The Short-term Effects of Insulin, Metformin and Insulin-metformin Combination on the Liver Morphology in High Fat Diet / Streptozotocin Induced Diabetic Albino Rats. | [Journal of College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP • 2016]

Author(s):

1. Sahar Mubeen: Department of Anatomy, Dow International Medical College (DUHS), Karachi, Pakistan

2. Zaheer Amjad: Department of Anatomy, Dow International Medical College (DUHS), Karachi, Pakistan

3. Farrukh Mustafa Memon: Department of Anatomy, Dow International Medical College (DUHS), Karachi, Pakistan

4. SyedU Ashraf: Dow International Medical College (DUHS), Karachi, Pakistan

Abstract:

Objective: To evaluate the histological effects of insulin, metformin and insulin-metformin combination on liver morphology in high fat diet (HFD) / Streptozotocin (STZ) induced diabetic albino rats. Study Design: Experimental and comparative study. Place and Duration of Study: Institute of Basic Medical Sciences (IBMS), Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS), Ojha Campus, Karachi, from January to August 2012. Methodology: The study was conducted on 50 HFD/STZ induced diabetic albino wistar rats which were randomized into 5 groups. One of the groups was treated with insulin, one with metformin, and the other group with insulin-metformin combination for 4 weeks. One of the groups was left untreated. One group was control group. After the treatment period, the rats were sacrificed and livers were isolated, weighed, processed and stained to analyse the difference in hepatic morphology in each treated and untreated groups, then the results were compared with control rats. Results: Statistically significant difference (p < 0.0001) was seen between the groups by using Kruskill Wallis Test. To further investigate the effectiveness of insulin, metformin and insulin-metformin combination, Mann-Whitney U-test was applied. Statistically significant difference was noticed when diabetic rats were given insulin-metformin combination (p < 0.0001). Conclusion: The combination therapy was observed to have better effects on liver morphology than insulin and metformin used separately.

Page(s): 962-966

DOI: DOI not available

Published: Journal: Journal of College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP, Volume: 26, Issue: 12, Year: 2016

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