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Immunomodulatory Effect of Bacillus licheniformis Again st the Aflatoxins Induced Molecular Pathological Changes in Rat Model

Immunomodulatory Effect of Bacillus licheniformis Again st the Aflatoxins Induced Molecular Pathological Changes in Rat Model

Samia S. Alkhalil1, Faisal Al-Sarraj2, Abeer S. Aloufi3, Zuhair M. Mohammedsaleh4, Mamdoh S. Moawadh4, Fayez M. Saleh5, Majid Al-Zahrani6, Waheeb Aggad7, Youssef S. Alghamdi8, Mutaib M. Mashraqi9, Saleh Alshamrani9 and 
Mona H. Soliman10,11*

1Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Shaqra University, Alquwayiyah, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 
2Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 
3Department of Biology, College of Science, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia
4Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, University of Tabuk, Tabuk 71491, Saudi Arabia
5Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tabuk, Tabuk 71491, Saudi Arabia
6Biological Science Department, College of Science and Art, King Abdulaziz University, Rabigh, Saudi Arabia
7Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, University of Jeddah, P.O. Box 8304, Jeddah 23234, Saudi Arabia
8Department of Biology, Turabah University College, Taif University, 21995, Saudi Arabia
9Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Najran University, Najran 61441, Saudi Arabia 
10Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza 12613, Egypt
11Biology Department, Faculty of Science, Taibah University, Al-Sharm, Yanbu El-Bahr, Yanbu 46429, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
 
* Corresponding author: hmona@sci.cu.edu.eg

Fig. 1.

Antibody response after 7 days of (A) Primary, (B) secondary SRBCs injection and after 14 days, (C) primary, (D) secondary SRBCs injection.

Fig. 2.

(A) Lymphoproliferative response to phytohemagglutinin of rats treated with aflatoxins and Bacillus licheniformis in different combinations and (B) Phagocytic index of rats treated with aflatoxins and Bacillus licheniformis in different combinations.

Fig. 3.

Histopathological examination of bursa of Fabricius of rats treated with aflatoxins and Bacillus licheniformis in different combinations. (A) Photomicrograph of group A (Basal diet) showing normal parenchyma of bursa of Fabricius. (B) Photomicrograph of group B (aflatoxins) showing increased interfollicular spaces. (C) Photomicrograph of group C (aflatoxins and Bacillus) showing almost normal parenchyma (D) Photomicrograph of group D (Bacillus) showing normal bursal parenchyma.

Fig. 4.

(A) Total antioxidants concentration (TAC) in the serum of rats treated with aflatoxins and Bacillus licheniformis in different combinations and (B) Total antioxidants status (TOS) in the serum of rats treated with aflatoxins and Bacillus licheniformis in different combinations.

Fig. 5.

(A) Serum concentrations of heme oxygenease 1 (HO-1), (B) glutathione S transferase (GST), and (C) superoxide dismutase (SOD) of rats treated with aflatoxins and Bacillus licheniformis in different combinations

Fig. 6.

Serum interleukin concentrations of rats treated with aflatoxins and Bacillus licheniformis in different combinations.

Fig. 7.

IFN-γ (A), IL-1 (B), IL-1B (C), and IL-10 (D) concentrations in the serum of rats treated with aflatoxins and Bacillus licheniformis in different combinations.

Pakistan Journal of Zoology

April

Pakistan J. Zool., Vol. 56, Iss. 2, pp. 503-1000

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