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Antioxidative and metabolic responses to extended cold exposure in rats

Yuksel, Sengul and Dilek, Asma and Ozfer, Yesilada (2008) Antioxidative and metabolic responses to extended cold exposure in rats. Acta Biologica Hungarica, 59 (1). pp. 57-66. ISSN 0236-5383

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Abstract

In this work, we investigated whether extended cold exposure increases oxidative damage and susceptibility to oxidants of rat liver, heart, kidney and lung which are metabolically active tissues. Moreover in this study the effect of cold stress on some of the lipid metabolic mediators were studied in rat experimental model.Male albino Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into two groups: The control group (n = 12) and the cold-stress group (n = 12). Tissue superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), glutathion S-transferase (GST) and glutathion reductase (GR) activities and glutathion (GSH) were measured using standard protocols. The biochemical analyses for total lipid, cholesterol, trigliceride, HDL, VLDL and LDL were done on autoanalyzer.In cold-stress groups SOD activity was decreased in the lung whereas it increased in the heart and kidney. CAT activity was significantly decreased (except liver) in all the tissues in treated rats. GST activity of cold-induced rats increased in liver and heart while decreased in the lung. GR activity was significantly decreased (except in liver) in all the tissues in cold-stressed rats. GSH level was significantly increased in the heart but decreased in the lung of animals exposed to cold when compared to controls. It was found that among the groups trigliceride, total lipid, HDL and VLDL parameters varied significantly but cholesterol and LDL had no significant variance.In this study, we found that exposure of extended (48 h) cold (8 °C) caused changes both in the antioxidant defense system (as tissue and enzyme specific) and serum lipoprotein profiles in rats.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Q Science / természettudomány > QH Natural history / természetrajz
Depositing User: Endre Sarvay
Date Deposited: 20 Nov 2017 15:43
Last Modified: 20 Nov 2017 15:43
URI: http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/70164

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