Effect of Resveratrol on Behavioral Performanceof Streptozotocin-induced Diabetic Mice inAnxiety Tests

  • Damián Juan P.
    Laboratorio de Señalización Celular y Nanobiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable (IIBCE), Av. Italia 3318, 11600 Montevideo, Uruguay Departamento de Biología Molecular y Celular, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de la República, Lasplaces 1550, 11600 Montevideo, Uruguay
  • Acosta Victoria
    Laboratorio de Señalización Celular y Nanobiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable (IIBCE), Av. Italia 3318, 11600 Montevideo, Uruguay
  • Da Cuña Maira
    Laboratorio de Señalización Celular y Nanobiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable (IIBCE), Av. Italia 3318, 11600 Montevideo, Uruguay
  • Ramírez Isara
    Laboratorio de Señalización Celular y Nanobiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable (IIBCE), Av. Italia 3318, 11600 Montevideo, Uruguay
  • Oddone Natalia
    Laboratorio de Señalización Celular y Nanobiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable (IIBCE), Av. Italia 3318, 11600 Montevideo, Uruguay
  • Zambrana Ana
    Laboratorio de Señalización Celular y Nanobiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable (IIBCE), Av. Italia 3318, 11600 Montevideo, Uruguay
  • Bervejillo Verónica
    Laboratorio de Señalización Celular y Nanobiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable (IIBCE), Av. Italia 3318, 11600 Montevideo, Uruguay
  • Benech Juan C.
    Laboratorio de Señalización Celular y Nanobiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable (IIBCE), Av. Italia 3318, 11600 Montevideo, Uruguay

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate with anxiety tests the effect of resveratrol (RSV) on streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic mouse behavioral performance at the second and fourth week of treatment. Confirmed diabetic mice (>250 mg/dl of glucose in blood after STZ injection) were treated with RSV (RDM, n=12) or control treated (DM, n=12) for 4 weeks. DM and RDM were tested in the Open Field Test (OFT) and Elevated Plus Maze (EPM). In the second week of RSV treatment, a higher grooming frequency (P<0.05) and a lower defecation and rearing frequency (P<0.05) were detected in the OFT in the RDM group compared with the DM. There was a higher grooming frequency (P<0.05) and higher percentage of entries in open arms (P<0.05) in the RDM group than in the DM group in the EPM. However, in the fourth week of RSV treatment, the only effect observed was a higher grooming frequency in the RDM group than in the DM group (P<0.05) in the EPM. In conclusion, RSV treatment in diabetic mice provoked anxiolytic-like effects in both tests (OFT and EPM), and these effects were observed in a short time window (2 weeks). It is suggested that RSV may help diabetic animals to adapt to new stressing and anxiety situations and thus to improve their welfare.

Journal

  • Experimental Animals

    Experimental Animals 63 (3), 277-287, 2014

    Japanese Association for Laboratory Animal Science

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