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Acta cir. bras ; 31(8): 520-526, Aug. 2016. tab, graf
Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-792414

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ABSTRACT PURPOSE: To evaluated the long-term effect of scopolamine and sesame oil on spatial memory. METHODS: Memory impairment induced by Intracerebroventricular (ICV) injection of scopolamine hydrochloride (10 μg/ rat). Animals were gavaged for 4 weeks with saline, sesame oil (0.5, 1, or 2 mL/kg/day), or 3 weeks with memantine (30 mg/kg/day) in advance to induction of amnesia. Morris water maze (MWM) test was conducted 6 days after microinjection of scopolamine. Then, blood and brain samples were collected and evaluated for the malondialdehyde (MDA) levels, superoxide dismutase (SOD) and glutathione peroxidase (GPX) activities, and total antioxidant status (TAS) and ferric reducing ability of plasma (FRAP). RESULTS: Scopolamine significantly decreased traveled distance and time spent in target quadrant in probe test. Pretreatment of rats with sesame oil (0.5 mg/kg) mitigated scopolamine-induced behavioral alterations. Measurement of MDA, SOD, and GPX in brain tissue, and FRAP and TAS in blood showed little changes in animals which had received scopolamine or sesame oil. CONCLUSIONS: Intracerebroventricular injection of scopolamine has a residual effect on memory after six days. Sesame oil has an improving effect on spatial memory; however this effect is possibly mediated by mechanisms other than antioxidant effect of sesame oil.


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Animals , Male , Rats , Scopolamine/adverse effects , Sesame Oil/administration & dosage , Amnesia/drug therapy , Adjuvants, Anesthesia/adverse effects , Antioxidants/administration & dosage , Superoxide Dismutase/chemistry , Ferric Compounds/chemistry , Rats, Wistar , Oxidative Stress/drug effects , Maze Learning , Disease Models, Animal , Alzheimer Disease/prevention & control , Glutathione Peroxidase/chemistry , Amnesia/chemically induced , Injections, Intraventricular , Memory/drug effects , Antioxidants/chemistry
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Acta cient. Soc. Venez. Bioanalistas Esp ; 11(1): 30-36, 2008. ilus, tab
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-733441

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El estrés oxidativo juega un papel muy importante en la aterosclerosis; de hecho existe evidencias que indican que los antioxidantes son moléculas capaces de retardar y/o revertir el proceso aterosclerótico. El objetivo del presente estudio fue comparar el efecto de la vitamina C (Vit C), sobre la actividad de la Glutation peroxidasa (GPx) y la formación de ateromas en conejos. Se estudiaron 36 conejos divididos en 3 grupos: Grupo 1 (Control): conejarina, Grupo 2: huevo y conejarina, Grupo 3: huevo, conejarina y Vit C (100mg/diarios). el período experimental duró 12 semanas. Se determinó perfil lipídico por métodos enzimáticos y la actividad de GPx por cinética en 0 y 12va semana. Los conejos fueron sacrificados y se les realizó estudio histológico de su aorta. Los resultados revelaron un incremento en la actividad de la GPx en los grupos 2 y 3 con respecto al control en la 12va semana de experimentación (p<0,05). Hubo inhibición de lesiones ateroscleróticas en los conejos del grupo 3. En conclusión en condiciones de hiperlipidemia con o sin suplementación de Vit C, existe incremento en la actividad de GPx. Por otra parte, la Vit C disminuye y evita la progresión de ateromas.


Oxidative stress plays an important role in artherosclerosis; so antioxidants are molecules have been used to slow down or inihibit atherosclerosis. The objetive of the presents study was to compare the effect of Vitamin C (Vit C), on serum Glutathione peroxidase activity (GPx) and on the formation of aortic lesions in rabbits. 36 rabbits were studied: Group 1: "conejarina" (commercial rrabit food); Group 2: egg and conejarina, Group 3: egg, conejarina and Vit C (100mg/day). The experimental lasted 12 weeks. Lipid profile was done by enzymatic methods and GPx by kinetic method in weeks 0 and 12. Histological study of rabbit's aorta was done. GPx activity in groups 2 and 3, increased compared with controls, from weeks 12 of experimentation (o<0,05). There was inihition of aortic lesions in groups 3. In conclusion, under hyperlipidemic conditions, with or without Vit C supplementation, activity of GPx there is increase. Vit C reduces and prevents the progression of atheromas.


Subject(s)
Rabbits , Ascorbic Acid/administration & dosage , Ascorbic Acid/metabolism , Arteries/chemistry , Atherosclerosis/genetics , Atherosclerosis/blood , Glutathione Peroxidase/biosynthesis , Glutathione Peroxidase/chemistry , Free Radicals/chemistry , Blood Chemical Analysis , Hematology
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Rev. cuba. invest. bioméd ; 16(1): 10-5, ene.-jun. 1997.
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-205309

ABSTRACT

La glutation peroxidasa es una de las enzimas que participan en las transformaciones de especies reactivas del oxígeno, catalizando la reducción del peróxido o lipoperóxido, para lo cual utiliza como agente reductor al glutation reducido. Esta enzima desempeña un importante papel en la defensa antioxidante por su localización en todos los órganos y tejidos, como parte del sistema antioxidante del glutatión, por lo que está involucrada en la fisiopatología de varias enfermedades. En el presente artículo se tratan los aspectos más importantes de sus características estructurales y su papel biológico en la fisiopatología de algunas enfermedades


Subject(s)
Reactive Oxygen Species , Free Radicals , Glutathione Peroxidase/chemistry
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