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ArticleBiomolecules2026

L-Serine Attenuates Metabolic and Behavioural Features of Diabetic Neuropathy with Dose-Dependent Central Proteomic Correlates in a Rat Model.

Menna Hamdy, Dina M Khodeer, Mayada E Elsakka, Ali M Alaseem, Yasser M Mostafa, Afaf Alharthi, Mohammad El-Nablaway, Mohamed M Tawfik

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Menna HamdyDepartment of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Suez Canal University, Ismailia 41522, Egypt.
Dina M KhodeerDepartment of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU), Riyadh 13317, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-3412-4138
Mayada E ElsakkaDepartment of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Horus University-Egypt, New Damietta 34517, Egypt.
Ali M AlaseemDepartment of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU), Riyadh 13317, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-2015-9161
Yasser M MostafaDepartment of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Suez Canal University, Ismailia 41522, Egypt.
Afaf AlharthiDepartment of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-4171-9850
Mohammad El-NablawayDepartment of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, AlMaarefa University, Riyadh 13713, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-2494-6004
Mohamed M TawfikZoology Department, Faculty of Science, Port Said University, Port Said 42526, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0003-3582-0562

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Imam Mohammad ibn Saud Islamic University 2601
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diabetic neuropathy (DN) is a multifactorial complication of diabetes mellitus driven by chronic hyperglycemia, insulin resistance, and disturbed metabolic homeostasis, leading to progressive injury of both the peripheral and central nervous systems. This study investigated whether L-serine supplementation could attenuate DN through dose-dependent metabolic and neuroprotective mechanisms in a high-fat diet (HFD) plus streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rat model. Male Wistar rats (n = 8 per group) were allocated to five groups: normal control (NC), diabetic control (DC), pioglitazone (PIO; 1.5 mg/kg/day), low-dose L-serine (S1; 200 mg/kg/day), and high-dose L-serine (S2; 400 mg/kg/day). After 60 days of oral gavage, behavioural testing, glucose and insulin profiling, HOMA-IR calculation, brain histopathology, nerve growth factor (NGF) immunohistochemistry, and LC-MS/MS-based proteomic analysis of cerebral tissue were performed. Diabetic rats exhibited marked hyperglycaemia (355.33 ± 4.72 mg/dL), hyperinsulinaemia, severe insulin resistance (HOMA-IR 16.8 ± 3.2; a 14-fold increase), impaired thermal nociception, motor dysfunction, and pronounced neuronal degeneration. L-serine supplementation significantly improved metabolic status: S1 reduced HOMA-IR by 77.4% and S2 by 87.5% relative to diabetic controls (

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Diabetes Mellitus, ExperimentalDiabetic NeuropathiesProteomicsSerineAnimalsBlood GlucoseBrainDiet, High-FatDisease Models, AnimalDose-Response Relationship, DrugInsulinInsulin ResistanceMaleNerve Growth FactorRatsRats, WistarBlood GlucoseInsulinNerve Growth FactorSerineStreptozocindiabetic neuropathyinsulin resistanceLC–MS/MSL-serinemetabolic reprogrammingnerve growth factorneuroprotectionpioglitazoneproteomicssynaptic plasticity

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PMID42352347
PMCPMC13297546

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