Abstract
Chronically-elevated blood glucose initiates a harmful series of processes in which toxic reactive species play crucial roles. Oxidative as well as nitro-oxidative stress is harmful for virtually all biomolecules including lipids, proteins and DNA. Such pathophysiologic mechanisms eventually results in cellular dysfunction, apoptosis or necrosis. Melatonin is a multifunctional indolamine which counteracts several pathophysiologic steps and displays significant beneficial effects against hyperglycemia-induced cellular toxicity. These are related to melatonins antioxidative, anti-inflammatory and possibly epigenetic regulatory properties. Current knowledge encourages using this non-toxic indolamine either as a sole treatment or in conjunction with other treatments for inhibition of the biohazards of hyperglycemia.
Keywords: Hyperglycemia, free radicals, peroxynitrite, DNA damage, melatonin
Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry
Title: Hyperglycemia-Related Pathophysiologic Mechanisms and Potential Beneficial Actions of Melatonin
Volume: 8 Issue: 11
Author(s): Ahmet Korkmaz, Turgut Topal, Sukru Oter, Dun-Xian Tan and Russel J. Reiter
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Keywords: Hyperglycemia, free radicals, peroxynitrite, DNA damage, melatonin
Abstract: Chronically-elevated blood glucose initiates a harmful series of processes in which toxic reactive species play crucial roles. Oxidative as well as nitro-oxidative stress is harmful for virtually all biomolecules including lipids, proteins and DNA. Such pathophysiologic mechanisms eventually results in cellular dysfunction, apoptosis or necrosis. Melatonin is a multifunctional indolamine which counteracts several pathophysiologic steps and displays significant beneficial effects against hyperglycemia-induced cellular toxicity. These are related to melatonins antioxidative, anti-inflammatory and possibly epigenetic regulatory properties. Current knowledge encourages using this non-toxic indolamine either as a sole treatment or in conjunction with other treatments for inhibition of the biohazards of hyperglycemia.
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Korkmaz Ahmet, Topal Turgut, Oter Sukru, Tan Dun-Xian and Reiter J. Russel, Hyperglycemia-Related Pathophysiologic Mechanisms and Potential Beneficial Actions of Melatonin, Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry 2008; 8 (11) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/138955708785909925
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/138955708785909925 |
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