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Environ Toxicol Pharmacol ; 37(2): 592-9, 2014 Mar.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24562057

ABSTRACT

Arsenic is an environmental pollutant and its contamination in drinking water poses serious world wide environmental health threats. It produces multiple adverse effects in various tissues, including the kidney. However, biochemical mechanism and renal response to its toxic insult are not completely elucidated. We hypothesized that sodium arsenate (ARS) induces oxidative stress and alters the structure and metabolic functions of kidney. Male Wistar rats were administered ARS (10 mg/kg body weight/day), intraperitoneally daily for 10 days. ARS administration increased blood urea nitrogen, serum creatinine, cholesterol, glucose, and phospholipids but decreased inorganic phosphate, indicating kidney toxicity. The activity of brush border membrane (BBM) enzymes significantly lowered in both cortex and medulla. Activity of hexokinase, lactate dehydrogenase, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenases, and NADP-malic enzyme significantly increased whereas malate dehydrogenase, glucose-6-phosphatase, and fructose 1,6 bis phosphatase decreased by ARS exposure. The activity of superoxide dismutase, GSH-peroxidase, and catalase were selectively altered in renal tissues along with an increase in lipid peroxidation. The present results indicated that ARS induced oxidative stress caused severe renal damage that resulted in altered levels of carbohydrate metabolism and BBM enzymes.


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Arsenates/toxicity , Carbohydrate Metabolism/drug effects , Kidney/drug effects , Microvilli/drug effects , Animals , Kidney/metabolism , Kidney/pathology , Lysosomes/drug effects , Lysosomes/metabolism , Male , Microvilli/metabolism , Oxidative Stress/drug effects , Oxidoreductases/metabolism , Rats, Wistar , Transferases/metabolism
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Nutrition ; 23(9): 687-95, 2007 Sep.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17679048

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OBJECTIVE: Green tea, consumed worldwide since ancient times, is considered beneficial to human health. We hypothesized that green tea would enhance antioxidant defenses and specific metabolic activities of rat intestine, liver, and kidney to improve their functions. METHODS: The effect of green tea given to rats in the diet or drinking water for 25 d was determined on blood chemistry and on activities of enzymes of carbohydrate metabolism, brush border membrane, and antioxidant defense. RESULTS: Serum glucose, cholesterol, phosphate, and body weight decreased, whereas the activities of lactate and malate dehydrogenases and glucose-6- and fructose 1,6-bis-phosphatases increased in the intestine and kidney but slightly changed in the liver. Activity of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase profoundly increased in the renal cortex but decreased in other tissues. Lipid peroxidation increased in the intestine and renal medulla and decreased in the renal cortex and liver; catalase increased in all tissues but the medulla. Superoxide dismutase activity decreased in the intestine but increased in renal tissues. Activities of brush border membrane enzymes in general increased in the intestine and kidney. CONCLUSION: Green tea consumption resulted in enhanced enzyme activities of carbohydrate metabolism and antioxidant defenses, which may lead to improved health.


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Antioxidants/metabolism , Carbohydrate Metabolism , Cell Membrane/enzymology , Tea/chemistry , Animals , Catalase/metabolism , Glutathione/metabolism , Glutathione Peroxidase/metabolism , Glutathione Reductase/metabolism , Intestine, Small/drug effects , Intestine, Small/enzymology , Intestine, Small/metabolism , Kidney/drug effects , Kidney/enzymology , Kidney/metabolism , Lipid Peroxidation/drug effects , Lipid Peroxidation/physiology , Liver/drug effects , Liver/enzymology , Liver/metabolism , Male , Oxidative Stress/drug effects , Oxidative Stress/physiology , Oxidoreductases/metabolism , Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases/metabolism , Random Allocation , Rats , Rats, Wistar , Superoxide Dismutase/metabolism
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