thus, this nephroprotective function could be mediated via antioxidant and/or free radical scavenging activities as they possess high concentration of flavonoids (Helal, El-Wahab, El Refaey, & Mohammad, 2013). In addition, the oral administration of olive fruit and leaf extracts decreased the levels of serum creatinine, urea, and uric acid in STZ diabetic male rats (Laaboudi, Ghanam, Ghoumari, Sounni, Merzouki, et al., 2016).
Furthermore, the obvious biochemical results may also be due to the damage occurred in the kidney which is confirmed by the marked histopathological alternations in kidney of diabetic pregnant mice observed during the present study. However, the histopathological examination of the kidney sections in STZ-treated group revealed inflammatory cells, degenerated and shrinked glomeruli, severe degenerated renal tubules with vacuolated tubular cells and pyknotic nuclei, mesangial expansion, and glomerular hypertrophy. Our present results were in accordance with the results of (Eid et al., 2014; Hebi, Farid, Ajebli, & Eddouks, 2017; Sugumar, Doss, & Maddisetty, 2016). The degeneration of renal tubules detected in present study might be due to oxidative stress caused by hyperglycemia which induces oxidative stress by alteration of the balance between reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and antioxidant defense (Baynes, 1991). Furthermore, the free radicals are involved in the pathogenesis of diabetes and the development of diabetic complications (Bindhumol, Chitra, & Mathur, 2003). Nevertheless, the treatment of STZ-treated mice with OLE showed somewhat variable degrees of amelioration of the histopathological changes in the kidney tissues; this result is in agreement with those of Tavafi, Ahmadvand, and Toolabi (2012) who reported that olive leaf extracts have powerful antioxidant characteristic and are able to remove ROS and reinforce antioxidant system of the kidney. In the same perspective, histological examination of fetal kidney tissue in STZ-induced diabetic mother mice showed some histopathological features including venous congestion, cloudy swelling, hydropic degeneration, and necrosis of the epithelial cells lining numerous tubules; this finding is in agreement with those of Eid et al. (2014). In addition, Zhang et al. (2007) suggested that a high-glucose milieu in uteri retards renal morphogenesis by inducing a significantly higher number of apoptotic podocytes in the developing glomeruli. The usage of olive leaf extract in the present study showed signs of tissue repair with little degenerative cells in some renal tubules of the kidney in fetuses of diabetic mothers; this is in accordance with Eid et al. (2014). Also, Al-Attar and Alsalmi (2017) and Tavafi et al. (2012) suggested the potential therapeutic use of OLE as a new nephroprotective agent against acute kidney failure.
The excessive renin-angiotensin system (RAS) activation is known to be one of the main reasons for myocardial injury, stress, cardiovascular disease, and end-stage kidney disease (Santos, Ferreira, & Simões e Silva, 2008). The Ang II is the most important effectors of RAS and has an important role in controlling the glomerular filtration rate by influencing the contractility of glomerular arteries in the renal tubule, thus regulating glomerular capillary internal pressure (Mizuiri, Hemmi, Arita, Ohashi, Tanaka, et al., 2008). The present results showed that STZ-treated group increased Ang II content. These results were in accordance with those of Ma, Xin, Jiang, Wang, and Zhang (2014) who suggested the important role of Ang II in causing renal injury in STZ-rat models. However, excessive Ang II expression may cause changes to the filtration rate of the mesangial cells of the renal glomerulus by stimulating the contraction and the proliferation of mesangial cells, thus leading to glomerular injury and loss of long-term renal function (Ye, Wysocki, William, Soler, Cokic, et al., 2006). Moreover, Ang II plays a significant role in renal fibrosis in immunoglobulin A nephropathy patients (Wen-lun, Yun-yun, Yu, & Hui-deng, 2016). However, the potential of olive leaf treatments in reducing diabetic complications, the possible contribution of the Ang II, as a central target for the anti-diabetic potential of olive, where the treatment of diabetic group with OLE in the present study showed decrease in Ang II content in the kidney tissue, could be attributed to the oleuropein which is the key hypotensive component of OLE due to L-type Ca2+ channel antagonistic effects (Scheffler, Rauwald, Kampa, Mann, Mohr, et al., 2008). In addition, verbascoside has been demonstrated to inhibit angiotensin-converting enzyme in vitro (Kang, Lee, Kim, Lee, & Lee, 2003) as has oleacein (Hansen, Adsersen, Christensen, Jensen, Nyman, et al., 1996).
Conclusions
In conclusion, the oral administration of olive leaf extract on STZ-induced diabetic pregnant mice has numerous ameliorative effects in weight gain of diabetic pregnant mice and their fetuses and in maintaining of the histological integrity of the renal and placental tissues by reducing the degenerative changes and reduction of serum urea and creatinine levels.
Declarations
Acknowledgements
We would like to thank Hail University for supporting this work.
Funding
This research has been funded by Hail University and Scientific Research Deanship as a project no. (SCBI16).
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Authors’ contributions
HM suggested the study, participated in its design and coordination, and carried out the embryological studies and immunohistochemical studies with the statistical analysis. HO carried out the biochemical analysis for kidney function, participated in the design of the study, and performed the statistical analysis. MI and NE participated in the design of the study and carried out the histological studies. All authors participated in the sequence alignment, drafted the manuscript, and read and approved the final manuscript.
Ethics approval
All animal experimental protocols were approved by the Committee of Scientific Ethics at the University of Hail and were carried out in accordance with its guidelines for animal use.
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