Dichlorvos evokes systemic lipid dysmetabolism in Wistar rats: rescindment influence of curcumin

Organophosphorus pesticides such as dichlorvos (DDVP) are often employed to eradicate pests, especially in low and medium-income countries. However, they have several negative impacts on the visceral organs. Astonishingly, curcumin protects organs from the detrimental effects of xenobiotics via the maintenance of redox homeostasis; unfortunately, its role in dichlorvos-provoked multi-organ impairment vis-à-vis lipid homeostasis has not been examined. Therefore, this undertaking probed the remedial efficacy of curcumin on DDVP-prompted combined systemic toxicity and major lipid distribution. Randomization was engaged to dedicate rats (40) into seven groups (6 rats/group): control, DDVP only (20 mg kg-1day-1), DDVP administered with either curcumin (50 and 100 mg kg-1day-1) or reference medication atropine (0.2 mg kg-1day-1), and curcumin only (50 and 100 mg kg-1day-1). DDVP was dispensed orally for one week, followed by two weeks of curcumin treatment. Twenty-four hours after the last administration, we sacrificed the rats and collected their blood and viscera (liver, kidney, heart, lung, and brain) for bioassays. Curcumin remarkably (p<0.05) rescinded DDVP-mediated increases in plasma, LDL, and systemic cholesterol; markedly (p<0.05) attenuated DDVP-elicited decreases in HDL-cholesterol and TAG contents in all the compartments except erythrocyte and liver; and significantly (p<0.05) abated DDVP-induced plasma phospholipidaemia, multi-organ phospholipidosis, and up-regulation of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase (HMG-CoA-R) activity. This finding demonstrated that curcumin reverses DDVP-triggered anomalous lipid dynamics by abating cholesterogenesis and phospholipidosis and restoring HMG-CoA-R activity.