ENDOGENOUS REGULATION OF SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE AND CATALASE ACTIVITY CORRELATED TO ESTRADIOL LEVELS IN PATIENTS UNDERWENT TO HYSTERECTOMY AND BILATERAL OVARIECTOMY

Maturitas ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 63 ◽  
pp. S77
Author(s):  
M. Matteo ◽  
G. Scillitani ◽  
S. Marrocchella ◽  
V. Sestilli ◽  
I. Barone ◽  
...  
Author(s):  
L. Kot ◽  
L. Yurchenko ◽  
A. Shepeleva ◽  
K. Dvorshchenko

Among the diseases of the musculoskeletal system, the leading place is occupied by joint diseases. It is important to conduct effective prevention of these diseases in order to stop or slow down the development of pathological changes in the body. In this regard, an important issue is the search for means to restore joints. Promising in the prevention and treatment of joint diseases is the use of chondroitin sulfate, which is a natural component of the intercellular substance of cartilage. The aim of this work was to investigate the prophylactic effect of chondroitin sulfate on the activity of superoxide dismutase and catalase in rat blood serum under conditions of carrageenan-induced joint inflammation. The studies were conducted on white non-linear, sexually mature male rats weighing 180–240 g, in compliance with the general ethical principles of experiments on animals. All animals were divided into four experimental groups. The first group – control: animals sub-planar injected 0.1 ml of 0,9 % NaCl solution into the posterior right limb. The second group – animals received a therapeutic dose of 3 mg x kg-1 chondroitin sulfate daily for 28 days daily. The third group – animals were infused intramuscularly with 0,1 ml of 0,9 % NaCl solution in the posterior right limb for 28 days and for 29 days inflammatory edema of the limb was stimulated (animals were sub-planar injected with 0,1 ml of 1% carrageenan solution to the posterior right limb ) The fourth group – for 28 days rats were daily intramuscularly injected with a therapeutic dose of 3 mg x kg-1 chondroitin sulfate, after which on 29th day, inflammatory edema of the limb was stimulated. The total number of animals involved in experimental studies was 40 individuals. Superoxide dismutase activity was assessed by the ability of the enzyme to compete with nitro blue tetrazolium for superoxide radicals. Catalase activity was measured by the amount of intact hydrogen peroxide in the sample. Protein content was measured by the Lowry method. It was revealed that under conditions of carrageenan-induced joint inflammation in the blood serum, the antioxidant defense system is disrupted: the activity of superoxide dismutase decreases by 1,5 times, while the catalase activity increases by 2,1 times compared to the control. Prophylactic administration of chondroitin sulfate to animals with carrageenan-induced joint inflammation contributes to the restoration of the antioxidant system.


2017 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dennis Almaguer-Gotay ◽  
Luis E. Almaguer-Mederos ◽  
Raul Aguilera-Rodríguez ◽  
Roberto Rodríguez-Labrada ◽  
Dany Cuello-Almarales ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 220
Author(s):  
E. Hicks ◽  
M. Mentler ◽  
B. D. Whitaker

Oxidative stress can have a negative effect on oocyte maturation during invitro production of pig embryos. Imbalance of reactive oxygen species and antioxidant levels can affect the progression of oocyte maturation up to the point of fertilization. Antioxidants are effective in maintaining more ideal reactive oxygen species levels, which help to protect oocytes from potential harmful effects of oxidative stress. Berries from the elder plant (Sambucus sp.) contain high levels of a broad spectrum of antioxidants. One of these antioxidants, cyanidin, when supplemented to maturation medium at 100μM concentrations, reduces reactive oxygen species formation and improves IVF and early embryonic development in pigs. However, changes in the enzyme mechanisms of action during oocyte maturation due to cyanidin supplementation are unknown. Therefore, the objective of this study was to characterise the intracellular oocyte enzyme mechanisms between oocytes supplemented with 100μM cyanidin during 40 to 44h of maturation (n=600) and oocytes without supplementation of cyanidin during maturation (n=558). At the end of maturation, oocytes were evaluated for either glutathione peroxidase (n=300), catalase (n=564), or superoxide dismutase (n=294) activities. Glutathione peroxidase activity was determined by following the rate of NADPH oxidation, catalase activity was determined by following the rate of hydrogen peroxide decomposition, and superoxide dismutase activity was determined by following the reduction rate of cytochrome c, utilising the xanthine-xanthine oxidase system. Data were analysed using ANOVA and Tukey's test. There were no significant differences between oocytes matured with 100μM cyanidin and those that were not when comparing glutathione peroxidase and superoxide dismutase activities. Supplementation of 100μM cyanidin to maturation medium increased (P<0.05) catalase activity in oocytes (0.78±0.15 units/oocyte) compared with no cyanidin supplementation (0.14±0.11 units/oocyte). These results indicate that supplementing 100μM cyanidin to the maturation medium of pig oocytes could reduce the negative effects of oxidative stress by increasing intracellular catalase activity during oocyte maturation.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Ali Faisal ◽  
Salsa Maulida ◽  
Siti Intania Mairudi ◽  
Eko Suhartono

2009 ◽  
Vol 44 (11) ◽  
pp. 1125-1131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlo Dani ◽  
Giuseppe Buonocore ◽  
Mariangela Longini ◽  
Cosetta Felici ◽  
Antonello Rodriguez ◽  
...  

2002 ◽  
Vol 57 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 197-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emilia Ivanova ◽  
Maria Angelova ◽  
Ludmila Slokoska ◽  
Svetlana Pashova ◽  
Reneta Toshkova ◽  
...  

A novel Cu/Zn-containing superoxide dismutase (SOD) was isolated from the fungal strain Humicola lutea 103. Previously, a protective effect of this enzyme (HLSOD) against tumor growth and also superoxide production in Graffi tumor-bearing hamsters (TBH) were established. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of HLSOD on the activity of endogenous SOD and catalase in the cells from TBH during tumor progression. Our results point out that transplantation of Graffi tumor causes a significant decrease in SOD activity in the cells from liver of the hosts (from 35 to 59% compared to the control). In the tumor cells relatively low levels of SOD (about 7 U mg protein-1) were found, and Cu/ZnSOD was the main isoenzyme in total SOD activity. Tumor growth resulted in a reduction of catalase activity, which correlated with the process of tumor progression. A single dose (65 U) treatment with HLSOD caused an increase in endogenous SOD and catalase activity in healthy animals and resulted in restoration of the antioxidant ability in liver cells of the hosts at the early stage of tumor progression. The results show the possible participation of HLSOD in the host oxidant-antioxidant balance, which is probably one of the factors of its immunoprotective action established earlier.


2001 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 211-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert M. Strother ◽  
Tonya G. Thomas ◽  
Mary Otsyula ◽  
Ruth A. Sanders ◽  
John B. Watkins III

Rats fed a galactose-rich diet have been used for several years as a model for diabetes to study, particularly in the eye, the effects of excess blood hexoses. This study sought to determine the utility of galactosemia as a model for oxidative stress in extraocular tissues by examining biomarkers of oxidative stress in galactose-fed rats and experimentally-induced diabetic rats. Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into four groups: experimental control; streptozotocin-induced diabetic; insulin-treated diabetic; and galactose-fed. The rats were maintained on these regimens for 30 days, at which point the activities of catalase, glutathione peroxidase, glutathione reductase, and superoxide dismutase, as well as levels of lipid peroxidation and reduced and oxidized glutathione were determined in heart, liver, and kidney. This study indicates that while there are some similarities between galactosemic and diabetic rats in these measured indices of oxidative stress (hepatic catalase activity levels and hepatic and renal levels of oxidized glutathione in both diabetic and galactosemic rats were significantly decreased when compared to normal), overall the galactosemic rat model is not closely parallel to the diabetic rat model in extra-ocular tissues. In addition, several effects of diabetes (increased hepatic glutathione peroxidase activity, increased superoxide dismutase activity in kidney and heart, decreased renal and increased cardiac catalase activity) were not mimicked in galactosemic rats, and glutathione concentration in both liver and heart was affected in opposite ways in diabetic rats and galactose- fed rats. Insulin treatment reversed/prevented the activity changes in renal and cardiac superoxide dismutase, renal and cardiac catalase, and hepatic glutathione peroxidase as well as the hepatic changes in lipid peroxidation and reduced and oxidized glutathione, and the increase in cardiac glutathione. Thus, prudence should be exercised in the use of experimentally galactosemic rats as a model for diabetes until the correspondence of the models has been more fully characterized.


1983 ◽  
Vol 216 (2) ◽  
pp. 503-506 ◽  
Author(s):  
R G Allen ◽  
K J Farmer ◽  
R S Sohal

The effects of total inhibition of catalase, induced by 3-amino-1,2,4-triazole, on the adult housefly (Musca domestica) were examined. The lack of catalase activity had no effect on the longevity of the houseflies. Inorganic-peroxide concentration was elevated at younger ages, but declined in older flies. The rate of oxygen consumption by the flies was greatly decreased and the levels of oxidized as well as reduced glutathione were augmented. Superoxide dismutase activity showed a slight increase. This study suggests that loss of catalase activity does not affect survival of houseflies due to adaptive responses.


2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
De-Lu Ma ◽  
Mai Chen ◽  
Chen X. Su ◽  
Brett J. West

Deacetylasperulosidic acid (DAA) is a major phytochemical constituent ofMorinda citrifolia(noni) fruit. Noni juice has demonstrated antioxidant activityin vivoand in human trials. To evaluate the role of DAA in this antioxidant activity, Wistar rats were fed 0 (control group), 15, 30, or 60 mg/kg body weight per day for 7 days. Afterwards, serum malondialdehyde concentration and superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxidase activities were measured and compared among groups. A dose-dependent reduction in malondialdehyde was evident as well as a dose-dependent increase in superoxide dismutase activity. DAA ingestion did not influence serum glutathione peroxidase activity. These results suggest that DAA contributes to the antioxidant activity of noni juice by increasing superoxide dismutase activity. The fact that malondialdehyde concentrations declined with increased DAA dose, despite the lack of glutathione peroxidase-inducing activity, suggests that DAA may also increase catalase activity. It has been previously reported that noni juice increases catalase activityin vivobut additional research is required to confirm the effect of DAA on catalase. Even so, the current findings do explain a possible mechanism of action for the antioxidant properties of noni juice that have been observed in human clinical trials.


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