Effect of exogenous nitric oxide on antioxidants from mice infected with Trichinella spiralis / 中国血吸虫病防治杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To study the effect of exogenous nitric oxide donor sodium nitroprusside(SNP)on antioxidant en?zymes activities and lipid peroxidation of mice infected with Trichinella spiralis. Methods BALB/c mice were infected with T. spiralis separated by the digestion method. Forty?two days post?infection,the peripheral blood and hepatic tissue from the in?fected or normal mice were collected. Then 4 groups were setliver homogenate from infected mice+SNP(Group A),liver ho?mogenate from normal mice+SNP(Group B),peripheral blood from infected mice+SNP(Group C),and peripheral blood from normal mice+SNP(Group D). The final concentrations of SNP in each group were set as 0(blank control),2,5,10μmol/L and 30μmol/L,respectively. After reacting with SNP at 37℃for 30 min,the superoxide dismutase(SOD),glutathi?one peroxidase(GSH?Px),catalase(CAT)activities,and malondialdehyde(MDA)concentration were examined and com?pared. Results The levels of SOD,CAT,GSH?Px and MDA concentration in the liver and the blood from the mice infected with T. spiralis were significantly higher than those of the normal ones(all P < 0.05). When reacted with 10 μmol/L and 30 μmol/L SNP,the SOD,GSH?Px,and CAT activities in Group A and B decreased significantly(all P<0.05),while the liver MDA concentration reacted with 2-30μmol/L SNP increased obviously(all P<0.05). As reacted with 30μmol/L SNP,the ac?tivities of blood SOD,GSH?Px,and CAT in Group C and D decreased,while the MDA concentration in blood still increased (all P<0.01). When the SNP concentration was in the range of 2-30μmol/L,there were a negative correlation between the SNP concentrations and SOD,GSH?Px,and CAT activities,as well as a positive correlation with the MDA concentration in the liver and blood from the mice infected with T. spiralis(all P<0.05). Conclusions T. spiralis infection could cause oxidative damage to mice,and increase SOD,GSH?Px,and CAT activities. Nitric oxide released from SNP can decrease antioxidase activ?ities,and inhibit the antioxidant capacity of mice infected with T. spiralis.