scholarly journals In vitro susceptibility of duck, chicken, and pig erythrocyte lipids to peroxidation

2012 ◽  
Vol 47 (No. 10 - 11) ◽  
pp. 303-308 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Gradinski-Vrbanac ◽  
Z. Stojevič ◽  
S. Milinkovič-Tur ◽  
T. Balenovič ◽  
J. Piršljin ◽  
...  

The susceptibility of erythrocyte lipid to in vitro peroxidation as measured by TBARS (thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances) and concentration of reduced glutathione (GSH) in whole blood and erythrocyte suspension before and after incubation with hydrogen peroxide was assessed in ducks, chickens and pigs. A high susceptibility of erythrocytes to peroxidation in vitro was observed in all animals tested, but this susceptibility was of different intensity. Pig erythrocytes exhibited the lowest resistance to oxidative stress in vitro as compared with that in ducks (P < 0.01) and chickens (P < 0.02). A high level of GSH in the erythrocytes of ducks and chickens offers higher resistance to oxidative stress in comparison with that in the pig erythrocytes.

2015 ◽  
Vol 62 (2) ◽  
pp. 13-19
Author(s):  
Urmila Jarouliya ◽  
Anish Zacharia ◽  
Raj K. Keservani ◽  
Godavarthi B.K.S Prasad

Abstract Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder characterised by hyperglycemia and oxidative stress. The aim of the present study is to explore the antioxidant effect of Spirulina maxima in rat model along with the histopathological observations. Diabetes was induced by feeding 10% fructose solution orally to Wistar rats (n = 6) for 30 days, analysed for plasma blood glucose and the markers of the oxidative stress [catalase (CAT), superoxide dismutase (SOD), reduced glutathione (GSH) and thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS)]. These biochemical studies were associated with histopathological examination of liver and kidney sections. The microalga Spirulina maxima being rich in proteins and other essential nutrients is widely used as a food supplement. S. maxima at a dose of 5 and 10% per kg and the metformin (500 mg/kg) as reference drug were given orally for 30 days to the diabetic rats. Diabetic rats showed significant (p < 0.001) elevations in plasma blood glucose, thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances and significant reduction in catalase, superoxide dismutase and reduced glutathione activity. Oral administration of 5 and 10% aqueous extract of S. maxima for 30 days restored not only of blood glucose levels but also markers of oxidative stress. Histopathological observations of tissues manifested that the S. maxima administration had the protective and therapeutic effects against fructose-induced abnormalities in diabetic rats. It is concluded that S. maxima is effective in reinstating the antioxidant activity in addition to its antidiabetic effect in type 2 diabetic rats.


2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (12) ◽  
pp. 116001-116018
Author(s):  
Elisângela Miranda de Jesus Lisboa ◽  
Lucinéia Reuse Albiero ◽  
Nadila Melchiors ◽  
Wesley Sandro de Paula Borges ◽  
Valfran da Silva Lima ◽  
...  

Ethnobotanical surveys have revealed the use of jatobá for the treatment of several diseases. This study determined the effect of plant extracts on the development of Ehrlich carcinoma. Male Swiss mice (n=6) were subcutaneously inoculated with 106 tumor cells and intragastrically administered ethanol (2 mg·mL-1, 5 mg·mL-1, or 10 mg·mL-1) or aqueous extracts of jatobá seed or bark for 90 days. Tumor development did not significantly differ between the groups studied; however, animals treated with the aqueous extract of the seed (2.205 mg·mL-1) had a reduction in tumor size compared to those treated with the aqueous extract of the bark (1.7 mg·mL-1). The treatment was not found to influence the survival of the animals studied. A new group of animals (n=7), with or without the tumor, received the aqueous extract of jatobá seed for 7, 14, and 30 days to evaluate oxidative stress. The extract reduced the thiobarbituric acid reactive substances levels at 7 days in the liver and kidneys, and 14 days in brain and renal tissue. Protein carbonylation levels were also reduced at 7 days in the liver and brain tissue and 14 days in the liver. The reduced glutathione levels diminished in animals treated for 7 and 14 days. We conclude that treatment with the aqueous extract of the jatobá seed presents promising activity in the reduction of oxidative stress.


2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 358-365
Author(s):  
Vera Spasojevic-Tisma ◽  
Milovan Matovic ◽  
Olgica Mihaljevic ◽  
Snezana Zivancevic-Simonovic ◽  
Marija Jeremic ◽  
...  

The radioactive iodine (131I) ablation is a well-accepted treatment modality for differentiated thyroid cancer patients. Unfortunately, the radiation induces the oxidative stress and damages cells and tissues, simultaneously activating the mechanisms of antioxidative defense. Since the mechanisms of those processes are not completely known, we wanted to examine the changes in the most important reactive oxygen species and antioxidative components, as well as their correlation and significance for lipid peroxidation. Our results showed that the level of thiobarbituric acid reactive substances was increased during the first 30 days after the radiotherapy. Among antioxidant components, superoxide dismutase was increased in the 3rd and 30th day; catalase in 7th and reduced glutathione in 3rd and 7th day after the radiotherapy. As regards the prooxidants, the reduction of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) was recorded in 7th and 30th day, and superoxide anion radical (O?-) was unchanged after the exposure to 131I. These results indicate that differentiated thyroid cancer patients are under constant oxidative stress despite the observed increase in antioxidative and reduction in prooxidative parameters. The understanding of these early processes is important since their progress determines the latter effects of 131I therapy.


Molecules ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (18) ◽  
pp. 3322 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daofeng Qu ◽  
Chu Liu ◽  
Mengxue Jiang ◽  
Lifang Feng ◽  
Yuewen Chen ◽  
...  

Some studies have demonstrated that acrylamide (AA) was correlated with oxidative stress, resulting in physical damage. The jackfruit flake was an immature pulp that contained a high level of antioxidant activity. This study aimed to assess the defensive efficacy of jackfruit flake in AA-induced oxidative stress before and after simulated gastrointestinal digestion. Our results indicate that the total polyphenol content of Jackfruit flake digest (Digestive products of jackfruit flake after gastrointestinal, JFG) was diminished; however, JFG had raised the relative antioxidant capacity compared to Jackfruit flake extract (JFE). Additionally, the results of High Performance Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (HPLC-MS) implied that a proportion of compounds were degraded/converted into other unknown and/or undetected metabolites. Further, by high content analysis (HCA) techniques, JFG markedly reduced cytotoxicity and excessive production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in cells, thereby alleviating mitochondrial disorders. In this study, it may be converted active compounds after digestion that had preferable protective effects against AA-induced oxidative damage.


2012 ◽  
Vol 84 (4) ◽  
pp. 1121-1126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seyed M. Nabavi ◽  
Seyed F. Nabavi ◽  
Akbar H. Moghaddam ◽  
William N. Setzer ◽  
Morteza Mirzaei

This study aim to evaluate the protective effect of silymarin on sodium fluoride-induced oxidative stress in rat cardiac tissues. Animals were pretreated with silymarin at 20 and 10 mg/kg prior to sodium fluoride consumption (600 ppm through drinking water). Vitamin C at 10 mg/kg was used as standard antioxidant. There was a significant increase in thiobarbituric acid reactive substances level (59.36 ± 2.19 nmol MDA eq/g tissue) along with a decrease in antioxidant enzymes activity (64.27 ± 1.98 U/g tissue for superoxide dismutase activity and 29.17 ± 1.01 µmol/min/mg protein for catalase activity) and reduced glutathione level (3.8 ± 0.15 µg/mg protein) in the tissues homogenates of the sodium fluoride-intoxicated rats. Silymarin administration to animals before sodium fluoride consumption modified the levels of biochemical parameters.


2005 ◽  
Vol 83 (2) ◽  
pp. 176-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Maria Bassi ◽  
Sabina Ledda ◽  
Maria Clara De Pascale ◽  
Susanna Penco ◽  
Simona Rossi ◽  
...  

Advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) are linked to aging and correlated diseases. The aim of present study was to evaluate oxidative stress related parameters in J774A.1 murine macrophage cells during chronic exposure to a subtoxic concentration of AGE (5% ribose-glycated serum (GS)) and subsequently for 48 h to a higher dose (10% GS). No effects on cell viability were evident in either experimental condition. During chronic treatment, glycative markers (free and bound pentosidine) increased significantly in intra- and extracellular environments, but the production and release of thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARs), as an index of lipid peroxidation, underwent a time-dependent decrease. Exposure to 10% GS evidenced that glycative markers rose further, while TBARs elicited a cellular defence against oxidative stress. Nonadapted cultures showed an accumulation of AGEs, a marked oxidative stress, and a loss of viability. During 10% GS exposure, reduced glutathione levels in adapted cultures remained constant, as did the oxidized glutathione to reduced glutathione ratio, while nonadapted cells showed a markedly increased redox ratio. A constant increase of heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) mRNA was observed in all experimental conditions. On the contrary, HSP70 expression became undetectable for a longer exposure time; this could be due to the direct involvement of HSP70 in the refolding of damaged proteins. Our findings suggest an adaptive response of macrophages to subtoxic doses of AGE, which could constitute an important factor in the spread of damage to other cellular types during aging.Key words: in vitro cytotoxicity, AGE, pentosidine, glycoxidation, oxidative stress, TBARs.


2019 ◽  
Vol 106 (2) ◽  
pp. 158-167
Author(s):  
CC Callegaro ◽  
AD Hoffmeister ◽  
FG Porto ◽  
L Chaves ◽  
RC Horn ◽  
...  

Obesity is related to increased oxidative stress. Although low-intensity physical exercise reduces oxidative stress, obese subjects may show exercise intolerance. For these subjects, inspiratory threshold loading could be an alternative tool to reduce oxidative stress. We investigated the effects of inspiratory threshold loading on biomarkers of oxidative stress in obese and normal-weight subjects. Twenty obese (31.4 ± 6 years old, 10 men and 10 women, 37.5 ± 4.7 kg/m2) and 20 normal-weight (29.4 ± 8 years old, 10 men and 10 women, 23.2 ± 1.5 kg/m2) subjects matched for age and gender participated in the study. Maximal inspiratory pressure (MIP) was assessed by a pressure transducer. Blood sampling was performed before and after loading and control protocols to assess thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS), protein carbonylation, and reduced glutathione. Inspiratory threshold loading was performed at 60% MIP and maintained until task failure. The 30-min control protocol was performed at 0 cmH2O. Our results demonstrated that inspiratory threshold loading reduced TBARS across time in obese (6.21 ± 2.03 to 4.91 ± 2.14 nmol MDA/ml) and normal-weight subjects (5.60 ± 3.58 to 4.69 ± 2.80 nmol MDA/ml; p = 0.007), but no change was observed in protein carbonyls and glutathione in both groups. The control protocol showed no significant changes in TBARS and protein carbonyls. However, reduced glutathione was increased across time in both groups (obese: from 0.50 ± 0.37 to 0.56 ± 0.35 μmol GSH/ml; normal-weight: from 0.61 ± 0.11 to 0.81 ± 0.23 μmol GSH/ml; p = 0.002). These findings suggest that inspiratory threshold loading could be potentially used as an alternative tool to reduce oxidative stress in both normal-weight and obese individuals.


2014 ◽  
Vol 92 (11) ◽  
pp. 913-916 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huan-ting Li ◽  
Zhen-huan Zhao ◽  
Hai-yan Ding ◽  
Le-xin Wang ◽  
Yu Cao

Objective: to investigate the impact of craniotomy on oxidative stress and its effect on levels of plasma l-carnitine (LC). Methods: plasma levels of reactive oxygen species, superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathion peroxidase (GSH-Px), catalase (CAT), total antioxidative capacity (T-AOC), and thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) were measured in 34 patients (26 males and 8 females, mean age 47.7 ± 6.7 years) before and after craniotomy. Plasma levels of LC, acetyl-l-carnitine (ALC), and propionyl-l-carnitine (PLC) were also measured before and after the craniotomy. Results: the plasma concentrations of SOD, GSH-Px, CAT, and T-AOC within the first 4 h after craniotomy were lower than their baseline values (P < 0.05). There were no statistically significant differences in the mean plasma levels of SOD, GSH-Px, CAT, or T-AOC between the baseline and 24 h post-operative values. The level of TBARS at 4 h after the craniotomy was lower than the pre-operative level (P < 0.05), but the 24 h post-operative value was similar to the baseline concentration (P > 0.05). Plasma levels of LC, ALC, and PLC were lower after the craniotomy (P < 0.05), but these levels returned to the baseline levels 24 h after the operation. Conclusions: craniotomy and the associated procedures for surgery/anesthesia temporarily reduce antioxidant activity and plasma levels of l-carnitine.


2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 149-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adriana Santi ◽  
Charlene Menezes ◽  
Marta Duarte ◽  
Jossiele Leitemperger ◽  
Thais Lópes ◽  
...  

Oxidative stress biomarkers and acetylcholinesterase activity in human erythrocytes exposed to clomazone (in vitro)The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of clomazone herbicide on oxidative stress biomarkers and acetylcholinesterase activity in human erythrocytes inin vitroconditions. The activity of catalase (CAT), superoxide dismutase (SOD) and acetylcholinesterase (AChE), as well as the levels of thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) and reduced glutathione (GSH) were measured in human erythrocytes exposed (in vitro) to clomazone at varying concentrations in the range of 0, 100, 250 and 500 μg/L for 1 h at 37°C. TBARS levels were significantly higher in erythrocytes incubated with clomazone at 100, 250 and 500 μg/L. However, erythrocyte CAT and AChE activities were decreased at all concentrations tested. SOD activity was increased only at 100 μg/L of clomazone. GSH levels did not change with clomazone exposure. These results clearly showed clomazone to induce oxidative stress and AChE inhibition in human erythrocytes (in vitro). We, thus, suggest a possible role of ROS on toxicity mechanism induced by clomazone in humans.


Author(s):  
I. A. Bandas ◽  
M. I. Kulitska ◽  
T. Ya. Yaroshenko ◽  
M. M. Korda

Introduction. Nanoparticles are widely used in scientific research, industry and medicine. The established capability of nanoparticles to increase the transport of chemicals and drugs into cells and through the body barriers makes the possibility of potentiating the chemical contaminants toxicity in case of their simultaneous intake an urgent matter.The aim of the study – to learn the effect of silicon dioxide nanoparticles on the ability of chemical lead acetate toxicant to cause oxidative and nitro-oxidative stress in blood serum and liver of experimental rats.Research Methods. Experiments were conducted on 40 white outbred male rats, 150–160 g in weight, which were divided into 4 groups. Animals of the group (control) 1 were daily administered with saline solution intragastrically. The rats of the group 2 were administered with colloidal solution of silicon dioxide nanoparticles in a dose of 50 mg/kg of body weight. Animals of the group 3 were injected with lead acetate in aqueous solution in a dose of 20 mg/kg of body weight (expressed as lead), the group 4 – with solution of silicon dioxide nanoparticles with lead acetate daily during 3 weeks at the same doses. The total activity of NO-synthase, catalase, superoxide dismutase, NOx content, thiobarbituric acid reactive substances, oxidized modified proteins, reduced glutathione, ceruloplasmin and total serum antioxidant activity were determined in serum and liver. The obtained parameters were statistically processed.Results and Discussion. It was proved that silicon dioxide nanoparticles did not influence the studied parameters considerably. The administration of lead acetate to rats caused significant changes of all indices. However, the maximum changes of the parameters were evidenced in the group of animals in cases of simultaneous administration of silicon dioxide nanoparticles and lead acetate. In that case, the content of thiobarbituric acid reactive substances, NOx, oxidized modified proteins, reduced glutathione, and superoxide dismutase activity in blood serum and liver homogenate of rats varied significantly compared with the parameters of the group of animals that were administered with the chemical toxicant only.Conclusion. Silicon dioxide nanoparticles enhance the capability of the chemical lead acetate toxicant to cause oxidative and nitro-oxidative stress in blood serum and liver of the experimental rats.


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