Effect of Acrylamide on the Central Nervous System of Rats: Histological, Histochemical, and Electron Microscopy Studies
Hassan, S., Ismail, A., Youssif, M., Fayed, M. (2005). Effect of Acrylamide on the Central Nervous System of Rats: Histological, Histochemical, and Electron Microscopy Studies. EKB Journal Management System, 35(1), 1-18. doi: 10.21608/jhiph.2005.179248
Safia M. Hassan; Abdel Azeem A. Ismail; Magda I. Youssif; Mohamed A. Fayed. "Effect of Acrylamide on the Central Nervous System of Rats: Histological, Histochemical, and Electron Microscopy Studies". EKB Journal Management System, 35, 1, 2005, 1-18. doi: 10.21608/jhiph.2005.179248
Hassan, S., Ismail, A., Youssif, M., Fayed, M. (2005). 'Effect of Acrylamide on the Central Nervous System of Rats: Histological, Histochemical, and Electron Microscopy Studies', EKB Journal Management System, 35(1), pp. 1-18. doi: 10.21608/jhiph.2005.179248
Hassan, S., Ismail, A., Youssif, M., Fayed, M. Effect of Acrylamide on the Central Nervous System of Rats: Histological, Histochemical, and Electron Microscopy Studies. EKB Journal Management System, 2005; 35(1): 1-18. doi: 10.21608/jhiph.2005.179248

Effect of Acrylamide on the Central Nervous System of Rats: Histological, Histochemical, and Electron Microscopy Studies

Journal of High Institute of Public Health
Article 1, Volume 35, Issue 1, January 2005, Page 1-18  XML
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/jhiph.2005.179248
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Authors
Safia M. Hassan1; Abdel Azeem A. Ismail1; Magda I. Youssif1; Mohamed A. Fayed2
1Histochemistry & Cell Biology Department, Medical Research Institute, Alexandria University, Egypt
2Pathology Department, Medical Research Institute, Alexandria University, Egypt
Abstract
The effect of acrylamide on the central nervous system of rats was studied in order to determine its neurotoxicity effect. Seventy rats were used in the present study which was divided into three groups. The rats of group one were used as control while rats of group two were given acrylamide by intramuscular injection with a dose of 5 mg/kg body weight, and the rats of group three were given 25 mg/kg acrylamide twice weekly for one month. The rats were sacrificed after 1, 2, 3, and 4 weeks of acrylamide injection and cervical spinal cord was removed and processed for histological, histochemcial, and electron microscopical studies. Histological results showed mild degenerative changes of nerve fibers after one and two weeks of acrylamide injection while after three and for weeks sever changes were seen following both doses of acrylamide. Histochemical changes appeared in the decreased activities of cytochrome oxidase, RNA, and Nissl substances after one and two weeks of acrylamide injection and this decrease reached its minimal activity at the end of the experiment for the two doses while acetyl- cholinesterase and DNA were found to be increased. Electron microscopic study revealed irregular outline of nuclear envelop with some nuclear pores, vascular degeneration of cytoplasmic organelles, demyelinated and thinly myleinated axons, and many hypertrophied mitochondrial. All these results indicated that acrylamide which is still used in the synthesis of polymers for a variety of industrial applications, is highly neurotoxic.       
Keywords
Acrylamide; Central Nervous System; Rats; Histological; Histochemical; Electron Microscopy Studies
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