Protective Effects of Resveratrol Against Adenomyosis in a Mouse Model.
Bo ZhuChenhui ZhangXiaolu ShenCong ChenXuanyu ChenYiyi LuYumei ChenMin GuoPublished in: Dose-response : a publication of International Hormesis Society (2023)
Adenomyosis is a uterine condition in which endometrial glands and stroma are commonly pathologically observed in the myometrium. In this study, we sought to determine the effect of resveratrol on the progression of adenomyosis. Adenomyosis was induced in mice given tamoxifen neonatally. All mice were subjected to body weight measurement and hotplate testing every four weeks beginning four weeks after birth. All mice with adenomyosis were randomly separated into 3 groups at 16 weeks: untreated, low-dose resveratrol (25 mg/kg), and high-dose resveratrol (50 mg/kg). After 3 weeks of treatment, final hotplate test and body weight measurement were performed, and the uterine horn blood samples were collected. Adenomyosis in mice caused body weight loss and uterine weight gain, reduced hotplate latency, and progression of endometrial fibrosis. The underlying biological process could be coupled with the overexpression of many cells' proliferation and immune-regulation-related genes. Resveratrol treatment could slow the progression of adenomyosis by enhancing hotplate latency, lowering endometrial fibrosis, and restoring cell proliferation- and immune-regulation-associated gene expression levels in endometrium and plasma. However, resveratrol treatment also reduced the body weight and uterine weight. In conclusion, Resveratrol might be a potential compound for treating patients with adenomyosis.
Keyphrases
- body weight
- weight gain
- weight loss
- low dose
- gene expression
- cell proliferation
- high dose
- mouse model
- gestational age
- high fat diet induced
- body mass index
- bariatric surgery
- signaling pathway
- type diabetes
- birth weight
- dna methylation
- induced apoptosis
- endometrial cancer
- pregnant women
- metabolic syndrome
- risk assessment
- endothelial cells
- high glucose
- cell death
- endoplasmic reticulum stress
- stress induced
- human health
- smoking cessation