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Modulating effect of camels milk on alloxan induced experimental diabetes in laboratory animal model
1. Assiut Vet. Med. J. Vol. 59 No. 138 July 2013
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MODULATING EFFECT OF CAMEL’S MILK ON ALLOXAN-INDUCED
EXPERIMENTAL DIABETES IN LABORATORY ANIMAL MODEL
RASHA G. SAYED*
; AHMED ABDEL-HAMEID AHMED*
; NASR-ELDIN M. AREF**
and
MOHAMMED SAYED*
*
Department of Food Hygiene, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut 71526 – Egypt.
**
Department of Animal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut 71526 – Egypt.
E-mail: nasreldeen.aref@vet.au.edu.eg
ABSTRACT
Received at: 22/4/2013
Accepted:29/4/2013
The present study was conducted to evaluate the hypoglycemic effect of camel's
milk in alloxan-induced diabetic animal model compared to control and cow’s milk
receiving groups. This study was carried out on thirty five female white albino rats
and divided into 2 main groups: optimizing and experimental group. Optimizing
group (n = 20) was used to determine the optimal dose of alloxan to induce diabetes
in a pattern of dose response relationship. This group was divided into four
subgroups, sG1 to sG4, (n = 5 each). sG1, sG2, sG3, and sG4 were injected intra-
peritoneally with alloxan monohydrate at a dose 100, 140, 180 and 200 mg/kg B.W.,
respectively. Experimental group (n =15) was divided into three subgroups (n = 5
each) as following: diabetic rats receiving no treatment and acts as a positive control
(sG1), diabetic rats receiving camel's milk (sG2) and diabetic rats receiving cow's
milk (sG3). Their blood glucose levels (BGLs) were estimated at weekly interval for
5 consecutive weeks. A baseline BGL was determined before conducting the
experiment and it was 79.85 ± 4.2 mg/dl. The results showed that 140 mg/kg B.W.
of alloxan was the optimal dose to induce stable diabetes in the optimizing group. In
the experimental group, the initial mean BGLs for sG1, sG2, and sG3 were 399.5 ±
18.3, 429.4 ± 66.4 and 404.6 ± 53.6 mg/dl, respectively and after 5th
week there were
488.2 ± 20.8, 308.28 ± 52.2, 519.8 ± 131.5 mg/dl respectively. Most diabetic
animals that received cow’s milk exhibits severe signs of diabetes at 4th
week of
experiment and died by 5th
week while animals that received camel’s milk showed
marked improvement and one of them exhibited normal BGL by the end of
experiment. Our findings suggested that administration of camel's milk was effective
in improvement of the alloxan-induced diabetic rats and recommended as
nutraceuticals supplement in diabetic patient.
Key Words: Diabetes, Alloxan, BGL, Camel's milk, Laboratory animal
INTRODUCTION
Diabetes mellitus is a global major health
problem (Macedo et al., 2002), characterized by
metabolic disorder and hyperglycemia results from
insufficient insulin hormone with or without
abnormal resistance to insulin effect (Tirerney et al.,
2002). It becomes the third killer of mankind after
cancer and cerebrovascular & cardiovascular diseases
(Li et al., 2004). It is also one of major endocrine
dysfunctions in pet animals (Davison et al., 2005;
Catchpole et al., 2008).
In modern medicine, no satisfactory effective therapy
is available to cure diabetes mellitus, although it can
be managed by insulin treatment. Pharmaceutical
drugs used in diabetic therapy are effective; however
they may have undesirable side effects or
contraindications. Additionally, they are too
expensive and several patients might have needle
phobia (Pari and Satheesh, 2004). All these factors
force diabetic patients to adopt alternative therapies.
Therefore, the research for more effective and safer
hypoglycemic agent has continued to be an area of an
active research (Lemhadri et al., 2004; Stanely–
Prince et al., 2004).
Beside the nutritive value of camel’s milk which is
extremely well adapted for human requirements, it
appears to be an additional factor as medical or
natural healing properties. Using camel’s milk for
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treatment is itself a point of contention. Historically
camel’s milk has been used for a number of medical
problems and according to FAO, camel's milk is the
healthiest milk produced by animals (Yagil, 1982). Its
consumption may help in reducing the nutritional
deficiencies and morbidities in adult communities
(Singh et al., 2009). It was found that one of camel's
milk proteins has many characteristic similarities with
insulin (Beg et al., 1986). Radioimmunoassay tests of
camel's milk has revealed high concentration of
insulin i.e. 52 micro unit/ml (Agrawal et al., 2003).
Against this background, the present study was
carried out to investigate the therapeutic effect of
camel’s milk on diabetes mellitus in diabetic-induced
animal model and compare its effect with the cow's
milk.
MATERIALS and METHODS
Animals
Thirty five female white albino rats of approximately
same age group (8-9 weeks old) weighing between
120-150 g were included in this study. All rats were
obtained from Laboratory Animals House, Faculty of
Medicine, Assiut University. Standard operating
procedures for handling of animals in compliance
with the guidelines and recommendations for the
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
(IACUC) of Assiut University were adopted. Animals
were kept on commercial rat chow and water ad
libitium for one week before initiating the experiment
to acclimatize the laboratory condition (temperature
22 o
C, relative humidity 50%, 12 h light and 12 h
dark) (Agrawal et al., 2005).
Milk samples
Camel's milk was obtained from she-camels
(Camelous dromedaries) belonging to individuals,
while cow's milk was obtained from Veterinary
Teaching Hospital, Assiut University-Egypt.
Both types were used without any treatment or
dilution. The clot on boiling and acidity of the milk
samples were checked to monitor the freshness.
Experimental Design
1. Animal groups
a) Optimizing group: 20 rats were used to determine
the diabetic dose of alloxan monhydrate (EL-
Gomhorya Co, Egypt) that develops stable
diabetes without toxicity. Dose-response
relationship was established at 100, 140, 180 and
200 mg/kg B.W. Each dose was administered into
5 rats.
b) Experimental group: 15 rats were used to test the
effect of camel’s and cow’s milk in diabetic rats.
1) Subgroup 1: Five diabetic rats received no milk
(positive control).
2) Subgroup 2: Five diabetic rats received camel’s
milk
3) Subgroup 3: Five diabetic rats received cow’s
milk
Milk was given to them daily by oral cannula (20 ml)
in additions to free milk ad libitium.
2. Experimental induction of diabetes and
studying the antidiabetic effect of camel’s and
cow’s milk.
2.1. Determination of the diabetic dose of alloxan
monohydrates in dose response relationship
Alloxan monohydrate has selective destructive
cytotoxic effect on the cells of pancreas (Bolaffi et
al., 1986). To induce stable diabetes, briefly four
different doses (100, 140, 180 or 200 mg/kg B.W.) of
alloxan monohydrate dissolved in sterile normal
saline were freshly prepared and each dose was
injected intraprotenially (Fig. 1) into overnight (16-18
h) fasted rats (n = 5) at 0.5 ml/rat. Animals were kept
on glucose 5% for the next 24 h to avoid
hypoglycemia that might be occurred (Tatiya et al.,
2010).
2.2. Studying the antidiabetic effect of camel’s and
cow’s milk
Fifteen rats were injected with the optimal dose of
alloxan (140 mg/kg B.W.). These animals were
divided into 3 subgroups (5 rats each): 1st
subgroup
received no milk (positive control), 2nd
group
received camel’s milk and 3rd
one received cow’s
milk (Fig. 2). All animals were weekly monitored for
their BGLs until the end of the study (5th
weeks).
Succumbed rats before 5 weeks were recorded as
unrecovered diabetic rat.
3. Blood samples
Blood samples were collected (0.5 ml/collection)
weekly from the retro-orbital plexus of all animals
using heparinized micro-capillary glass tubes into a
clean dry plain Epindorf's tubes (Fig. 3). Samples
were left to clot at room temperature for 30 min and
centrifuged for 10 min at 4500 rpm for separation of
the sera. Sera were aspirated by a micropipette into
stopper Epindorf's tubes and BGL were determined
immediately using glucose test kits.
4. Determination of blood glucose level (BGL)
Glucose oxidase method was adopted to determine
BGL spectro-photometerically at 505 nm using a
commercially available test kit (Biotechnology,
Egypt).
5. Statistical analysis: Generated data of BGL from
various groups were subjected to statistical analysis
using SPSS (1999) program for windows version
10.0.1 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL) for calculation of
mean and standard error.
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RESULTS
Results of the effect of different doses of alloxan
monohydrate on BGL were presented in Table 1 and
depicted in Fig. 4 & 5 while the results of the effect
of cow’s milk on diabetic group was presented in
Table 2 and Fig. 6 compared to the modulating effect
of camel’s milk (Table 2 and Fig. 7 & 8).
Table 1: The Effect of Different Doses of Alloxan Monohydrate on Blood Glucose Level
Dose (mg/kg)
No. of
rats
Mean ± SE of
BGL (mg/dl)
Morbidity rate (%)* Mortality rate (%)**
100 5 83.69 ± 3.2 0 0
140 5 399.48 ± 18.3 80 0
180 5 746.50 ± 21.9 100 80
200 5 Out of range 100 100
* Morbidity rate is the number of animals showed high BGL/total number of animals
N.B. Rats gave fasting blood glucose level > 250 mg/dl and remained alive after 2 weeks were considered
positive stable BGL and included in the presented study.
** Mortality rate is the number of dead animals/total number of animals
Table 2: Weekly Mean ± SE of Blood Glucose Level (mg/dl) in Different Groups
Diabetic
Time/Group
Positive (diabetic)
control
Diabetic receiving
Camel’s milk
Diabetic receiving
Cow’s milk
day 1 399.48 ± 18.3 429.4 ± 57 404.6 ± 53.6
day 7 420.3 ± 24.3 410.1± 66.4 469.7 ± 46.3
day 14 434.6 ± 25.4 362.8 ± 60.5 527.6 ± 67.7
day 21 447.1 ± 25.9 340.1 ± 62.4 519.8 ± 131.5
day 28 488.2 ± 20.8 308.28 ± 52.2 -
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Fig. 1: Intraperitoneal injection of alloxan monohydrate
in white albino rat
Fig. 2: Oral feeding of tested milk sample in white
albino rat
Fig. 4: Female white albino rat of (8- week- old
exhibited signs of diabetes, rough coat, polyurea
and polydepsia)
Fig. 3: Collection of blood sample from the retro-
orbital plexus using heparinized microcapillary
glass tubes & plain Epindorf's tube in white
albino rat
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DISCUSSION
Test 1: Optimizing the dose of alloxan
monohydrate
Before initiating the experiment, the baseline for
BGL was estimated in healthy animals to be 79.58 ±
2 mg/dl. Alloxan monohydrate at dose of 100,
140,180 and 200 mg/kg B.W. were injected
intraperitoneally to the experimental rats. The data
presented in Table 1 demonstrated that BGL at 100
mg/kg B.W. of alloxan monohydrate was 90-120
mg/dl and considered as suboptimal to induce
diabetes BGL at 100 mg/kg BW was lower than what
was previously recorded by Sushruta et al. (2006) and
Dhasarathan and Theriappan (2010). The other 3
doses of alloxan monohydrate showed varying degree
of severity of hyperglycemia. In the present study,
alloxan monohydrate at dose 200 mg/kg B.W. was
lethal and led to death of all rats within 3 days from
injection. These animals suffered from severe loss of
body weight, polyurea, diabetic coma and death. On
contrary, Tripathi and Chandra (2009) found that
140–200 mg/kg B.W. alloxan doses were reported as
Fig. 5: Time-course evaluation of blood glucose
level at 140 mg/dl Alloxan monohydrate in 5
rats (Positive control group)
Fig. 6: Time-course evaluation of antibiabetic effect
of cow’s milk on 5 rats
Fig. 7: Time-course evaluation of antibiabetic effect
of camel’s milk on 5 rats
Fig. 8: White albino rat showed sign of recovery from
diabetes after 5 weeks of receiving camel’s
milk
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non lethal. Our results also revealed that animals
injected with alloxan at dose 180 mg /kg B.W.
exhibited high fasting BLG with high mortality, while
at dose 140 mg/kg B.W. resulted in a diabetic state
(80 % morbidity) and no mortality. Alloxan
monohydrate at dose 140 mg/kg B.W. was selected as
optimal dose to induce stable diabetes in rats.
Test 2: Effect of camel's milk in comparison with
cow's milk on alloxan-induced diabetic rats
This study was performed to observe the role of
camel's milk in achieving glycemic control in
alloxan-induced diabetic rats. The results of this
experiment were presented in Table 2. During the
experimental period, the initial mean BGL in diabetic
control group was 399.5 ± 18.3 mg/dl and increased
by the 5th
week to 488.2 ± 20.8 mg/dl. In camel's milk
receiving group, diabetic rats had marked reduction in
weekly BGL and one rat showed complete
improvement after 8 weeks of treatment (BGL). The
mean BGL came down from 429.24 ± 57 to 308.28 ±
52.2 mg/dl by the end of 5th
week. On contrary,
diabetic rats received cow’s milk, showed increase in
their mean BGL and 2 of them developed severe
diabetes and succumbed. The mean BGL was
increased from 404.6 ± 53.6 to 519.8 ± 131.5 mg/dl.
The effect of cow's milk in our results is similar to the
result recorded by Agrawal et al. (2005). This
improvement may be due to presence of high
concentration of insulin-like protein in camel's milk
(Beg et al., 1986 and Yagil et al., 1994), According to
Wangoh (1993) camel's milk does not form coagulum
in acidic environment of the stomach. This lack of
coagulum formation allows the camel's milk to pass
through the stomach together with the specific
insulin-like protein and remain available for
absorption in the intestine. Also camel's milk is rich
in mineral content and antioxidant (Farah, 1993).
High concentrations of antioxidants may also make
the insulin receptors to respond better to available
insulin (Agrawal et al., 2004). Moreover, El-Said et
al. (2010) reported that the pancreas of alloxan-
induced rabbits receiving camel's milk showed high
restoration number of islets of Langerhans among the
pancreatic acini. Time-course evaluation of
antibiabetic effect of camel’s milk on 5 rats is
depicted in Fig. 6.
In the present study, we kept continue measuring the
BGL after the testing period found that the diabetic
group receiving camel's milk has long survival
period. All diabetic rats in positive diabetic groups
succumbed after the 5th
week while in diabetic group
treated with cow’s milk died before 5th
week (2 rats
developed severe diabetes and died at the 3rd
weeks).
The data in Fig. 7 revealed that cow's milk had
adverse effect on diabetic rats. This diabetogenicity
of cow’s milk may be due to low concentration of
insulin-like protein in cow’s milk (16.32 ± 5.98 micro
unit/ml) (Shehadeh et al., 2001) or it might be due to
milk clot in acid environment of the stomach
(Breitling, 2002). The retention of milk clots in the
stomach helps to accelerate the degradation of
insulin. Vaarala et al. (1999) reported that bovine
insulin acts as an immunogen and the IgG anti-bovine
insulin may react with human insulin and damage M
cells (Breitling, 2002).
From the result presented in our study, it could be
concluded that raw camel's milk reduced BGL in
diabetic rats. Thus, the therapeutic efficacy of camel's
milk on alloxan-induced diabetic rats may have an
importance implication for the clinical management
in treatment of diabetes in target population.
Authors' contribution
Authors have formulated the research plan and
conducted the study equally. Authors discussed the
results, read and approved the final manuscript.
Acknowledgements
The authors are grateful to all staff at Laboratory
Animals House, Assiut University-Egypt for their
kind support during conducting this study.
Competing interests
None of the authors have any conflict of interest to
declare.
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