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Emmanuel NS, Yusuf T, Bako IG, Malgwi IS, Eze ED, Ali Z, Aliyu M. Hematological changes, oxidative stress assessment, and dysregulation of aquaporin-3 channel, prolactin, and oxytocin receptors in kidneys of lactating Wistar rats treated with monosodium glutamate. NAUNYN-SCHMIEDEBERG'S ARCHIVES OF PHARMACOLOGY 2024:10.1007/s00210-024-03008-8. [PMID: 38446217 DOI: 10.1007/s00210-024-03008-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2023] [Accepted: 02/12/2024] [Indexed: 03/07/2024]
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High consumption of locally produced delicacies could expose nursing mothers to high monosodium glutamate (MSG) levels, frequently used as a necessary condiment in low-income countries. Thus, this study evaluated some novel preliminary changes in renal hormonal receptors, the aquaporin-3 channel, oxidative stress markers, and hematological indices induced by monosodium glutamate in lactating rats. Post-parturition, twenty-four (24) lactating Wistar rats were divided into four (4) groups of six rats each (n = 6). Oral administration of distilled water and MSG started three (3) days postpartum as follows: group 1: distilled water (1 ml/kg BW), group 2: MSG (925 mg/kg BW), group 3: MSG (1850 mg/kg BW), and group 4: MSG (3700 mg/kg BW). At the end of the experiment, which lasted fourteen (14) days, animals were sacrificed and samples of blood and tissues were obtained for biochemical analysis. MSG administration significantly (p < 0.05) increased ROS and MDA, with a significant (p < 0.05) decrease in kidney antioxidants. Serum creatinine, total, conjugated, and unconjugated bilirubin significantly (p < 0.05) increased with MSG administration. The prolactin receptor was significantly reduced (p < 0.05), while the oxytocin receptor and aquaporin-3 channel were significantly (p < 0.05) increased in the MSG-administered groups. There were significant (p < 0.05) changes in the hematological indices of the MSG-administered animals. Thus, the findings of this study suggest that high MSG consumption causes hematological alterations and may alter renal function via increased ROS production and dysregulation of the AQP-3 channel, prolactin, and oxytocin receptors in the kidneys of lactating Wistar rats.
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- Nachamada Solomon Emmanuel
- Department of Human Physiology, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medical Sciences, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna, Nigeria.
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- Department of Human Physiology, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medical Sciences, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna, Nigeria
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- Department of Human Physiology, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medical Sciences, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna, Nigeria
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- Department of Human Physiology, College of Medical Sciences, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri, Borno, Nigeria
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Rwanda, Huye Campus, Huye, Rwanda
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- Department of Human Physiology, College of Medical Sciences, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, Nigeria
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- Department of Human Physiology, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medical Sciences, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna, Nigeria
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Abd-Elkareem M, Soliman M, Abd El-Rahman MAM, Abou Khalil NS. Effect of Nigella sativa L. Seed on the Kidney of Monosodium Glutamate Challenged Rats. Front Pharmacol 2022; 13:789988. [PMID: 35814230 PMCID: PMC9257379 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2022.789988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2021] [Accepted: 05/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Monosodium glutamate (MSG) consumption is responsible for a wide spectrum of health hazards including nephrotoxicity. The search for phytochemical strategies having broad safety profile to counter MSG toxicity is worthwhile. Nigella sativa L. seed (NSS) is very promising in this regard owing to its antioxidant and cytoprotective nature. Therefore, we attempted to investigate the potential protective effect of NSS on MSG-induced renal toxicity in rats. To accomplish this objective, fifteen adult Wistar albino rats were randomly and equally divided into three groups for 21 days: the control group received no treatment, MSG group supplemented with MSG at a dose of 30 g/kg feed, and MSG + NSS group supplemented with MSG at the same previous dose in conjugation with NSS at a dose of 30 g/kg feed. MSG and its combination with NSS failed to cause any significant difference in the kidney function parameters in comparison with the control. A significant elevation in lipid peroxides (LPO) level, glutathione-S-transferase activity and total antioxidant capacity (TAC) and a significant reduction in superoxide dismutase activity were found in MSG group. LPO level and TAC in MSG intoxicated rats significantly normalized by NSS ingestion. NO level showed absence of significant difference among all experimental groups. MSG elicited histopathological lesions such as decreased glycoprotein content and fibrosis however, NSS succeeded in enhancing all these features. MSG group showed positive glutathione reductase and superoxide dismutase 2 immuno-expression whereas, MSG + NSS group showed weak immunostaining. A significant increase in the number of apoptotic cells was observed in MSG group compared to the control. On the other hand, MSG + NSS group exhibited a significant decrease in the number of apoptotic cells. NSS mitigated MSG-induced renal impairments by ameliorating oxidative stress and exerting anti-apoptotic effect.
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- Mahmoud Abd-Elkareem
- Department of Cell and Histology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
- *Correspondence: Mahmoud Abd-Elkareem, ,
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- Department of Pathology and Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
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- Department of Medical Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
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Ding Q, Hao Q, Zhang Q, Yang Y, Olsen RE, Ringø E, Ran C, Zhang Z, Zhou Z. Excess DHA Induces Liver Injury via Lipid Peroxidation and Gut Microbiota-Derived Lipopolysaccharide in Zebrafish. Front Nutr 2022; 9:870343. [PMID: 35571918 PMCID: PMC9096794 DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2022.870343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2022] [Accepted: 03/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Being highly unsaturated, n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFAs) are prone to lipid peroxidation. In this study, zebrafish were fed with low-fat diet (LFD), high-fat diet (HFD), or 2% DHA-supplemented HFD (HFDHA2.0). To study the possible negative effects of the high level of dietary DHA, growth rates, blood chemistry, liver histology, hepatic oxidative stress, apoptosis, and inflammatory processes were assessed. The cell studies were used to quantify the effects of DHA and antioxidant on cellular lipid peroxidation and viability. The possible interaction between gut microbiota and zebrafish host was evaluated in vitro. HFDHA2.0 had no effect on hepatic lipid level but induced liver injury, oxidative stress, and hepatocellular apoptosis, including intrinsic and death receptor-induced apoptosis. Besides, the inclusion of 2% DHA in HFD increased the abundance of Proteobacteria in gut microbiota and serum endotoxin level. In the zebrafish liver cell model, DHA activated intrinsic apoptosis while the antioxidant 4-hydroxy-Tempo (tempo) inhibited the pro-apoptotic negative effects of DHA. The apoptosis induced by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) was unaffected by the addition of tempo. In conclusion, the excess DHA supplementation generates hepatocellular apoptosis-related injury to the liver. The processes might propagate along at least two routes, involving lipid peroxidation and gut microbiota-generated LPS.
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- Qianwen Ding
- China-Norway Joint Lab on Fish Gastrointestinal Microbiota, Institute of Feed Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
- Norway-China Joint Lab on Fish Gastrointestinal Microbiota, Institute of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- China-Norway Joint Lab on Fish Gastrointestinal Microbiota, Institute of Feed Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- China-Norway Joint Lab on Fish Gastrointestinal Microbiota, Institute of Feed Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory for Feed Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Feed Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Norway-China Joint Lab on Fish Gastrointestinal Microbiota, Institute of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Norway-China Joint Lab on Fish Gastrointestinal Microbiota, Institute of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
- Faculty of Bioscience, Fisheries and Economics, Norwegian College of Fishery Science, UiT the Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Key Laboratory for Feed Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Feed Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory for Feed Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Feed Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- China-Norway Joint Lab on Fish Gastrointestinal Microbiota, Institute of Feed Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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Zaloga GP. Narrative Review of n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Supplementation upon Immune Functions, Resolution Molecules and Lipid Peroxidation. Nutrients 2021; 13:662. [PMID: 33670710 PMCID: PMC7922327 DOI: 10.3390/nu13020662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2021] [Revised: 02/14/2021] [Accepted: 02/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Fish oil supplementation is commonplace in human nutrition and is being used in both enteral and parenteral formulations during the treatment of patients with a large variety of diseases and immune status. The biological effects of fish oil are believed to result from their content of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), particularly docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA). These fatty acids are known to have numerous effects upon immune functions and are described as immunomodulatory. However, immunomodulatory is a nondescript term that encompasses immunostimulation and immunosuppression. The primary goal of this review is to better describe the immune effects of n-3 PUFA as they relate to immunostimulatory vs. immunosuppressive effects. One mechanism proposed for the immune effects of n-3 PUFA relates to the production of specialized pro-resolving mediators (SPMs). A second goal of this review is to evaluate the effects of n-3 PUFA supplementation upon production of SPMs. Although n-3 PUFA are stated to possess anti-oxidative properties, these molecules are highly oxidizable due to multiple double bonds and may increase oxidative stress. Thus, the third goal of this review is to evaluate the effects of n-3 PUFA upon lipid oxidation. We conclude, based upon current scientific evidence, that n-3 PUFA suppress inflammatory responses and most cellular immune responses such as chemotaxis, transmigration, antigen presentation, and lymphocyte functions and should be considered immunosuppressive. n-3 PUFA induced production of resolution molecules is inconsistent with many resolution molecules failing to respond to n-3 PUFA supplementation. n-3 PUFA supplementation is associated with increased lipid peroxidation in most studies. Vitamin E co-administration is unreliable for prevention of the lipid peroxidation. These effects should be considered when administering n-3 PUFA to patients that may be immunosuppressed or under high oxidative stress due to illness or other treatments.
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- Gary P Zaloga
- MedSciHealth Consultants, 12931 Sorrento Way, Bradenton, FL 34211, USA
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Effects of Chain Length and Saturability of Fatty Acids on Phospholipids and Proteins in Plasma Membranes of Bovine Mammary Gland. J Membr Biol 2016; 249:743-756. [DOI: 10.1007/s00232-016-9919-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2016] [Accepted: 07/16/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Sharma A. Monosodium glutamate-induced oxidative kidney damage and possible mechanisms: a mini-review. J Biomed Sci 2015; 22:93. [PMID: 26493866 PMCID: PMC4618747 DOI: 10.1186/s12929-015-0192-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2015] [Accepted: 10/06/2015] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Animal studies suggest that chronic monosodium glutamate (MSG) intake induces kidney damage by oxidative stress. However, the underlying mechanisms are still unclear, despite the growing evidence and consensus that α-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase, glutamate receptors and cystine-glutamate antiporter play an important role in up-regulation of oxidative stress in MSG-induced renal toxicity. This review summaries evidence from studies into MSG-induced renal oxidative damage, possible mechanisms and their importance from a toxicological viewpoint.
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- Amod Sharma
- Department of Physiology, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, 10700, Thailand. .,Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, 40002, Thailand.
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Skouroliakou M, Konstantinou D, Agakidis C, Kaliora A, Kalogeropoulos N, Massara P, Antoniadi M, Panagiotakos D, Karagiozoglou-Lampoudi T. Parenteral MCT/ω-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid–Enriched Intravenous Fat Emulsion Is Associated With Cytokine and Fatty Acid Profiles Consistent With Attenuated Inflammatory Response in Preterm Neonates. Nutr Clin Pract 2015; 31:235-44. [DOI: 10.1177/0884533615602011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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- Maria Skouroliakou
- Harokopio University, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Athens, Greece
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- Clinical Nutrition Lab, Nutrition/Dietetics Department, Technological Education Institute, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Harokopio University, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Athens, Greece
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- Harokopio University, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Athens, Greece
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- “IASO” Maternity Hospital, Neonates Intensive Care Unit, Athens, Greece
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Effect of flaxseed on the fatty acid profile of egg yolk and antioxidant status of their neonatal offspring in Huoyan geese. Animal 2015; 9:1749-55. [PMID: 26173627 PMCID: PMC4609985 DOI: 10.1017/s1751731115001287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of geese’s maternal diet supplemented with flaxseed on the fatty acid profiles of egg yolks and the antioxidant status of their offspring. A total of 288 female Huoyan geese (42 weeks old) were randomly allotted to four experimental groups in this 56-day experiment and fed on diets containing flaxseed at 0% (control), 5%, 10% and 15%, respectively. There were nine replicate pens per treatment, with eight geese per replicate pen. The concentration of α-linolenic acid (linear, P<0.01), EPA (20:5n-3; linear, P<0.01), DHA (22:6n-3; quadratic, P=0.03) and n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) (linear, P<0.01) levels in the yolk lipids increased with increasing dietary flaxseed levels. Yolk palmitic acid (16:0, linear, P=0.05), saturated fatty acid (linear, P=0.04) level and total n-6/n-3 ratio (P<0.01) decreased in a linear fashion as dietary flaxseed levels increased. Increasing dietary flaxseed levels linearly decreased (P=0.01) the total cholesterol in egg yolks. After hatching, three 1-day-old gosling were selected randomly from each replicate to determine blood characteristics and liver antioxidant status. Aspartate aminotransferase activity (linear, P=0.03), total triglycerides (linear, P=0.02) and total cholesterol (linear, P=0.05) contents in blood linearly decreased as the levels of flaxseed increased. A linear dose response to maternal dietary flaxseed was detected for the activities of the goslings’ liver enzymes catalase (linear, P=0.01), superoxide dismutase (linear, P<0.01) and glutathione peroxidase (linear, P<0.01). The malondialdehyde (quadratic, P=0.03) and alkaline phosphatase content in the livers of goslings decreased as flaxseed supplementation levels increased. In conclusion, the dietary addition of flaxseed up to 15%, in the maternal diet resulted in increased n-3 PUFA levels in egg yolks and improved the antioxidant status of offspring in a dose-dependent manner.
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Saha S, Verma RJ. Antinephrolithiatic and antioxidative efficacy of Dolichos biflorus seeds in a lithiasic rat model. PHARMACEUTICAL BIOLOGY 2015; 53:16-30. [PMID: 25243879 DOI: 10.3109/13880209.2014.909501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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CONTEXT Dolichos biflorus sensu auct non L. (Fabaceae) is widely used for the treatment of kidney stones, leucorrhoea, urinary disorders, and menstrual troubles, and is known for its antioxidant activity. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the preventive effect of hydro-alcoholic extract of Dolichos biflorus seeds (DBE) in ethylene glycol induced nephrolithiasis. MATERIALS AND METHODS In vitro antioxidative capacity of DBE was estimated in terms of reducing power, superoxide radical, 2,2- diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl radical, and nitric oxide scavenging activity. A validated HPLC method was used for standardization using quercetin as a marker. Adult female Wistar rats were administered with DBE (150 and 300 mg/kg body weight/day) along with ethylene glycol (0.75%, v/v) for 28 d. The various biochemical parameters were measured in urine, serum, and kidney followed by histochemistry. RESULTS Ethylene glycol caused a significant increase in calcium, oxalate, phosphate, and total protein in urine as well as in kidney whereas decrease in calcium, sodium, and magnesium in serum was observed (p < 0.001). Ethylene glycol also caused a significant increase in lipid peroxidation and concurrent decrease in activities of antioxidant enzymes in kidney (p < 0.001). However, the seed extract of D. biflorus caused significant restoration of all these parameters (p < 0.001). Histopathological and histochemical studies also showed the reduced calcifications in kidney of seed extract treated rats. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION These results indicated that seeds of D. biflorus have significant prophylactic effect in preventing the nephrolithiasis, which might be due to the antioxidant activity of the active compounds of the plant.
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- Department of Zoology, University School of Sciences, Gujarat University , Ahmedabad, Gujarat , India
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- Kazuo Miyashita
- Faculty of Fisheries Sciences; Hokkaido University; Hakodate Hokkaido Japan
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Saha S, Shrivastav PS, Verma RJ. Antioxidative mechanism involved in the preventive efficacy of Bergenia ciliata rhizomes against experimental nephrolithiasis in rats. PHARMACEUTICAL BIOLOGY 2014; 52:712-722. [PMID: 24824324 DOI: 10.3109/13880209.2013.865242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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CONTEXT Bergenia ciliata Haw. (Saxifragaceae) is widely used in traditional medicines for renal disorders including kidney stones, inflammation and also well known for its antioxidant activity. Use of traditional herbs proved to be an important strategy for the management of kidney stones by modulating the oxidative stress imposed by calcium oxalate nephrolithiasis. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the antinephrolithiatic and antioxidative activity of B. ciliata rhizomes as a preventive agent on ethylene glycol (EG)-induced nephrolithiasis. MATERIALS AND METHODS The hydro-methanol extract (30:70, v/v) of B. ciliata rhizomes was orally administrated simultaneously at a dose of 150 and 300 mg/kg body weight/day, to adult female Wistar rats for 28 d along with EG (0.75%, v/v) in drinking water. The results were compared to a parallel study conducted with marketed polyherbal drug cystone under identical dosage conditions. The biochemical parameters were measured in urine, serum and kidney followed by histochemistry. A validated HPLC method was used for standardization using gallic acid as a marker. RESULTS EG caused a significant increase in calcium, oxalate and phosphate levels in urine and kidney and concurrent decrease in calcium, sodium and magnesium in serum (p<0.001). EG also caused an increase in lipid peroxidation and a decrease in activities of antioxidative enzymes in kidney. Co-treatment with B. ciliata rhizomes extract caused restoration of all these parameters (p<0.001). Histochemical studies showed reduced calcifications with extract treatment. CONCLUSION B. ciliata has a significant prophylactic effect in preventing the nephrolithiasis, which might be mediated through antioxidant activity of these active compounds.
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Bentsen H, Osnes K, Refsum H, Solberg DK, Bøhmer T. A randomized placebo-controlled trial of an omega-3 fatty acid and vitamins E+C in schizophrenia. Transl Psychiatry 2013; 3:e335. [PMID: 24346133 PMCID: PMC3906471 DOI: 10.1038/tp.2013.110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2013] [Revised: 10/09/2013] [Accepted: 10/21/2013] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Membrane lipid metabolism and redox regulation may be disturbed in schizophrenia. We examined the clinical effect of adding an omega-3 fatty acid and/or vitamins E+C to antipsychotics. It was hypothesized that lower baseline levels of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) would predict more benefit from the add-on treatment. The trial had a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled 2 × 2 factorial design. Patients aged 18-39 years with schizophrenia or related psychoses were consecutively included at admission to psychiatric departments in Norway. They received active or placebo ethyl-eicosapentaenoate (EPA) 2 g day⁻¹ and active or placebo vitamin E 364 mg day⁻¹+vitamin C 1000 mg day⁻¹ (vitamins) for 16 weeks. The main outcome measures were Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) total and subscales scores, analyzed by linear mixed models. Ninety-nine patients were included. At baseline, erythrocyte PUFA were measured in 97 subjects. Given separately, EPA and vitamins increased drop-out rates, whereas when combined they did not differ from placebo. In low PUFA patients, EPA alone impaired the course of total PANSS (Cohen's d=0.29; P=0.03) and psychotic symptoms (d=0.40; P=0.003), especially persecutory delusions (d=0.48; P=0.0004). Vitamins alone impaired the course of psychotic symptoms (d= 0.37; P=0.005), especially persecutory delusions (d=0.47; P=0.0005). Adding vitamins to EPA neutralized the detrimental effect on psychosis (interaction d=0.31; P=0.02). In high PUFA patients, there were no significant effects of trial drugs on PANSS scales. In conclusion, given separately during an acute episode, EPA and vitamins E+C induce psychotic symptoms in patients with low levels of PUFA. Combined, these agents seem safe.
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- Center for Psychopharmacology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway,Division of Psychiatry, Oslo University Hospital, Aker, Oslo, Norway,Center for Psychopharmacology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, P.o.b. 85, Vinderen, Oslo 0319, Norway. E-mail:
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- Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway
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- Center for Psychopharmacology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Center for Psychopharmacology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Nutritional Laboratory, Department of Medical Biochemistry, Oslo University Hospital, Aker, Oslo, Norway
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Ozsoy O, Seval-Celik Y, Hacioglu G, Yargicoglu P, Demir R, Agar A, Aslan M. The influence and the mechanism of docosahexaenoic acid on a mouse model of Parkinson’s disease. Neurochem Int 2011; 59:664-70. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2011.06.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2010] [Revised: 05/23/2011] [Accepted: 06/18/2011] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Cerolini S, Surai PF, Speake BK, Sparks NHC. Dietary fish and evening primrose oil with vitamin E effects on semen variables in cockerels. Br Poult Sci 2010; 46:214-22. [PMID: 15957443 DOI: 10.1080/00071660500065839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Our aim was to determine the effect of n-3 (2%, wt/wt, fish oil rich diet) and n-6 (2%, wt/wt, evening primrose oil rich diet) fatty acid dietary supplementation and their combination with two concentrations of vitamin E (40 vs 200 mg/kg) on semen variables and on fatty acid and vitamin E profiles of spermatozoa in broiler breeders at 32, 42 and 52 weeks of age. The inclusion of fish oil in the cockerel diets increased the docosahexaenoic acid proportion in the sperm phospholipid fraction, which was almost threefold higher compared to the other two groups irrespective of vitamin E supplementation. In contrast, an increase in the proportion of total n-6 polyunsaturates, mainly 22:4n-6, was observed in the evening primrose oil group compared to the control only when the dietary content of vitamin E was increased to 200 mg/kg. Sperm concentration was decreased in the fish and evening primrose oil groups if vitamin E was 40 mg/kg, but such an effect was prevented in the fish, not the evening primrose oil group, by increasing the vitamin E to 200 mg. The proportion of motile spermatozoa was improved by the increased supplementation of vitamin E in all oil treatments.
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- S Cerolini
- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Veterinarie per la Sicurezza Alimentare, Università di Milano, Milano, Italy.
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Hagopian K, Weber KL, Hwee DT, Van Eenennaam AL, López-Lluch G, Villalba JM, Burón I, Navas P, German JB, Watkins SM, Chen Y, Wei A, McDonald RB, Ramsey JJ. Complex I-associated hydrogen peroxide production is decreased and electron transport chain enzyme activities are altered in n-3 enriched fat-1 mice. PLoS One 2010; 5:e12696. [PMID: 20856881 PMCID: PMC2938348 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2010] [Accepted: 08/18/2010] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The polyunsaturated nature of n-3 fatty acids makes them prone to oxidative damage. However, it is not clear if n-3 fatty acids are simply a passive site for oxidative attack or if they also modulate mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (ROS) production. The present study used fat-1 transgenic mice, that are capable of synthesizing n-3 fatty acids, to investigate the influence of increases in n-3 fatty acids and resultant decreases in the n-6:n-3 ratio on liver mitochondrial H(2)O(2) production and electron transport chain (ETC) activity. There was an increase in n-3 fatty acids and a decrease in the n-6:n-3 ratio in liver mitochondria from the fat-1 compared to control mice. This change was largely due to alterations in the fatty acid composition of phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine, with only a small percentage of fatty acids in cardiolipin being altered in the fat-1 animals. The lipid changes in the fat-1 mice were associated with a decrease (p<0.05) in the activity of ETC complex I and increases (p<0.05) in the activities of complexes III and IV. Mitochondrial H(2)O(2) production with either succinate or succinate/glutamate/malate substrates was also decreased (p<0.05) in the fat-1 mice. This change in H(2)O(2) production was due to a decrease in ROS production from ETC complex I in the fat-1 animals. These results indicate that the fatty acid changes in fat-1 liver mitochondria may at least partially oppose oxidative stress by limiting ROS production from ETC complex I.
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- Kevork Hagopian
- VM Molecular Biosciences, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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- Department of Animal Science, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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- Department of Animal Science, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo, Universidad Pablo de Olavide-CSIC, CIBERER, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Sevilla, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología Celular, Fisiología e Immunología, Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología Celular, Fisiología e Immunología, Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo, Universidad Pablo de Olavide-CSIC, CIBERER, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Sevilla, Spain
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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- Lipomics Technologies, West Sacramento, California, United States of America
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- VM Molecular Biosciences, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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- VM Molecular Biosciences, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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- Department of Nutrition, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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- VM Molecular Biosciences, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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Vieira de Barros K, Gomes de Abreu G, Xavier RAN, Real Martinez CA, Ribeiro ML, Gambero A, de Oliveira Carvalho P, Silveira VLF. Effects of a high fat or a balanced omega 3/omega 6 diet on cytokines levels and DNA damage in experimental colitis. Nutrition 2010; 27:221-6. [PMID: 20363597 DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2009.11.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2009] [Revised: 11/05/2009] [Accepted: 11/14/2009] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVE High-fat diets have been shown to be a risk factor for ulcerative colitis (UC). Omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids are considered to increase lipid peroxidation, while the omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid exerts a chemopreventative effect. We evaluated the effect of high-fat diets (20%) enriched with fish or soybean oil on colonic inflammation and DNA damage in dextran sulfate sodium-induced colitis. METHODS Male Wistar rats (28-30 days) were fed an American Institute of Nutrition (AIN)-93 diet for 47 days and divided into five groups: control normal fat non-colitic (C) or control colitis (CC), high soybean fat group (HS) colitis, high fish fat group colitis, or high-fat soybean plus fish oil colitis. UC was induced from day 35 until day 41 by 3% dextran sulfate sodium. On day 47, the rats were anesthetized; blood samples collected for corticosterone determination, and the distal colon was excised to quantify interleukin-4 (IL-4), IL-10, and interferon-gamma levels, myeloperoxidase activity, histological analyses, and DNA damage. The disease activity index was recorded daily. RESULTS The disease activity index, histological analysis, myeloperoxidase activity, IL-4, interferon-gamma, and corticosterone levels did not differ among the colitic groups. IL-10 was significantly increased by the high fish fat group diet in relation to HS, but only the high soybean-fish fat diet increased the IL-10/IL-4 ratio (anti-inflammatory/pro-inflammatory) to levels closer to the C group and reduced DNA damage compared to the HS group (P<0.05). CONCLUSION The data show that high-fat diets did not exacerbate UC and suggest that the soybean and fish oil mixture, more than the fish oil alone, could be a complementary therapy to achieve a cytokine balance in UC.
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Gupta A, Chopra K. Effect of tocotrienols on iron-induced renal dysfunction and oxidative stress in rats. Drug Chem Toxicol 2010; 32:319-25. [PMID: 19793023 DOI: 10.1080/01480540903130633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Ferric nitrilotriacetate (Fe-NTA) is a well-established nephrotoxic agent. This study was designed to investigate the modulatory effect of the subacute administration of tocotrienol-rich fraction (T3), a product from palm oil, and alpha-tocopherol (T) on Fe-NTA-induced renal injury and oxidative stress. Fe-NTA administration markedly increased blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and serum creatinine level, which was coupled with a marked lipid peroxidation, reduced activity of glutathione levels, and morphological alterations in rat kidney. Pretreatment with T3 (50 mg/kg/day) and T (50 mg/kg/day) for 7 days before Fe-NTA administration significantly reduced the serum creatinine and BUN levels, reduced lipid peroxidation in a significant manner, and restored levels of reduced glutathione and superoxide dismutase. T3 pretreatment also attenuated the serum tumor necrosis factor-alpha levels, as compared to pretreatment with T, and restored normal renal morphology. These findings suggest a strong correlation between iron-induced oxidative stress and renal dysfunction and point toward the protective effects of T3 in Fe-NTA-induced renal injury.
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- Amitt Gupta
- Pharmacology Division, University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
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Dyall SC. Amyloid-Beta Peptide, Oxidative Stress and Inflammation in Alzheimer's Disease: Potential Neuroprotective Effects of Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids. Int J Alzheimers Dis 2010. [PMCID: PMC2911611 DOI: 10.4061/2010/274128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia in the elderly and is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterised by a decline in cognitive function and also profound alterations in mood and behaviour. The pathology of the disease is characterised by the presence of extracellular amyloid peptide deposits and intracellular neurofibrillary tangles in the brain. Although many hypotheses have been put forward for the aetiology of the disease, increased inflammation and oxidative stress appear key to be features contributing to the pathology. The omega-3 polyunsaturated fats, eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) have well-characterised effects on inflammation and may have neuroprotective effects in a number of neurodegenerative conditions including Alzheimer's disease. The aims of this paper are to review the neuroprotective effects of EPA and DHA in Alzheimer's disease, with special emphasis on their role in modulating oxidative stress and inflammation and also examine their potential as therapeutic agents.
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- S. C. Dyall
- British College of Osteopathic Medicine, Lief House, 120-122 Finchely Road, London NW5 5HR, UK
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Loru D, Incani A, Deiana M, Corona G, Atzeri A, Melis MP, Rosa A, Dessì MA. Protective effect of hydroxytyrosol and tyrosol against oxidative stress in kidney cells. Toxicol Ind Health 2009; 25:301-10. [DOI: 10.1177/0748233709103028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Bioavailability studies in animals and humans fed with extravirgin olive oil demonstrated that hydroxytyrosol and tyrosol, the major simple phenolic compounds in extravirgin olive oil, are dose-dependently absorbed and excreted. Once absorbed, they undergo extensive metabolism; hydroxytyrosol and tyrosol concentrate mainly in the kidney, where they may exert an important role in the prevention of oxidative stress induced renal dysfunction. In this study we monitored the ability of hydroxytyrosol and tyrosol to protect renal cells (LLC-PK1) following oxidative damage induced by H2O2. Oxidative stress was evaluated by monitoring the changes of the membrane lipid fraction. Hydroxytyrosol exerted a significant antioxidant action, inhibiting the production of MDA, fatty acids hydroperoxides and 7-ketocholesterol, major oxidation products of unsaturated fatty acids and cholesterol, and thus protecting the cells from H2O2-induced damage. Tyrosol, instead, in this experimental model, did not exert any protective effect.
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- D Loru
- Dipartimento di Biologia Sperimentale, Sezione di Patologia Sperimentale, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria SS 554, Km 4.5 09142 Monserrato (CA), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biologia Sperimentale, Sezione di Patologia Sperimentale, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria SS 554, Km 4.5 09142 Monserrato (CA), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biologia Sperimentale, Sezione di Patologia Sperimentale, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria SS 554, Km 4.5 09142 Monserrato (CA), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biologia Sperimentale, Sezione di Patologia Sperimentale, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria SS 554, Km 4.5 09142 Monserrato (CA), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biologia Sperimentale, Sezione di Patologia Sperimentale, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria SS 554, Km 4.5 09142 Monserrato (CA), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biologia Sperimentale, Sezione di Patologia Sperimentale, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria SS 554, Km 4.5 09142 Monserrato (CA), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biologia Sperimentale, Sezione di Patologia Sperimentale, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria SS 554, Km 4.5 09142 Monserrato (CA), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biologia Sperimentale, Sezione di Patologia Sperimentale, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria SS 554, Km 4.5 09142 Monserrato (CA), Italy
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Wu H, Ichikawa S, Tani C, Zhu B, Tada M, Shimoishi Y, Murata Y, Nakamura Y. Docosahexaenoic acid induces ERK1/2 activation and neuritogenesis via intracellular reactive oxygen species production in human neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids 2009; 1791:8-16. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2008.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2008] [Revised: 08/19/2008] [Accepted: 10/03/2008] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Deiana M, Incani A, Rosa A, Corona G, Atzeri A, Loru D, Paola Melis M, Assunta Dessì M. Protective effect of hydroxytyrosol and its metabolite homovanillic alcohol on H2O2 induced lipid peroxidation in renal tubular epithelial cells. Food Chem Toxicol 2008; 46:2984-90. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2008.05.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2008] [Revised: 05/23/2008] [Accepted: 05/26/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Consumption of mate tea (Ilex paraguariensis) decreases the oxidation of unsaturated fatty acids in mouse liver. Br J Nutr 2008; 101:527-32. [DOI: 10.1017/s000711450802504x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Mate (Ilex paraguariensis) is rich in polyphenolic compounds, which are thought to contribute to the health benefits of tea. Mate tea was administered orally to mice at a dose of 0·5, 1·0 or 2·0 g/kg for 60 d, and changes both in serum lipid concentration and fatty acid composition of liver and kidney were examined. The effects of mate tea on serum and tissue lipid peroxidation were assessed by the evaluation of thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances (TBARS). In tea-consuming mice, both MUFA (18 : 1n-9) and PUFA (18 : 2n-6 and 20 : 4n-6) were increased (P < 0·05) in the liver lipid (approximately 90 and 60 %, respectively), whereas only MUFA (approximately 20 %) were increased in the kidney lipid. The most altered PUFA class wasn-6 PUFA, which increased by approximately 60–75 % (P < 0·05). This difference in the fatty acid profile in the liver is reflected in the increased PUFA:SFA ratio. Consistent with these results, mice fed with mate tea had much lower TBARS in the liver. No differences (P>0·05) were found in the levels of serum cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol and TAG under the conditions of the present study. These results suggest that treatment with mate tea was able to protect unsaturated fatty acids from oxidation and may have selective protective effects within the body, especially on the liver.
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Differential effect of high dietary iron on α-tocopherol and retinol levels in the liver and serum of mice fed olive oil– and corn oil–enriched diets. Nutr Res 2008; 28:263-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nutres.2008.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2007] [Revised: 01/04/2008] [Accepted: 01/17/2008] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Vibet S, Goupille C, Bougnoux P, Steghens JP, Goré J, Mahéo K. Sensitization by docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) of breast cancer cells to anthracyclines through loss of glutathione peroxidase (GPx1) response. Free Radic Biol Med 2008; 44:1483-91. [PMID: 18267129 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2008.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2007] [Revised: 01/11/2008] [Accepted: 01/11/2008] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, a lipid of marine origin) has been found to enhance the activity of several anticancer drugs through an oxidative mechanism. To examine the relation between chemosensitization by DHA and tumor cells antioxidant status, we used two breast cancer cell lines: MDA-MB-231, in which DHA increases sensitivity to doxorubicin, and MCF-7, which does not respond to DHA. Under these conditions, reactive oxygen species (ROS) level increased on anthracycline treatment only in MDA-MB-231. This was concomitant with a decreased cytosolic glutathione peroxidase (GPx1) activity, a crucial enzyme for protection against hydrogen and lipid peroxides, while major antioxidant enzyme activities increased in both cell lines in response to ROS. GPx-decreased activity was accompanied by an accumulation of glutathione, the GPx cosubstrate, and resulted from a decreased amount of GPx protein. In rat mammary tumors, when a DHA dietary supplementation led to an increased tumor sensitivity to anthracyclines, GPx1 activity was similarly decreased. Furthermore, vitamin E abolished both DHA effects on chemotherapy efficacy enhancement and on GPx1 inhibition. Thus, loss of GPx response to an oxidative stress in transformed cells may account for the ability of peroxidizable targets such as DHA to enhance tumor sensitivity to ROS-generating anticancer drugs.
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- Sophie Vibet
- Inserm E-0211, Nutrition, Croissance et Cancer; Université François-Rabelais, Tours, France
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Sekine S, Kubo K, Tadokoro T, Saito M. Effect of Docosahexaenoic Acid Ingestion on Temporal Change in Urinary Excretion of Mercapturic Acid in ODS Rats. J Clin Biochem Nutr 2007; 41:184-90. [PMID: 18299714 PMCID: PMC2243249 DOI: 10.3164/jcbn.2007026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2006] [Accepted: 04/01/2007] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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We hypothesized a suppressive mechanism for docosahexaenoic acid (22:6n-3; DHA)-induced tissue lipid peroxidation in which the degradation products, especially aldehydic compounds, are conjugated with glutathione through catalysis by glutathione S-transferases, and then excreted into urine as mercapturic acids. In the present study, ascorbic acid-requiring ODS rats were fed a diet containing DHA (3.6% of total energy) for 31 days. Lipid peroxides including degradation products and their scavengers in the liver and kidney were determined, and the temporal change in the urinary excretion of mercapturic acids was also measured. The activity of aldehyde dehydrogenase, which catalyzes the oxidation and detoxification of aldehydes, tended to be higher in the liver of DHA-fed rats. The levels of lipid peroxides as measured by thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances and aldehydic compounds were higher and that of alpha-tocopherol was lower in the liver, and the pattern of temporal changes in the urinary excretion of mercapturic acids was also different between the n-6 linoleic acid and DHA-fed rats. Accordingly, we presume from these results that after dietary DHA-induced lipid peroxidation, a proportion of the lipid peroxidation-derived aldehydic degradation products is excreted into urine as mercapturic acids.
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- Seiji Sekine
- Division of Food Science, Incorporated Administrative Agency, National Institute of Health and Nutrition, 1-23-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8636, Japan
- Laboratory of Nourishment Biochemistry, Department of Applied Biology and Chemistry, Tokyo University of Agriculture, 1-1-1 Sakuragaoka, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-8502, Japan
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- Division of Food Science, Incorporated Administrative Agency, National Institute of Health and Nutrition, 1-23-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8636, Japan
- Nursing Course, Narabunka Women’s College, Incorporated Educational Institution, Nara Gakuen, 127 Higashinaka, Yamatotakada-shi, Nara 635-8530, Japan
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- Laboratory of Nourishment Biochemistry, Department of Applied Biology and Chemistry, Tokyo University of Agriculture, 1-1-1 Sakuragaoka, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-8502, Japan
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- Division of Food Science, Incorporated Administrative Agency, National Institute of Health and Nutrition, 1-23-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8636, Japan
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Gultekin F, Hicyilmaz H. Renal deterioration caused by carcinogens as a consequence of free radical mediated tissue damage: a review of the protective action of melatonin. Arch Toxicol 2007; 81:675-81. [PMID: 17823789 DOI: 10.1007/s00204-007-0242-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2007] [Accepted: 08/22/2007] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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This brief review summarizes some of the publications that document the preventive role of melatonin in kidney damage caused by carcinogens such as 2-nitropropane, arsenic, carbon tetrachloride, nitrilotriacetic acid and potassium bromate. Numerous chemicals generate excessive free radicals that eventually induce renal worsening. Melatonin partially or totally prevents free radical mediated tissue damages induced by many carcinogens. Protective actions of melatonin against the harmful effects of carcinogens are believed to stem from its direct free radical scavenging and indirect antioxidant activities. Dietary or pharmacologically given melatonin may attenuate the oxidative stress, thereby mitigating the subsequent renal damage.
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- Fatih Gultekin
- School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry, Suleyman Demirel University, Tip Fakultesi, Biyokimya AD, 32260 Isparta, Turkey.
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Rhyu DY, Kang KS, Sekiya M, Yokozawa T. Antioxidant effect of Wen-Pi-Tang and its component crude drugs on oxidative stress. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CHINESE MEDICINE 2007; 35:127-37. [PMID: 17265557 DOI: 10.1142/s0192415x07004680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Oxidative stress plays a key role in the pathophysiologic process of acute and chronic renal diseases. Intracellular component such as lipids, proteins and nucleic acids are easily and rapidly oxidized by excessive reactive oxygen species (ROS), and such reactions lead to increased levels of lipid peroxide. The present study examined the antioxidant effects of Wen-Pi-Tang and its component crude drugs on 2,2'-azobis(2-amidinopropane) dihydrochloride (AAPH)- or 2,2'-azobis(2,4-dimethylvaleronitrile) (AMVN)-induced ROS generation and lipid peroxidation of linoleic acid. As a result, Wen-Pi-Tang significantly decreased AAPH or AMVN-induced ROS in renal mitochondrial particles. For the components in Wen-Pi-Tang's prescription, Rhei Rhizoma and Glycyrrhizae Radix extracts strongly inhibited peroxide levels, but Ginseng Radix, Aconiti Tuber and Zingiberis Rhizoma extracts were comparably low. Rhei Rhizoma extract showed the strongest inhibitory activity on oxidative injury, and two of its tannin compounds, (-)-epicatechin 3-O-gallate and procyanidin B-2 3,3'-di-O-gallate, inhibited AAPH or AMVN-induced ROS significantly. Thus, the present data suggest that Wen-Pi-Tang and its component crude drugs effectively prevent biological toxicity on oxidative stress through potent antioxidant and anti-lipid peroxidation activities.
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- Dong Young Rhyu
- Department of Medicinal Plant Resources, Mokpo National University, 61 Dorim-Ri, Chonggye-Myon, Muan-Gun, Jeonnam, Korea
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Sunada S, Kiyose C, Kubo K, Takebayashi J, Sanada H, Saito M. Effect of docosahexaenoic acid intake on lipid peroxidation in diabetic rat retina under oxidative stress. Free Radic Res 2007; 40:837-46. [PMID: 17015262 DOI: 10.1080/10715760600719557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) plays an important role in visual function but has a highly oxidation-prone chemical structure. Therefore, we investigated how dietary DHA affects the generation of lipid peroxides in rat retina under oxidative stress in diabetes with/without vitamin E (VE) deficiency. Streptozotocin-induced (50 mg i.p./kg B.W.) diabetic Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were assigned to four groups: (i) control/VE(+), (ii) DHA/VE(+), (iii) control/VE( - ) and (iv) DHA/VE( - ), and raised for 28 days. We then measured lipid peroxide levels in the retina, serum and liver. With a normal intake of VE, dietary DHA increased only the retinal level of thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances (TBARS) slightly. In contrast, in rats with VE deficiency, dietary DHA increased serum and liver lipid peroxide levels but not in the retina. These results suggest that dietary DHA does not necessarily promote lipid peroxidation in the retina even under high oxidative stress.
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- Shun Sunada
- Division of Food Science, Incorporated Administrative Agency, National Institute of Health and Nutrition, Tokyo, Japan
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Sekine S, Kubo K, Tadokoro T, Saito M. Dietary docosahexaenoic acid-induced generation of liver lipid peroxides is not suppressed further by elevated levels of glutathione in ODS rats. Nutrition 2006; 22:385-94. [PMID: 16472975 DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2005.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2005] [Accepted: 09/05/2005] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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OBJECTIVES We examined the effects of ascorbic acid (AsA) and glutathione (GSH; experiment 1) and of GSH in acetaminophen-fed rats (experiment 2) on dietary docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)-induced tissue lipid peroxidation. METHODS In experiment 1, AsA-requiring Osteogenic Disorder Shionogi/Shi-od/od (ODS) rats were fed soybean protein diets containing DHA (10.0% total energy) and AsA at 50 (low) or 300 (normal) mg/kg without (low) or with (normal) methionine at 2 g/kg for 32 d. In experiment 2, ODS rats were fed diets containing DHA (7.8% total energy) and acetaminophen (4 g/kg) with different levels of dietary methionine (low, moderate, high, and excessive at 0, 3, 6, and 9 g/kg, respectively) for 30 d. Tissue lipid peroxides and antioxidant levels were determined. RESULTS In experiment 1, liver lipid peroxide levels in the low-AsA group were lower than those in the normal-AsA group, but kidney and testis lipid peroxide levels in the low-AsA group were higher than those in the normal-AsA group. Dietary methionine tended to decrease tissue lipid peroxide levels but did not decrease vitamin E (VE) consumption. In experiment 2, a high level of methionine (6 g/kg) decreased liver lipid peroxide levels and VE consumption. However, generation of tissue lipid peroxides and VE consumption were not decreased further by a higher dose of methionine (9 g/kg). CONCLUSIONS Higher than normal levels of dietary methionine are not necessarily associated with decreased dietary DHA-induced generation of tissue lipid peroxides and VE consumption except that the GSH requirement is increased in a condition such as acetaminophen feeding.
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- Seiji Sekine
- Division of Food Science, Incorporated Administrative Agency, National Institute of Health and Nutrition, Tokyo, Japan
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Sekine S, Kubo K, Tadokoro T, Saito M. Docosahexaenoic Acid-Induced Lipid Peroxidation and Urinary Excretion of Mercapturic Acid in Rats. J Clin Biochem Nutr 2006. [DOI: 10.3164/jcbn.39.40] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Mahéo K, Vibet S, Steghens JP, Dartigeas C, Lehman M, Bougnoux P, Goré J. Differential sensitization of cancer cells to doxorubicin by DHA: a role for lipoperoxidation. Free Radic Biol Med 2005; 39:742-51. [PMID: 16109304 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2005.04.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2004] [Revised: 04/27/2005] [Accepted: 04/27/2005] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Polyunsaturated fatty acids have been reported to enhance the cytotoxic activity of several anticancer drugs. In the present study, we observed that doxorubicin chemosensitization of breast cancer cell lines by docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, a long-chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid) was cell-line selective, affecting MDA-MB-231 and MCF-7 dox (a doxorubicin-resistant cell line) but not the parental MCF-7 cell line. DHA supplementation led to an increase in membrane phospholipid DHA level, but did not induce changes in intracellular [(14)C]doxorubicin accumulation. In MDA-MB-231, doxorubicin efficacy enhancement by DHA was linked to an increase in malondialdehyde level, a final product of lipid peroxidation. DHA elicited by itself a 3.7-fold malondialdehyde level increase, additive to that induced by doxorubicin. Addition of doxorubicin to DHA further increased the glutathione level, indicative of the generation of an oxidative stress. In contrast to MDA-MB-231, doxorubicin did not increase the malondialdehyde level in MCF-7, although DHA induced lipid peroxidation. Therefore in MCF-7, lipid peroxidation induced by DHA itself was not sufficient to trigger an oxidative stress and to subsequently increase sensitivity to doxorubicin. These data indicate that the differential effect of DHA among cells on drug toxicity results from a differential oxidative response to doxorubicin. Chemosensitization through fatty acids appears as a new promising adjuvant therapeutic paradigm, since omega-3 fatty acids are physiological molecules found in food and are nontoxic in vivo.
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- Karine Mahéo
- INSERM E 0211 Nutrition, Croissance et Cancer, IFR 135 Imagerie Fonctionnelle, Université François-Rabelais, Tours, France
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Cao D, Xue R, Xu J, Liu Z. Effects of docosahexaenoic acid on the survival and neurite outgrowth of rat cortical neurons in primary cultures. J Nutr Biochem 2005; 16:538-46. [PMID: 16115542 DOI: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2005.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2004] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Effects of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) on survival and neurite outgrowth were investigated in primary cultures of rat cortical neurons. Cell cultures were prepared from cortex on embryonic day 18 (E-18) for treatment with a series of DHA concentrations (12.5, 25, 50, 75, 100 and 200 microM). Docosahexaenoic acid (25-50 microM) significantly enhanced neuronal viability, but lower concentration of DHA (12.5 microM) did not show an obvious effect. In contrast, higher concentrations of DHA (100-200 microM) exerted the significant opposite effects by decreasing neuronal viability. Furthermore, treatment with 25 microM DHA significantly prevented the neurons from death after different culture days in vitro (DIV). Moreover, measurements from the cultures exposed to 25 microM DHA immediately after plating showed significant increases in the percentage of cells with neurites, the mean number of neurite branches, the total neuritic length per cell and the length of the longest neurite in each cell after 24 and 48 h in vitro (HIV). The DHA-treated neurons had greater growth-associated protein-43 (GAP-43) immunoactivity and higher phosphatidylserine (PS) and phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) contents, but lower phosphatidylcholine (PC) content than control neurons. The significant increased DHA contents were also observed in both PE and PS in the treated neurons. These findings suggest that optimal DHA (25 microM) may have positive effects on the survival and the neurite outgrowth of the cultured fetal rat cortical neurons, and the effects probably are related to DHA-stimulating neuron-specific protein synthesis and its enhancing the discrete phospholipid (PL) content through enrichment of DHA in the PL species.
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- Dehua Cao
- Department of Biology, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Jiangsu, Nanjing 210093, P. R. China
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Khan N, Sultana S. Induction of renal oxidative stress and cell proliferation response by ferric nitrilotriacetate (Fe-NTA): diminution by soy isoflavones. Chem Biol Interact 2004; 149:23-35. [PMID: 15294441 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2004.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2004] [Revised: 06/16/2004] [Accepted: 06/16/2004] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Ferric nitrilotriacetate (Fe-NTA) is a known potent nephrotoxic agent. In this communication, we report the chemopreventive effect of soy isoflavones on renal oxidative stress, toxicity and cell proliferation response in Wistar rats. Fe-NTA (9 mg Fe/kg body weight, intraperitoneally) enhances gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase, renal lipid peroxidation, xanthine oxidase and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) generation with reduction in renal glutathione content, antioxidant enzymes, viz., glutathione peroxidase, glutathione reductase, catalase, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase and phase-II metabolising enzymes such as glutathione-S-transferase and quinone reductase. Fe-NTA treatment also induced tumor promotion markers, viz., ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) activity and thymidine [3H] incorporation into renal DNA. A sharp elevation in the levels of blood urea nitrogen and serum creatinine has also been observed. Treatment of rats orally with soy isoflavones (5 mg/kg body weight and 10 mg/kg body weight) resulted in significant decreases in gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase, lipid peroxidation, xanthine oxidase, H2O2 generation, blood urea nitrogen, serum creatinine, renal ODC activity and DNA synthesis (P < 0.001). Renal glutathione content (P < 0.01), glutathione metabolizing enzymes (P < 0.001) and antioxidant enzymes were also returned to normal levels (P < 0.001). Thus, our data suggest that soy isoflavones may be used as an effective chemopreventive agent against Fe-NTA-mediated renal oxidative stress, toxicity and cell proliferation response in Wistar rats.
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- Naghma Khan
- Section of Chemoprevention and Nutrition Toxicology, Department of Medical Elementology and Toxicology, Faculty of Science, Jamia Hamdard (Hamdard University), New Delhi 110 062, India
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Schäfer K, Kyriakopoulos A, Gessner H, Grune T, Behne D. Effects of selenium deficiency on fatty acid metabolism in rats fed fish oil-enriched diets. J Trace Elem Med Biol 2004; 18:89-97. [PMID: 15487769 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtemb.2004.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The hepatic fatty acid metabolism was investigated in rats stressed by selenium deficiency and enhanced fish oil intake. Changes in the composition of lipids, peroxides, and fatty acids were studied in the liver of rats fed either a Sedeficient (8 microg Se/kg) or a Se-adequate (300 microg Se/kg) diet, both rich in n-3 fatty acid-containing fish oil (100 g/kg diet) and vitamin E (146 mg alpha-tocopherol/kg diet). The two diets were identical except for their Se content. Se deficiency led to a decrease in hair coat density and quality as well as to changes in liver lipids, individual lipid fractions and phospholipid fatty acid composition of the liver. The low Se status did reduce total and reduced glutathione in the liver but did not affect the hepatic malondialdehyde level. In liver phospholipids (PL), Se deficiency significantly reduced levels of palmitic acid [16:0], fatty acids of the n-3 series such as DHA [22:6 n-3], and other long-chain polyunsaturates C-20-C-22, but increased n-6 fatty acids such as linoleic acid (LA) [18:2 n-6]. Thus, the conversion of LA to arachidonic acid was reduced and the ratio of n-6/n-3 fatty acids was increased. As in liver PL, an increase in the n-6/n-3 ratio was also observed in the mucosal total fatty acids of the small intestine. These results suggest that in rats with adequate vitamin E and enhanced fish oil intake, Se deficiency affects the lipid concentration and fatty acid composition in the liver. The changes may be related to the decreased levels of selenoenzymes with antioxidative functions. Possible effects of Se on absorption, storage and desaturation of fatty acids were also discussed.
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- Klaus Schäfer
- Institute of Animal Nutrition, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
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Lin YR, Huang SL, Huang CH. Characteristics of NADH-dependent lipid peroxidation in sarcoplasmic reticulum of white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei, and freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2003; 135:683-7. [PMID: 12892760 DOI: 10.1016/s1096-4959(03)00149-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The iron-catalyzed NADH-dependent lipid peroxidation system in sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) of cultured white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei and freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii was characterized. Production of thiobarbituric acid reactive substances was used to measure the activity of lipid peroxidation. In both species, the system preferred NADH to NADPH as the reducing agent. Lipid peroxidation activities of SR from both species increased when reaction temperatures increased from 6 to 26 degrees C. At 66 degrees C, the reaction was no longer NADH-dependent. Acidic pH amplified the lipid peroxidation activity. Sarcoplasmic reticular lipid peroxidation activity in white shrimp was always greater than in freshwater prawn. Fatty acid composition of SR lipids could be a major factor for this outcome. The proportion of n-3 highly unsaturated fatty acids, such as C20:5 and C22:6, in sarcoplasmic reticular lipids of white shrimp was twice of that in freshwater prawn. The results of this study provide important tools required for anti-oxidative nutrient study at sub-cellular level.
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- Yu-Ruh Lin
- National Chiayi University, Department of Aquatic Biosciences, 300 University Road, Chiayi 600, Taiwan
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Sekine S, Kubo K, Tadokoro T, Maekawa A, Saito M. Dietary docosahexaenoic acid-induced production of tissue lipid peroxides is not suppressed by higher intake of ascorbic acid in genetically scorbutic Osteogenic Disorder Shionogi/Shi-od/od rats. Br J Nutr 2003; 90:385-94. [PMID: 12908899 DOI: 10.1079/bjn2003906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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In previous studies, we showed that docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) ingestion enhanced the susceptibility of rat liver and kidney to lipid peroxidation, but did not increase lipid peroxide formation to the level expected from the relative peroxidizability index (P-index) of the total tissue lipids. The results suggested the existence of some suppressive mechanisms against DHA-induced tissue lipid peroxide formation, as increased tissue ascorbic acid (AsA) and glutathione levels were observed. Therefore, we focused initially on the role of AsA for the suppressive mechanisms. For this purpose, we examined the influence of different levels of dietary AsA (low, moderate, high and excessive levels were 100, 300 (control), 600 and 3000 mg/kg diet respectively) on the tissue lipid peroxide and antioxidant levels in AsA-requiring Osteogenic Disorder Shionogi/Shi-od/od (ODS) rats fed DHA (6.4 % total energy) for 32 or 33 d. Diets were pair-fed to the DHA- and 100 mg AsA/kg diet-fed group. We found that the lipid peroxide concentrations of liver and kidney in the DHA-fed group receiving 100 mg AsA/kg diet were significantly higher or tended to be higher than those of the DHA-fed groups with AsA at more than the usual control level of 300 mg/kg diet. Contrary to this, the liver alpha-tocopherol concentration was significantly lower or tended to be lower in the DHA and 100 mg AsA/kg diet-fed group than those of the other DHA-fed groups. However, tissue lipid peroxide formation and alpha-tocopherol consumption were not suppressed further, even after animals received higher doses of AsA. The present results suggest that higher than normal concentrations of tissue AsA are not necessarily associated with the suppressive mechanisms against dietary DHA-induced tissue lipid peroxide formation.
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- Seiji Sekine
- Division of Food Science, Incorporated Administrative Agency, National Institute of Health and Nutrition, Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8636, Japan
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Miret S, McKie AT, Sáiz MP, Bomford A, Mitjavila MT. IRP1 activity and expression are increased in the liver and the spleen of rats fed fish oil-rich diets and are related to oxidative stress. J Nutr 2003; 133:999-1003. [PMID: 12672910 DOI: 10.1093/jn/133.4.999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Many clinical studies have indicated that diets rich in fish oil (FO) reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and have anti-inflammatory and antithrombotic properties. Although the therapeutic effects of FO have been well described, their impact on iron metabolism remains unclear. The aim of this work was to study the activity and expression of IRP1 in the liver and the spleen of rats fed FO-rich diets with 0 (FO-0) or 100 (FO-1) mg/kg of all-rac-alpha-tocopherol acetate. We also measured nonheme iron, alpha-tocopherol and retinol concentrations, and superoxide (SOD) and catalase activity in these organs. Rats fed FO were compared to rats fed a corn oil (CO)-rich diet with 100 mg/kg all-rac-alpha-tocopherol acetate. The activity and expression of IRP1 in both the liver and the spleen of rats fed FO diets were greater than in those fed the CO diet. FO-fed rats also had lower nonheme iron concentrations in these organs. Hepatic alpha-tocopherol and retinol concentrations and SOD activity were lower in FO-0-fed rats compared to those fed the CO diet. In the spleen, alpha-tocopherol and retinal concentrations were not altered but SOD activity was lower in FO-0- fed rats, whereas catalase activity was greater than in rats fed CO. The results indicate that there is an increase in oxidative stress in the liver and in the spleen of rats fed FO diets. These changes, together with the reduction of nonheme iron concentrations in both FO-0- and FO-1-fed rats, may explain the increase in activity and expression of IRP1. Therefore, the ingestion of FO-rich diets should be monitored under close supervision.
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- Silvia Miret
- Departament de Fisiologia, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
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Kubo K, Sekine S, Saito M. Docosahexaenoic acid-containing phosphatidylethanolamine in the external layer of liposomes protects docosahexaenoic acid from 2,2'-azobis(2-aminopropane)dihydrochloride-mediated lipid peroxidation. Arch Biochem Biophys 2003; 410:141-8. [PMID: 12559986 DOI: 10.1016/s0003-9861(02)00679-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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We have proposed that incorporation of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) into phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) might enhance resistance to lipid peroxidation in vivo. In this study, we examined the relationship between the transbilayer distribution of PE and the oxidative stability of DHA in PE. Liposomes composed of a phospholipid mixture were used as models for biological membranes. To modulate the transbilayer distribution of PE obtained from the liver of rats fed DHA (PE-DHA), we used phosphatidylcholine (PC) with two types of acyl chain region: dipalmitoyl (PC16:0) or dioleoyl (PC18:1). The proportion of PE-DHA in the liposomal external layer was significantly higher in liposomes containing PC18:1 than in those containing PC16:0. This tendency was more pronounced in liposomes extruded using a polycarbonate filter with smaller pore sizes. Additionally, PE-DHA in the external layer of liposomes prepared using a filter with smaller pore sizes could protect DHA itself from 2,2(')-azobis(2-aminopropane)dihydrochloride-mediated lipid peroxidation.
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- Kazuhiro Kubo
- Division of Food Science, Department of Food Science Research for Health, Independent Administrative Institution, National Institute of Health and Nutrition, 1-23-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8636, Japan
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Saito M, Kubo K. Relationship between tissue lipid peroxidation and peroxidizability index after alpha-linolenic, eicosapentaenoic, or docosahexaenoic acid intake in rats. Br J Nutr 2003; 89:19-28. [PMID: 12568661 DOI: 10.1079/bjn2002731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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In a previous study, we found that the extent of dietary n-3 docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)-stimulated tissue lipid peroxidation was less than expected from the relative peroxidizability index of the total tissue lipids in rats with adequate vitamin E nutritional status. This suppression of lipid peroxidation was especially prominent in the liver. To elucidate whether this phenomenon was unique to DHA, we compared the peroxidation effects of n-3 alpha-linolenic acid (alpha-LN) and n-3 eicosapentaeonic acid (EPA) with those of DHA in rats. Either alpha-LN (8.6 % of total energy), EPA (8.2 %), or DHA (8.0 %) and one of two levels of dietary vitamin E (7.5 and 54 mg/kg diet) were fed to rats for 22 d. Levels of conjugated diene, chemiluminescence emission and thiobarbituric acid (TBA)-reactive substance in the liver, kidney, and testis were determined as indicators of lipid peroxidation. In rats fed the DHA diet deficient in vitamin E (7.5 mg/kg diet), TBA values in the liver, kidney, and testis correlated well with the tissues' relative peroxidizability indices. In rats fed the alpha-LN diet with an adequate level of vitamin E (54 mg/kg diet), a close association between relative peroxidizability indices and lipid peroxide levels was observed in all the tissues analysed. However, in rats fed either the EPA diet or the DHA diet with an adequate level of vitamin E, the extent of lipid peroxidation in each tissue was less than expected from the relative peroxidizability index. This suppression was particularly marked in the liver. We concluded that suppression of lipid peroxidation below the relative peroxidizability index was not unique to DHA, but was also seen with EPA, which has five double bonds, in rats with adequate vitamin E nutritional status, but not with alpha-LN, which has three double bonds.
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- Morio Saito
- Division of Food Science, Independent Administrative Institution, National Institute of Health and Nutrition, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8636, Japan.
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Miret S, Sáiz MP, Mitjavila MT. Effects of fish oil- and olive oil-rich diets on iron metabolism and oxidative stress in the rat. Br J Nutr 2003; 89:11-8. [PMID: 12568660 DOI: 10.1079/bjn2002737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The objective of the present study was to examine the effects of fish oil (FO)- and olive oil (OO)-rich diets on Fe metabolism and oxidative stress. Rats were fed for 16 weeks with diets containing 50 g lipids/kg; either OO, maize oil (MO) or FO. OO or MO diets contained a standard amount (100 mg/kg) of all-rac-alpha-tocopheryl acetate. FO diets were supplemented with 0, 100 or 200 mg all-rac-alpha-tocopheryl acetate/kg (FO-0, FO-1 or FO-2 diets, respectively). At the end of the feeding period, we measured non-haem Fe stores in liver and spleen, and erythrocyte and reticulocyte count. We also determined antioxidants and products derived from lipid peroxidation in plasma and erythrocytes. Our results showed reduced non-haem Fe stores in rats fed any of the FO diets. Reticulocyte percentage was higher in the rats fed FO-0 and FO-1. Plasma alpha-tocopherol was very low in rats fed the FO-0 diet. Rats fed the FO-1 and FO-2 diets showed higher alpha-tocopherol in plasma than the FO-0 group but lower than the MO or OO groups. We did not observe such differences in the alpha-tocopherol content in erythrocyte membranes. Superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxidase activities were lower in the erythrocytes of rats fed the FO-0 diet. The products derived from lipid peroxidation were also higher in the FO groups. The administration of FO-rich diets increased lipid peroxidation and affected Fe metabolism. On the other hand, the OO-rich diet did not increase oxidative stress and did not alter Fe metabolism. Based on these results, we conclude that FO supplementation should be advised carefully.
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- S Miret
- Departament de Fisiologia, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Avda. Diagonal, 645, Spain
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Over the last decade, oxidative stress has been implicated in the pathogenesis of a wide variety of seemingly unrelated renal diseases. Epidemiological studies have documented an association of moderate wine consumption with a decreased risk of cardiovascular and neurological diseases; however, similar studies in the kidney are still lacking. The kidney is an organ highly vulnerable to damage caused by reactive oxygen species (ROS), likely due to the abundance of polyunsaturated fatty acids in the composition of renal lipids. ROS are involved in the pathogenic mechanism of conditions such as glomerulosclerosis and tubulointerstitial fibrosis. The health benefits of moderate consumption of red wine can be partly attributed to its antioxidant properties. Indeed, the kidney antioxidant defense system is enhanced after chronic exposure to moderate amounts of wine, a response arising from the combined effects of ethanol and the nonalcoholic components, mainly polyphenols. Polyphenols behave as potent ROS scavengers and metal chelators; ethanol, in turn, modulates the activity of antioxidant enzymes. Therefore, a hypothesis that red wine causes a decreased vulnerability of the kidney to the oxidative challenges could be proposed. This view is partly supported by direct evidences indicating that wine and antioxidants isolated from red wine, as well as other antioxidants, significantly attenuate or prevent the oxidative damage to the kidney. The present hypothesis paper provides a collective body of evidence suggesting a protective role of moderate wine consumption against the production and progression of renal diseases, based on the existing concepts on the pathophysiology of kidney injury mediated by oxidative stress.
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- Ramón Rodrigo
- Renal Pathophysiology Laboratory, Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology Program, ICBM, Facultad de Medicina Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
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Sijben JWC, Schrama JW, Nieuwland MGB, Hovenier R, Beynen AC, Verstegen MWA, Parmentier HK. Interactions of dietary polyunsaturated fatty acids and vitamin E with regard to vitamin E status, fat composition and antibody responsiveness in layer hens. Br Poult Sci 2002; 43:297-305. [PMID: 12047096 DOI: 10.1080/00071660120121535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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1. Effects of dietary polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) and vitamin E (VE) on an immune response may interact because VE may protect PUFA from in vivo oxidation. The present study was designed to study the presence of such an interaction in growing layer chickens. 2. Three dietary concentration of linoleic acid (LA, 3.3, 6.6 and 10%), in combination with 4 concentration of dietary VE (5, 20, 40 and 80 mg/kg) were used. Effects of LA and VE on circulating VE concentration, fatty acid composition of bursal and adipose fat, and antibody kinetics against keyhole limpet hemocyanin and Mycobacterim butyricum were established. 3. At high dietary LA concentration, bursal and adipose LA were higher but bursal arachidonic acid and long chain n-3 PUFA decreased. The dietary VE level did not consistently affect the deposition of PUFA in tissue. Plasma VE concentrations were affected by the dietary VE and LA content, but not by their interaction. Antibody responses before and 7 d after immunisation were affected by the dietary treatments. Antibody concentration were not affected by tissue fatty acid content. 4. In conclusion, the interaction effects of dietary PUFA and VE on fat deposition and immune responses are of minor importance compared to separate PUFA and VE effects. This implies that, within the studied range, adding extra VE to preserve or affect the effects of dietary PUFA on antibody responsiveness is unnecessary.
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- J W C Sijben
- Adaptation Physiology Group, Wageningen Institute of Animal Sciences, Wageningen University, The Netherlands.
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Hall JA, Tooley KA, Gradin JL, Jewell DE, Wander RC. Influence of dietary long-chain n-3 fatty acids from Menhaden fish oil on plasma concentrations of -tocopherol in geriatric Beagles. Am J Vet Res 2002; 63:104-10. [PMID: 16206790 DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2002.63.104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine effects of dietary n-3 fatty acids from Menhaden fish oil on plasma alpha-tocopherol concentrations in Beagles. ANIMALS 32 female Beagles. PROCEDURE For 82 days, dogs were fed diets that contained 1 of 2 ratios of n-6:n-3 fatty acids (40:1 [low n-3] and 1.4:1 [high n-3]) and 1 of 3 concentrations of all-rac-alpha-tocopheryl acetate (low, 17 mg/kg of diet; medium, 101 mg/kg; and high, 447 mg/kg) in a 2 X 3 factorial study. RESULTS Diets high in n-3 fatty acids significantly increased total content of n-3 fatty acids in plasma (17.0 g/100 g of fatty acids), compared with low n-3 diets (2.02 g/100 g of fatty acids). Mean +/- SEM plasma concentration of cholesterol was significantly lower in dogs consuming high n-3 diets (4.59 +/- 0.48 mmol/L), compared with dogs consuming low n-3 diets (5.71 +/- 0.48 mmol/L). A significant interaction existed between the ratio for n-6 and n-3 fatty acids and amount of alpha-tocopheryl acetate in the diet (plasma alpha-tocopherol concentration expressed on a molar basis), because the plasma concentration of alpha-toco-pherol was higher in dogs consuming low n-3 diets, compared with those consuming high n-3 diets, at the 2 higher amounts of dietary alpha-tocopheryl acetate. Plasma alpha-tocopherol concentration expressed relative to total lipid content did not reveal effects of dietary n-3 fatty acids on concentration of alpha-tocopherol. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE Plasma alpha-tocopherol concentration is not dependent on dietary ratio of n-6 and n-3 fatty acids when alpha-tocopherol concentration is expressed relative to the total lipid content of plasma.
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- Jean A Hall
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331-4802, USA
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Araya J, Rodrigo R, Orellana M, Rivera G. Red wine raises plasma HDL and preserves long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in rat kidney and erythrocytes. Br J Nutr 2001; 86:189-95. [PMID: 11502232 DOI: 10.1079/bjn2001369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The effects of red wine and ethanol on plasma lipoproteins and the fatty acid composition of kidney lipids and erythrocytes phospholipids were studied. Lipid peroxidation is one of the main deleterious effects of oxidant attack on biomolecules, due to the disruption of the structural integrity of membranes. The vulnerability of the kidney to oxidative damage has been partly attributed to its high content of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids. Antioxidants, such as flavonoids, would be a means of reducing the risk of oxidative damage to membranes. Nutritional sources rich in antioxidants, including those provided by wine, are expected to attenuate the effects of oxidative challenges. Adult rats were fed red wine rich in flavonols, ethanol (125 ml/l), or alcohol-free red wine. The control group drank water. After 10 weeks, blood samples served to measure plasma lipoproteins and antioxidant capacity. Kidney lipids and erythrocyte phospholipids were extracted. The samples were assayed by GLC. Energy intake did not differ between all the groups, but the weight gain of the ethanol group was less than the other three groups. Blood HDL and triacylglycerols were increased by both ethanol and red wine. Ethanol decreased arachidonic and docosahexaenoic acids in both kidney lipids and erythrocyte phospholipids, as compared with either water, red wine or alcohol-free red wine groups. These results indicate that non-alcoholic components of red wine could contribute to avoiding the unfavourable effects of ethanol on plasma lipoproteins, kidney lipids and membrane erythrocyte phospholipids.
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- J Araya
- Departamento de Nutrición, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Independencia 1027, Casilla 13898, Correo 21, Santiago, Chile.
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Song JH, Miyazawa T. Enhanced level of n-3 fatty acid in membrane phospholipids induces lipid peroxidation in rats fed dietary docosahexaenoic acid oil. Atherosclerosis 2001; 155:9-18. [PMID: 11223421 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9150(00)00523-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The effect of dietary docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, 22:6n-3) oil with different lipid types on lipid peroxidation was studied in rats. Each group of male Sprague-Dawley rats was pair fed 15% (w/w) of either DHA-triglycerides (DHA-TG), DHA-ethyl esters (DHA-EE) or DHA-phospholipids (DHA-PL) for up to 3 weeks. The palm oil (supplemented with 20% soybean oil) diet without DHA was fed as the control. Dietary DHA oils lowered plasma triglyceride concentrations in rats fed DHA-TG (by 30%), DHA-EE (by 45%) and DHA-PL (by 27%), compared to control. The incorporation of dietary DHA into plasma and liver phospholipids was more pronounced in the DHA-TG and DHA-EE group than in the DHA-PL group. However, DHA oil intake negatively influenced lipid peroxidation in both plasma and liver. Phospholipid peroxidation in plasma and liver was significantly higher than control in rats fed DHA-TG or DHA-EE, but not DHA-PL. These results are consistent with increased thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) and decreased alpha-tocopherol levels in plasma and liver. In addition, liver microsomes from rats of each group were exposed to a mixture of chelated iron (Fe(3+)/ADP) and NADPH to determine the rate of peroxidative damage. During NADPH-dependent peroxidation of microsomes, the accumulation of phospholipid hydroperoxides, as well as TBARS, were elevated and alpha-tocopherol levels were significantly exhausted in DHA-TG and DHA-EE groups. During microsomal lipid peroxidation, there was a greater loss of n-3 fatty acids (mainly DHA) than of n-6 fatty acids, including arachidonic acid (20:4n-6). These results indicate that polyunsaturation of n-3 fatty acids is the most important target for lipid peroxidation. This suggests that the ingestion of large amounts of DHA oil enhances lipid peroxidation in the target membranes where greater amounts of n-3 fatty acids are incorporated, thereby increasing the peroxidizability and possibly accelerating the atherosclerotic process.
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- J H Song
- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Tohoku University, 981-8555, Sendai, Japan
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Surai PF, Sparks NH. Tissue-specific fatty acid and alpha-tocopherol profiles in male chickens depending on dietary tuna oil and vitamin E provision. Poult Sci 2000; 79:1132-42. [PMID: 10947182 DOI: 10.1093/ps/79.8.1132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The beneficial health-promoting effects of the long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) of the n-3 series make them important constituents of human and animal diets. The effects of tuna oil or a combination of tuna oil with an increased level of vitamin E on the fatty acid profile and vitamin E distribution in tissues taken from cockerels were studied. Male chickens (Ross broiler breeders), penned on white wood shavings, were allocated into one of three groups with 12 birds per group and were fed from 10 wk of age on a commercial diet supplemented with 3% corn oil (control) or with 3% Tuna orbital oil (TO). Vitamin E was added at the rate of 40 mg/ kg, except in the third group in which the birds received a diet containing TO (3%) supplemented with 160 mg/kg vitamin E (TO+E). At 72 wk of age, the cockerels were killed, and tissues (liver, testes, heart, lung, kidney, spleen, thigh muscle, pancreas, internal fat, cerebellum, and cerebrum) were dissected for lipid and vitamin E analyses. Inclusion of TO in the cockerel diets significantly (P < 0.01) increased docosahexanoic acid (DHA) proportions in the major lipid fractions of the tissues with the brain being more resistant to lipid manipulation compared with the other tissues. Tissue enrichment with DHA took place at the expense of a decrease of n-6 PUFA. In the DHA-enriched tissues, vitamin E level decreased (P < 0.05), and susceptibility to peroxidation (TBARS accumulation) significantly (P < 0.01) increased. High vitamin E supplementation (160 mg/kg) in combination with TO prevented decrease of alpha-tocopherol concentration in the tissues and normalized or even increased their resistance to lipid peroxidation. There was tissue-specificity in response to dietary vitamin E supplementation; the liver was most responsive and the cerebellum was most resistant to vitamin E manipulation.
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- P F Surai
- Department of Biochemistry and Nutrition, SAC, Auchincruive, Ayr, Scotland.
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Kubo K, Saito M, Tadokoro T, Maekawa A. Preferential incorporation of docosahexaenoic acid into nonphosphorus lipids and phosphatidylethanolamine protects rats from dietary DHA-stimulated lipid peroxidation. J Nutr 2000; 130:1749-59. [PMID: 10867046 DOI: 10.1093/jn/130.7.1749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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In a previous study, we found that dietary docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)-stimulated tissue lipid peroxide formation was suppressed to a lesser extent than expected from the peroxidizability index of tissue total lipids. This suppression was presumed to be potentiated by mechanisms other than the lipid peroxide-scavenging system. In this study, we focused primarily on the incorporation of DHA into tissue nonphosphorus lipids and phospholipid species. DHA and different levels of dietary vitamin E (VE; 7.5, 54, 134 and 402 mg/kg of diet) were fed to rats for 32 d. In rats with poor VE status, liver chemiluminescence intensity and kidney and testis thiobarbituric acid (TBA) values correlated with the tissue's peroxidizability index. In rats with normal VE nutriture, liver lipid peroxide formation was suppressed to a level below that expected from the peroxidizability index, likely because DHA was present in nonphosphorus lipids and utilized preferentially for phosphatidylethanolamine synthesis. In the kidney, differences in the TBA values were associated with differences in the peroxidizability index of total lipids, even in the DHA groups fed VE at higher than normal levels. This may be because the levels of lipid peroxide scavengers were lower than those of liver and because DHA was utilized preferentially for phosphatidylcholine synthesis. In testis, the lipid peroxide levels were not as high as expected from the peroxidizability index, even in rats fed a high DHA diet containing the normal level of VE. This may be because the testis was composed of a high proportion of (n-6) polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), which are low in unsaturation, and thus the proportion of DHA was low. In addition, in testis, VE and ascorbic acid, which act as antioxidants, were retained at higher levels in rats with particularly poor and normal VE nutriture than those of liver and kidney. These results suggest that antioxidant protection against dietary DHA-stimulated lipid peroxidation below the extent expected from the peroxidizability index of tissue total lipids differed from tissue to tissue. The suppression was likely due to not only the lipid peroxide scavenging system but also preferential incorporation of DHA into nonphosphorus lipids and phosphatidylethanolamine, particularly in liver.
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- K Kubo
- Division of Food Science, The National Institute of Health and Nutrition, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8636, Japan
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Saito M. Dietary docosahexaenoic acid does not promote tissue lipid peroxide formation to the extent expected from the peroxidizability index of the lipids. Biofactors 2000; 13:15-24. [PMID: 11237175 DOI: 10.1002/biof.5520130104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Changes in susceptibility of tissues to lipid peroxidation were investigated in rats after ingestion of oxidation-prone docosahexaenoic acid (C22:6n-3). Lipid peroxide levels in the liver, kidney and testis increased concomitant with increases in the peroxidizability indices calculated from the fatty acid composition of tissue total lipids. However, even in these cases, the lipid peroxides were not increased to the levels expected from the peroxidizability indices of these tissues, and thus no tissue injury was recognized. When low level of vitamin E was given to rats, the lipid peroxide levels of liver, kidney and testis nearly coincided with the peroxidizability indices of these tissues, where the cell injuries were observed as well. The mechanisms of defense to suppress lipid peroxide levels below the peroxidizability indices in normal vitamin E administration were presumed to be due to enhanced antioxidative function in the tissues mediated primarily by vitamin E, ascorbic acid and glutathione, and also to increased incorporation of docosahexaenoic acid into neutral lipids and phosphatidylethanolamine in the tissues, probably leading to acquiring stability against oxidative attack. Owing to these suppressive mechanisms, physiological efficacy of n-3 fatty acids may be exerted effectively.
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- M Saito
- Division of Food Science, The National Institute of Health and Nutrition, Tokyo, Japan.
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Suzuki H, Jang HG, Rhim JH. Effect of oxidized fish oil and alpha-tocopherol on the peroxidation of erythrocyte membrane phospholipids in rats. Food Chem Toxicol 1999; 37:509-13. [PMID: 10456679 DOI: 10.1016/s0278-6915(99)00042-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The effects of dietary oxidized fish oil and alpha-tocopherol on the thiobarbituric acid (TBA) values and phospholipid hydroperoxide levels of the erythrocyte membrane were studied in rats. No significant differences in the TBA values or phospholipid hydroperoxide levels of the membrane were observed between groups fed either oxidized fish oil or control diets. Furthermore, there were no marked differences in these values whether or not the groups were administered diets containing added alpha-tocopherol. These results suggest that the intake of oxidized fish oil and the supplementation with alpha-tocopherol do not influence the level of lipid peroxidation in the erythrocyte membrane.
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- H Suzuki
- National Food Research Institute, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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